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uneasy, nervy, nervous, overstrung, restive, fidgety, edgy, jittery, jumpy, uptight, in suspense

adj. being in a tense state

adj. troubled emotionally and usually deeply; "agitated parents"

adj. of more than usual emotion; "his behavior was highly emotional"

adj. restless or short of temper under delay or opposition; "impatient with the slower students"; "impatient of criticism"

uneasy, fretful, restless, on the move

adj. not affording rest; "spent a restless night"; "fell into an uneasy sleep"

restless, fidgety, itchy

adj. unable to relax or be still; "a constant fretful stamping of hooves"; "itchy for excitement"; "a restless child"

nervous, skittish, spooky

adj. unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)

anxious, disquieted, nervous, unquiet

adj. causing or fraught with or showing anxiety; "spent an anxious night waiting for the test results"; "cast anxious glances behind her"; "those nervous moments before takeoff"; "an unquiet mind"

distraught, overwrought

adj. deeply agitated especially from emotion; "distraught with grief"

fitful, spasmodic

adj. occurring in spells and often abruptly; "fitful bursts of energy"; "spasmodic rifle fire"

quivering, aspen, tremulous

adj. (of the voice) quivering as from weakness or fear; "the old lady's quavering voice"; "spoke timidly in a tremulous voice"

rocky, shaky

adj. liable to rock; "on high rocky heels"

uncertain

adj. not established beyond doubt; still undecided or unknown; "an uncertain future"; "a manuscript of uncertain origin"; "plans are still uncertain"; "changes of great if uncertain consequences"; "without further evidence his story must remain uncertain"

shaky, rickety, wobbly, wonky

adj. inclined to shake as from weakness or defect; "a rickety table"; "a wobbly chair with shaky legs"; "the ladder felt a little wobbly"; "the bridge still stands though one of the arches is wonky"

suspensive, cliff-hanging, suspenseful

adj. (of a situation) characterized by or causing suspense

electric

adj. (of a situation) exceptionally tense; "an atmosphere electric with suspicion"

hypertonic, pumped-up

adj. (of living tissue) in a state of abnormally high tension; "hypertonic muscle tissue"

isotonic

adj. of two or more muscles; having equal tension

strained

adj. under great stress; "her voice was strained as she asked the question"

unrelaxed

adj. nor relaxed; "his life was drawing to a close in baffled zeal and unrelaxed strain"- U.B.Phillips

wired

adj. tense with excitement and enthusiasm as from a rush of adrenaline; "we were really pumped up for the race"; "he was so pumped he couldn't sleep"

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