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Main Entry:
stage fright  []
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: fear of performing onstage
Synonyms: aphonia, aphonia clericorum, aphonia paralytica, aphonia paranoica, bashfulness, buck fever, butterflies, flop sweat, freeze, hysterical aphonia, loss of speech, mike fright, mutism, spastic aphonia
Main Entry: nervousness
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
* = informal/non-formal usage
Main Entry: jitters
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: nervous restlessness
Synonyms: agitation, all-overs, anger, animation, butterflies, cold sweat, creeps, delirium, discomfiture, disquiet, disquietude, dithers, excitability, feverishness, fidget, fidgets, flap, fluster*, fuss*, impatience, jump, jumps, moodiness, neurasthenia, neuroticism, perturbation, quivers, sensitivity, shakes, shiver, stage fright, stimulation, stress, tension, timidity, tizzy, to-do, touchiness, tremble, trembles, tremulousness, turbulence, uneasiness, willies, worry
* = informal/non-formal usage
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