nervousness [nur-vuhs]
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nervousness [nur-vuhs]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: anxious state
Synonyms: agitation, all-overs, anger, animation, butterflies, cold sweat, creeps, delirium, discomfiture, disquiet, disquietude, dithers, excitability, feverishness, fidgets, flap, fluster*, fuss*, impatience, jitters, jumps, moodiness, neurasthenia, neuroticism, perturbation, quivers, sensitivity, shakes, stage fright, stimulation, stress, tension, timidity, tizzy, to-do, touchiness, trembles, tremulousness, turbulence, uneasiness, willies, worry
Antonyms: calm, calmness, collectedness
Main Entry: angst
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: feeling of anxiety
Synonyms: Weltschmerz, agony, apprehension, blues, depression, dread, mid-life crisis, misgiving, nervousness, uneasiness
Main Entry: anxiety
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: worry, tension
Synonyms: all-overs, angst, ants in pants, apprehension, botheration, butterflies, care, cold sweat, concern, creeps, disquiet, disquietude, distress, doubt, downer, drag*, dread, fidgets, flap, foreboding, fretfulness, fuss, goose bumps, heebie-jeebies, jitters, jumps, misery, misgiving, mistrust, nail-biting, needles, nervousness, panic, pins and needles, restlessness, shakes, shivers, solicitude, suffering, suspense, sweat*, trouble, uncertainty, unease, uneasiness, watchfulness, willies, worriment
Antonyms: assurance, calmness, composure, contentment, ease, happiness, nonchalance, peace, tranquility
Main Entry: disquiet
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: worry; mental upset
Synonyms: ailment, alarm, angst, anxiety, care, concern, concernment, disquietude, distress, disturbance, fear, ferment, foreboding, fretfulness, inquietude, nervousness, restiveness, restlessness, solicitude, storm, trouble, turmoil, uneasiness, unrest
Antonyms: calm, collectedness, ease, peace
Main Entry: hysteria
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: state of extreme upset
Synonyms: agitation, delirium, excitement, feverishness, frenzy, hysterics, madness, mirth, nervousness, panic, unreason
Antonyms: calm, control, sereneness
Main Entry: impatience
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: inability, unwillingness to wait
Synonyms: agitation, anger, annoyance, ants in pants, anxiety, avidity, disquietude, eagerness, edginess, excitement, expectancy, fretfulness, haste, hastiness, heat*, impetuosity, intolerance, irritability, irritableness, nervousness, quick temper, rashness, restiveness, restlessness, shortness, snappiness, suspense, uneasiness, vehemence, violence
Antonyms: control, ease, endurance, forbearance, patience, tolerance, waiting, willingness
Main Entry: intensity
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: passion, force
Synonyms: acuteness, anxiety, ardor, concentration, deepness, depth, earnestness, emotion, emphasis, energy, excess, excitement, extreme, extremity, fanaticism, ferment, ferociousness, ferocity, fervency, fervor, fierceness, fire, force, forcefulness, fury, high pitch, intenseness, keenness, magnitude, might, nervousness, potency, power, severity, sharpness, strain, strength, tenseness, tension, vehemence, vigor, violence, volume, weightiness, wildness
Antonyms: apathy, dullness, inactivity, laziness, lethargy, moderation
Main Entry: nerves
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: extreme anxiety
Synonyms: fretfulness, hysteria, imbalance, irritation, nervousness, neurasthenia, sleeplessness, strain, stress, tenseness, tension
Antonyms: calm, coolness
Main Entry: qualm
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: nagging doubt
Synonyms: agitation, anxiety, apprehension, compunction, conscience, demur, disquiet, foreboding, hesitation, indecision, insecurity, misdoubt, misgiving, mistrust, nervousness, objection, pang, perturbation, presentiment, regret, reluctance, remonstrance, remorse, scruple, suspicion, twinge, uncertainty, unease, uneasiness
Antonyms: approval, comfort, contentedness
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