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Showing or feeling insecurity or uncertainty
Ill-tempered, or being a bad mood
Adjective
▲
Showing or feeling insecurity or uncertainty
anxious
edgy
nervous
tense
uneasy
troubled
worried
antsy
jumpy
jittery
nervy
perturbed
upset
uptight
insecure
unquiet
queasy
queazy
restless
agitated
hinky
aflutter
fidgety
dithery
goosey
atwitter
unsettled
restive
hung up
twitchy
ill at ease
keyed up
wired
apprehensive
unstable
excitable
neurotic
unnerved
highly strung
hysterical
sensitive
brittle
skittish
beside oneself
excited
feeling anxious
high-strung
hyper
in suspense
nail-biting
nerve-racking
nervous wreck
overanxious
stressful
wound up
het up
bundle of nerves
in a tizzy
nerves on edge
on tenterhooks
stressy
strung out
worked up
fretful
overwrought
stressed
on pins and needles
disturbed
fearful
overstrung
strung up
in a state
bothered
like a cat on a hot tin roof
strained
concerned
frightened
toey
scared
in a flap
disquieted
in a tizz
spooky
discomposed
shaky
distressed
uncomfortable
all of a dither
like a cat on hot bricks
squirrelly
windy
in a sweat
in a stew
in a twitter
in a state of agitation
afraid
a bundle of nerves
all of a lather
in a state of nerves
alarmed
shaken
spooked
adrenalized
panicky
in a dither
in a twit
impatient
having kittens
hesitant
worried sick
unrelaxed
in a cold sweat
all of a doodah
wrought up
flustered
ruffled
frantic
trembling
rattled
bricking oneself
distracted
flurried
disconcerted
dismayed
embarrassed
self-conscious
febrile
under stress
discomfited
angstful
hot and bothered
uncertain
shaking
irritable
fazed
shook up
unrestful
distraught
terrified
fretting
awkward
tormented
vexed
fraught
discombobulated
quaking
overexcited
wrought-up
solicitous
angsty
bugged
shy
unsure
suspicious
doubtful
all agog
avid
unsteady
agog
having butterflies in the stomach
waiting for the axe to fall
stressed out
manic
with bated breath
with your heart in your mouth
like a fish out of water
waiting with bated breath
hectic
trepidatious
desperate
annoyed
frenzied
startled
shocked
daunted
in a panic
emotional
overactive
heated
anguished
hot under the collar
unglued
out of place
clutched
timorous
retiring
a wreck
bashful
confused
thrown
timid
quivering
irresolute
stirred
inflamed
taut
watchful
aroused
withdrawn
turbulent
feverish
stir-crazy
with one's stomach in knots
active
tossing and turning
in a blue funk
wavering
shot to pieces
gun-shy
shaking in one's shoes
fevered
up the wall
aghast
under a strain
running scared
in a funk
in turmoil
open-mouthed
fidgeting
frozen
beside yourself
in a lather
unpeaceful
having cold feet
white-knuckled
worked-up
all of a flutter
exasperated
fractious
champing at the bit
in a frenzy
all wound up
careful
choked
creepy
fluttery
frazzled
unbalanced
disorderly
white knuckled
under pressure
pressured
harassed
easily upset
volatile
all nerves
wrung
on the qui vive
having cabin fever
mentally unsettled
swithering
dithering
vacillating
indecisive
tentative
stirred up
anxiously waiting
nervously awaiting
fearfully anticipating
apprehensively expecting
shrinking
shivery
strict
on the defensive
conventional
old-fashioned
cautious
in a spin
a basket case
dreading
in a flat spin
sweating bullets
lily-livered
having stage fright
biting nails
stiff
foreboding
having a funny feeling
weak
mistrustful
angst-ridden
inhibited
gauche
flushed
intense
moved
animated
roused
at fever pitch
unnatural
lacking social skills
reserved
discomforted
tongue-tied
unconfident
introverted
blushing
faltering
itchy
spasmodic
fitful
aquiver
unreluctant
irrational
flighty
eager
disorientated
hyped-up
afire
atingle
hyperexcited
enthusiastic
overwhelmed
breathless
expectant
on the edge of your seat
disoriented
bewildered
provoked
hyperactive
freaked-out
steamed up
flipped out
wound-up
throwing a wobbly
crazy
touchy
high
