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fidgeting
adjective as in restless
Strongest matches
adjective as in sleepless
adjective as in unquiet
Weak matches
- active
- agitated
- antsy
- anxious
- bundle of nerves
- bustling
- changeable
- disturbed
- edgy
- fidgety
- fitful
- footloose
- fretful
- hurried
- ill at ease
- inconstant
- intermittent
- irresolute
- itchy
- jumpy
- nervous
- nomadic
- on edge
- perturbed
- restive
- roving
- sleepless
- spasmodic
- strung-out
- tossing and turning
- transient
- troubled
- turbulent
- uneasy
- unpeaceful
- unrestful
- unruly
- unsettled
- unstable
- unsteady
- wandering
- worried
Example Sentences
Matthews stood facing the judge, her legs fidgeting throughout the hearing.
As we begin, Trump is fidgeting a bit in his seat and looking down, appearing to avoid his former lawyer.
She giggled, fidgeting in the chair as a volunteer painted a Spiderman mask on her face.
"I would like to go back to my job on the frontline. But I cannot. I did my job well. After being wounded I want to start a new project for my country. A military hospital of my dreams. I know how to do it," he said, fidgeting, in apparent frustration, with the handles of his wheelchair.
Ahead of the sentencing Jenkinson could be seen fidgeting in the dock and repeatedly folding a piece of paper and reopening it again.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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