restiveness

English Thesaurus

1. characterized by nervousness and quickness to take fright (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	nervousness,
definition	:	a sensitive or highly strung temperament (noun.attribute)

2. the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters (noun.feeling)

hypernym	:	anxiety,
definition	:	a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune (noun.feeling)

3. characterized by nervousness and quickness to take fright (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	flighty, nervous, skittish, spooky,
definition	:	unpredictably excitable (especially of horses) (adj.all)

derivation	:	edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, restive, uptight,
definition	:	being in a tense state (adj.all)

4. the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters (noun.feeling)

derivation	:	aflutter, nervous,
definition	:	excited in anticipation (adj.all)

derivation	:	edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, restive, uptight,
definition	:	being in a tense state (adj.all)

derivation	:	anxious, nervous, queasy, uneasy, unquiet,
definition	:	causing or fraught with or showing anxiety (adj.all)

5. characterized by nervousness and quickness to take fright (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	flighty, nervous, skittish, spooky,
definition	:	unpredictably excitable (especially of horses) (adj.all)

derivation	:	edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, restive, uptight,
definition	:	being in a tense state (adj.all)

6. the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters (noun.feeling)

derivation	:	aflutter, nervous,
definition	:	excited in anticipation (adj.all)

derivation	:	edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, restive, uptight,
definition	:	being in a tense state (adj.all)

derivation	:	anxious, nervous, queasy, uneasy, unquiet,
definition	:	causing or fraught with or showing anxiety (adj.all)