Descriptions & Equivalents
- antsy
- anxious
- appeared stressed
- as squirmy as a french fry in hot oil
- avoided eye contact
- bit his fingernails
- bounced off the wall
- clutched his briefcase
- deeply uncomfortable
- fidgeted with a black leather band around her wrist
- everyone was on edge
- fretful
- giggling
- gripped his hands to keep them from shaking
- ground her teeth together
- itchy
- jiggy
- kept adjusting his tie
- little jumpy
- long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs
- looking away
- nail-biter
- paced back and forth
- pounding heart
- punched his palm
- rattled
- repeatedly scanned the room
- restless
- right eye twitched
- shivering
- spitting words out
- spooked
- stomach was tied up in knots
- stuttered
- sweating bullets
- tendency to dwell on things
- tense
- twitchy
- uneasy
- uptight
- wet himself
- wiped his sweaty hands on his pants
- worried sick
- wrung his hands
Nervous – a state of being worried about something that may or may not happen. The yellow and white cat was nervous that the white cat would attack.
