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in a state
adjective as in anxious
Strongest matches
adjective as in overwrought
Strongest match
Weak matches
- affected
- agitated
- all shook up
- beside oneself
- crazy
- distracted
- emotional
- excitable
- fired-up
- flipped-out
- freaked-out
- histrionic
- histrionical
- hot under collar
- hot-and-bothered
- hyper
- nervous
- neurotic
- on edge
- overexcited
- overstrung
- overworked
- spent
- steamed up
- stirred
- strung-out
- tense
- tired
- uneasy
- unstrung
- uptight
- weary
- wired
- worked-up
- worn
- wound-up
adjective as in strained
Example Sentences
He “did not adopt a reflexive posture to protect himself and ... he may have fallen in a state of semi- or total unconsciousness,” officials said.
“They’re in a state of disengagement,” said Krasnow, who is 56.
The rejection was “a pretty poignant sign of the times in a state like California,” said John Kabateck, state director of the National Federation of Independent Business, which had urged voters to vote no.
“Making any decision, financial or otherwise, when you’re in a state of anxiety or panic usually leads to remorse, whether that is ‘I’m going to sell all stock because I think we’re going into a world war’ or ‘I’m going to buy a bunch of crypto,’ ” she said.
How can prosecutors go after Frazier in a state that theoretically doesn’t criminalize abortion?
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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