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What is another word for
waiting for the axe to fall
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Adjective
Eager or excited for something to happen or arrive
in suspense
edgy
nervous
worried
anxious
jittery
jumpy
agitated
uptight
apprehensive
uneasy
overwrought
excited
agog
avid
keyed up
on edge
on tenterhooks
all agog
open-mouthed
with bated breath
tense
nervy
restless
worked up
all of a dither
waiting with bated breath
stressed
in a stew
worried sick
in a state
strung out
all of a doodah
fretful
squirrelly
spooky
in a twit
in a tizzy
in a tizz
like a cat on a hot tin roof
in a flap
in a twitter
wired
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wrought up
all of a lather
in a dither
windy
strung up
bricking oneself
toey
strained
overstrung
twitchy
in a state of nerves
in a sweat
on pins and needles
het up
fidgety
having kittens
anxiously waiting
nervously awaiting
apprehensively expecting
fearfully anticipating
troubled
antsy
ill at ease
perturbed
upset
unquiet
insecure
aflutter
dithery
queazy
hung up
queasy
hinky
atwitter
goosey
stressy
like a cat on hot bricks
disturbed
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disquieted
bothered
concerned
fearful
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restive
shaky
in a cold sweat
distressed
adrenalized
panicky
a bundle of nerves
uncomfortable
discomposed
hesitant
spooked
trembling
under stress
shaking
hyper
unrelaxed
angstful
neurotic
afraid
fretting
excitable
flurried
quaking
uncertain
solicitous
angsty
unsure
having butterflies in the stomach
stressed out
impatient
high-strung
beside oneself
highly strung
bugged
awkward
self-conscious
embarrassed
out of place
tormented
distraught
distracted
shy
flustered
discomfited
vexed
hassled
discombobulated
sensitive
shaken
alarmed
unglued
taut
with one's stomach in knots
febrile
suspicious
in a flat spin
white-knuckled
a wreck
shot to pieces
fevered
with your heart in your mouth
unrestful
like a fish out of water
shook up
wound up
quivering
hot and bothered
clutched
doubtful
bundle of nerves
timorous
creepy
in a blue funk
in a funk
champing at the bit
frazzled
stir-crazy
unstable
brittle
skittish
hysterical
unnerved
unsteady
exasperated
retiring
bashful
shrinking
fluttery
up the wall
nervous wreck
under a strain
white knuckled
overanxious
pressured
choked
under pressure
swithering
dithering
irresolute
wavering
tentative
vacillating
indecisive
withdrawn
strict
old-fashioned
on the defensive
cautious
conventional
rattled
disconcerted
anguished
riled
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ruffled
irked
fazed
inhibited
faltering
unnatural
gauche
blushing
shaking in one's shoes
worried stiff
worrying
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muddled
plagued
frantic
tearing one's hair out
emotive
desperate
frozen
emotionally charged
stiff
fraught
strung-up
panic-struck
lily-livered
having cold feet
gun-shy
trepidatious
foreboding
having a funny feeling
weak
running scared
terrified
mistrustful
having stage fright
biting nails
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temperamental
easily upset
highly-strung
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perplexed
strange
lost
in turmoil
careful
watchful
shivery
in a spin
aghast
sweating bullets
a basket case
dreading
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“Then we are all on pins and needles, using all our energy and resources
waiting for the axe to fall
again.”
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