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What is another word for
on the defensive
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Adjective
Sensitive to, or very anxious to challenge or avoid, criticism
Excessively concerned with rules and order
Adverb
In a defensive manner
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Adjective
▲
Sensitive to, or very anxious to challenge or avoid, criticism
defensive
oversensitive
uptight
twitchy
prickly
umbrageous
thin-skinned
easily offended
touchy
emotional
paranoid
hypersensitive
chippy
neurotic
sensitive
easily upset
easily hurt
conservative
temperamental
nervous
volatile
unstable
irritable
hyper-sensitive
hung up
high-strung
easily affected
tetchy
huffy
vulnerable
tender
susceptible
supersensitive
ticklish
soft
delicate
ultrasensitive
quick to take offence
quick to take offense
Adjective
▲
Excessively concerned with rules and order
uptight
anxious
nervous
tense
worried
uneasy
edgy
jumpy
jittery
troubled
nervy
upset
perturbed
apprehensive
antsy
unquiet
insecure
dithery
queazy
aflutter
bothered
queasy
hinky
atwitter
goosey
concerned
restive
neurotic
withdrawn
cautious
conventional
strict
on edge
ill at ease
keyed up
het up
hung up
worked up
on tenterhooks
in a state
on pins and needles
old-fashioned
agitated
restless
twitchy
fidgety
wired
disturbed
distressed
stressed
overwrought
unsettled
fearful
stressy
strung out
in a tizzy
fretful
disquieted
discomposed
overstrung
highly strung
excited
frightened
strained
scared
flustered
strung up
toey
afraid
distraught
hyper
uncomfortable
spooked
hysterical
in a stew
shaky
unnerved
excitable
high-strung
like a cat on a hot tin roof
skittish
in a flap
alarmed
panicky
ruffled
wound up
disconcerted
discombobulated
shaken
spooky
squirrelly
windy
in a sweat
in a tizz
adrenalized
having kittens
tormented
in a state of agitation
unglued
flurried
in a twitter
vexed
dismayed
all of a dither
hesitant
shook up
like a cat on hot bricks
harassed
shy
anguished
a bundle of nerves
in a state of nerves
unstable
all of a lather
distracted
bugged
sensitive
in a cold sweat
unrelaxed
overanxious
worried sick
frantic
fraught
in a twit
brittle
embarrassed
in suspense
bundle of nerves
irked
sad
beside oneself
annoyed
uncertain
wrought up
unhappy
terrified
saddened
hot and bothered
grieved
hurt
trembling
self-conscious
in a dither
impatient
all of a doodah
discountenanced
timid
afflicted
pained
plagued
under stress
bashful
angsty
awkward
desperate
irritable
shocked
febrile
cut up
emotional
discomfited
all torn up
rattled
disconsolate
shaking
bricking oneself
choked
confused
shook
inconvenienced
gutted
beset
angstful
tortured
trepidatious
taut
irritated
hassled
timorous
fluttery
harrowed
frenzied
stressed out
bummed out
miserable
hectic
irrational
having butterflies in the stomach
dejected
despondent
suspicious
inhibited
shivery
unsure
depressed
feverish
doubtful
quaking
disappointed
fretting
heated
heavyhearted
sorrowful
inconsolable
grieving
overexcited
manic
angry
overwhelmed
fevered
nervous wreck
doleful
heartbroken
cheerless
mournful
hysteric
displeased
desolate
down
bereaved
rueful
muddled
miffed
bitter
blue
in a panic
despairing
heartsick
solicitous
provoked
woeful
like a fish out of water
flighty
wounded
unconfident
broken-hearted
brokenhearted
skittery
harried
woebegone
grief-stricken
at the end of your tether
careful
in a flat spin
waiting for the axe to fall
angst-ridden
fazed
furious
reserved
startled
introverted
mousy
retiring
overactive
mad
irresolute
nail-biting
feeling anxious
exercised
quivering
gauche
graceless
distrait
crazy
suffering
wretched
disoriented
out of place
wrought-up
stiff
devastated
traumatized
US
morose
broken
melancholy
dolorous
pressured
thrown
unsteady
clutched
angered
hot under the collar
unrestful
frozen
in turmoil
weeping
wrecked
hurting
