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| Main Entry: | |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jitters |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nervousness |
| Synonyms: | anxiety, dither, fidgets, heebie-jeebies, jumps, nerves, shakes, shivers, tenseness, willies |
| Antonyms: | calmness |
| 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: | goose bumps |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | raised bumps on skin |
| Synonyms: | cold creeps, cold shivers, creeps, goose pimples, gooseflesh, heebie-jeebies, horripilation, jimjams, willies |
| Main Entry: | heebie-jeebies |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | jitters |
| Synonyms: | anxiety, dither, fidget, fidgets, jump, jumps, nerves, shakes, shiver, shivers, tenseness, tremble, willies |
| 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
| Main Entry: | unease |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | anxiety |
| Synonyms: | all-overs, angst, ants in pants, anxiousness, 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, uneasiness, watchfulness, willies, worriment, worry |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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