nervousness

nervousness
n
excitability, excitableness, perturbability, nervosity; hypertension, tension, tenseness, strain; excitement, fluster, confusion, Inf. stew, Inf. dither, Inf. tizzy, Sl. flap; perturbation, agitation, upset, disquiet, distress, worry, trouble, concern; fret-fulness, unquiet, unrest, restlessness, impatience, itchiness, Sl. ants in one's pants; jitters, Inf. butterflies, Inf. butterflies in one's stomach, Sl. heebie-jeebies, Sl. habdabs, Inf. whim-whams, Sl. willies, Sl. creeps, Inf. screaming meemies; uneasiness, inquietude, apprehension, alarm, anxiety, anxiousness; dread, angst, fear, fearfulness, fright; skittishness, shyness, timidity, tim-idness; timorousness, tremulousness, shaking, shakiness, trembling, the shakes

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