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Noun

A sense of fear, panic or nervousness

Fear of performing onstage

Leps

Plural for the action of kissing

Plural for the larva of a butterfly or moth

Plural for a flighty, disorganized or forgetful person

Plural for inconstant person

Adjective

Suffering from fear

Verb

To touch with the lips or press the lips against, usually as a sign of affection

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Noun

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A sense of fear, panic or nervousness

butterflies in the stomach

heart skipping a beat

scepticism^UK

skepticism^US

spectre^UK

specter^US

trials and tribulations

labour^UK

labor^US

disfavor^US

disfavour^UK

undesirable consequence

rigor^US

rigour^UK

millstone round one's neck

feeling in one's bones

clamour^UK

clamor^US

chip on your shoulder

vapours^UK

endogenous depression

vapors^US

unwanted responsibility

lack of self-confidence

feeling in your bones

being rubbed up the wrong way

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“No matter how long you have been playing, you still get butterflies before the big ones.”

Noun

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Fear of performing onstage

Noun

Leps

Noun

Plural for the action of kissing

Noun

Plural for the larva of a butterfly or moth

Noun

Plural for a flighty, disorganized or forgetful person

Noun

Plural for inconstant person

Adjective

Suffering from fear

terrorised^UK

terrorized^US

in fear and trepidation

pushing the panic button

in a state of agitation

like a cat on a hot tin roof

frightened out of your wits

scared out of your wits

excited

neurotic

with your heart in your mouth

demoralized^US

like a cat on hot bricks

demoralised^UK

shaking in one's shoes

having butterflies in the stomach

with one's stomach in knots

traumatized^US

traumatised^UK

like a fish out of water

sweating bullets

stiff

speechless

paralyzed^US

paralysed^UK

having a funny feeling

immobilized^US

immobilised^UK

bedevilled^UK

bedeviled^US

without a will of your own

weak-willed

milk-and-water

afraid of one's shadow

like a lamb to the slaughter

at the end of your tether

waiting for the axe to fall

waiting with bated breath

agonized^US

sceptical^UK

skeptical^US

lacking self-confidence

agonised^UK

racked with suffering

fearfully anticipating

apprehensively expecting

lacking in confidence

pressurized^US

pressurised^UK

caviling^US

lacking social skills

tearing one's hair out

cavilling^UK

not knowing what to do with oneself

like a chicken with its head cut off

burning with excitement

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Verb

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To touch with the lips or press the lips against, usually as a sign of affection

“We find many examples of this in insects, such as butterflies and Orthopterans.”

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