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  • 121tense — Synonyms and related words: accented, agitated, all overish, alveolar, antsy, anxious, anxioused up, aorist, apical, apico alveolar, apico dental, apprehensive, articulated, assimilated, back, barytone, bilabial, bothered, brace, broad, cacuminal …

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  • 122excitement — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) State of being excited Nouns 1. excitement, excitation; stimulation, piquancy, provocation, arousal, incitement; animation, agitation, perturbation; intoxication, high pressure; exhilaration, passion,… …

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  • 123fidget — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. toss, squirm, twitch, twiddle. See agitation, excitability. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. stir, twitch, squirm, toss, wiggle, wriggle, jiggle, joggle, fret, chafe, worry, have the fidgets, have ants in… …

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  • 124impatient — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. eager, hurried, restive, restless; anxious, uneasy, intolerant. See excitability,haste, desire. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Irritable] Syn. excitable, quick tempered, fretful; see bothered ,… …

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  • 125nervous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. jumpy, jittery, fidgety, uneasy; tense, fearful; sensitive, neurotic; high strung; timid. See excitement, agitation, fear.Ant., relaxed. nervous breakdown II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Excitable] Syn.… …

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  • 126restless — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. nervous, restive, impatient; fidgety, skittish, jumpy, unquiet, disturbed. See agitation, changeableness, fear. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Not content when still] Syn. fidgety, skittish, feverish,… …

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  • 127has ants in his pants — restless, jumpy, antsy, has an urgent matter to attend to …

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  • 128fidgety — adjective why is the dog so fidgety? Syn: restless, restive, on edge, uneasy, antsy, nervous, keyed up, anxious, agitated; informal jittery, twitchy …

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