aggravated
low
gun-shy
aghast
frazzled
mourning
haunted
crushed
agonized
US
dolesome
white-knuckled
under a strain
up the wall
pestered
unzipped
swivel-eyed
sorrowing
bewailing
persecuted
bemoaning
wailing
agonised
UK
aching
traumatised
UK
a wreck
broken up
riled
shot to pieces
beside yourself
panic-stricken
under pressure
exacerbated
chagrined
mortified
lily-livered
flipped out
panic-struck
frayed
tongue-tied
put out
stir-crazy
worried stiff
troublous
with one's stomach in knots
in pain
heavy with grief
running scared
racked with suffering
overcome with sorrow
with your heart in your mouth
racked with pain
waiting with bated breath
hag-ridden
easily frightened
easily agitated
volatile
flushed
intense
creepy
overemotional
aquiver
daunted
nerve-racking
stressful
fractious
unreluctant
Delphic
unassured
unpoised
histrionic
hyped-up
afire
atingle
hyperexcited
disorientated
indecisive
tentative
nerves on edge
oversensitive
dithering
wavering
vacillating
all wound up
swithering
erratic
all of a flutter
turbulent
easily upset
unpeaceful
watchful
discomforted
active
fidgeting
itchy
spasmodic
fitful
wrung
bewildered
dreading
exasperated
zipped up
hot
juiced up
worrying
champing at the bit
in a spin
falling apart
strange
perplexed
lost
a basket case
sweating bullets
shrinking
all nerves
asea
on the qui vive
tossing and turning
lacking social skills
overtaxed
taxed
emotive
shaking in one's shoes
tied up in knots
biting one's nails
agog
in a frenzy
in a lather
unnatural
avid
having cabin fever
mentally unsettled
blushing
peeved
faltering
anxiously waiting
nervously awaiting
fearfully anticipating
apprehensively expecting
foreboding
mistrustful
weak
in a funk
in a blue funk
forlorn
sullen
disheartened
tearing one's hair out
emotionally charged
strung-up
offended
fretted
all agog
open-mouthed
having stage fright
biting nails
having cold feet
having a funny feeling
terrorized
US
melancholic
discouraged
heavy-hearted
glum
aggrieved
downcast
verklempt
with bated breath
diffident
cowed
hounded
in disorder
amazed
reticent
wild
basket case
joyless
tearful
demoralised
UK
dispirited
tristful
down-hearted
demoralized
US
downhearted
beleaguered
affrighted
petrified
stirred
come apart
psyched out
irate
hyperactive
frenetic
browbeaten
fierce
at sixes and sevens
enraged
touchy
high
affected
terror-stricken
abashed
rabid
crazed
pressurized
US
delirious
gloomy
droopy
sombre
UK
teary
sorry
crestfallen
weepy
burnt
sore
hangdog
heartsore
cast down
burned
wistful
somber
US
contused
maniacal
inelegant
raving
ireful
horror-struck
scary
horrified
hurried
rushed
unassertive
inflamed
uncontrolled
wooden
coy
deranged
ferocious
insane
demented
pressurised
UK
hunted
wrathful
chicken-hearted
yellow
numb
chicken
scared stiff
rabbity
sissy
butterflies
jellyfish
berserk
clumsy
in tears
down in the mouth
in grief
down in the dumps
in doldrums
low-spirited
in the dumps
undemonstrative
violent
indignant
unhinged
worked-up
guarded
hard-pressed
with one's back up against the wall
up against it
under the cosh
at the end of one's rope
roused
unresponsive
terrorised
UK
freaked-out
wound-up
keyed-up
fired-up
hot-and-bothered
strung-out
raging
throwing a wobbly
reluctant
cold
steamed up
out of your mind
berko
wary
hot under collar
all shook up
corybantic
in fear and trepidation
very scared
pushing the panic button
have cold feet
numb with fear
unscrewed
passionless
stilted
acrimonious
weird
zonkers
ungraceful
rustic
rustical
out of control
weirded out
freaked out
spazzed out
last-minute
wigged out
at wits' end
rough-hewn
white knuckled
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Adverb
▲
In a defensive manner
defensively
cautiously
guardedly
protectively
warily
watchfully
at bay
in defence
in self-defence
in self-defense
distrustfully
opposingly
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