keyed-up
affected
fired-up
hot-and-bothered
hot under collar
strung-out
swivel-eyed
at the end of your tether
all shook up
out of your mind
strange
perplexed
lost
zipped up
hot
juiced up
intimidated
petrified
wakeful
cowardly
insomniac
horrified
awake
without sleep
wide awake
alert
insomnolent
wide-awake
attentive
unsleeping
vigilant
sleepless
in awe
horror-struck
yellow
feart
alarmed at
terror-stricken
terrorized
US
apprehensive about
scared to death
intimidated by
scared out of your wits
shaking like a leaf
chicken
panic-stricken
in a fluster
cowering
scared stiff
affrighted
pusillanimous
afeared
horror-stricken
stunned
frit
cowed
faint-hearted
scared witless
frightened out of your wits
hysteric
terrorised
UK
terror-struck
hassled
beset
irked
riled
tortured
plagued
worrying
muddled
worried stiff
beleaguered
harried
sad
aggravated
pained
harrowed
unhappy
haunted
diffident
afflicted
mousy
miserable
irritated
oppressed
discountenanced
sorrowful
inconvenienced
miffed
preoccupied
hurt
careworn
disconsolate
despondent
cut up
grieved
heartbroken
wretched
obsessed
saddened
scary
dolorous
bedevilled
UK
desolate
gutted
fearsome
devastated
despairing
wounded
burdened
bummed out
brokenhearted
overburdened
sorrowing
bedeviled
US
put out
chagrined
mortified
all torn up
self-doubting
grief-stricken
broken-hearted
unassertive
dejected
depressed
doleful
meek
peeved
mournful
traumatized
US
grieving
melancholy
rueful
unassured
inconsolable
shook
bitter
woeful
suffering
agonized
US
dolesome
weeping
traumatised
UK
blue
wailing
persecuted
appalled
angry
bewailing
tremulous
hounded
bemoaning
mad
aching
passive
frightened to death
agonised
UK
not confident
lacking confidence
pestered
lacking self-confidence
in pain
not self-assured
exacerbated
displeased
sheepish
racked with suffering
racked with pain
exercised
troublous
drawn
mousey
pinched
fainthearted
possessed
pessimistic
morose
heavyhearted
broken
cheerless
cross
gripped
disappointed
down
bereaved
wrecked
heartsick
hurting
demoralized
US
consumed
paralysed with fear
UK
angered
mourning
crushed
ratty
stressed-out
controlled
dominated
narked
galled
weighed down
cursed
overcome
seized
submissive
demoralised
UK
stupefied
rabbity
broken up
hard-pressed
numb
dogged
overpowered
surrounded
dazed
dumbfounded
woebegone
under the cosh
frozen with fear
paralyzed with fear
US
insane
held
devoured
paranoid
bewitched
lacking in confidence
lacking assurance
heavy with grief
overcome with sorrow
up against it
violent
fiendish
in the grip of
pushing the panic button
taken over
teed off
under a spell
have cold feet
long-suffering
skittery
easily frightened
easily agitated
Delphic
unpoised
tensed
haggard
overemotional
oversensitive
erratic
distrait
histrionic
sorry
overstretched
scunnered
lamentable
plangent
asea
abashed
pressurized
US
pressurised
UK
funeral
modest
grim
chafed
deploring
biting one's nails
falling apart
in a tiz-woz
approval-seeking
lugubrious
shamefaced
chicken-hearted
sissy
butterflies
jellyfish
plaintive
hag-ridden
basket case
offended
fretted
regretful
tied up in knots
phobic
stilted
low
unenthusiastic
downbeat
funky
put upon
verklempt
unzipped
artificial
spineless
painful
shell-shocked
mannered
in fear and trepidation
very scared
numb with fear
quivery
in disorder
amazed
panicked
aw-shucks
come apart
psyched out
downcast
on the rack
ill-at-ease
forlorn
out of countenance
unsure of yourself
gloomy
at sixes and sevens
unforthcoming
melancholic
disheartened
dismal
discouraged
distrustful
self-effacing
hopeless
dubious
sceptical
UK
bleak
skeptical
US
wary
resigned
defeatist
sunk
doubting
weary
suicidal
cynical
grumpy
chary
petulant
testy
nowhere to go
at end of one's rope
in despair
down in the dumps
in the pits
in the dumps
shot down
irascible
struggling
questioning
peevish
cranky
irate
crabby
guarded
snappish
furious
crotchety
enraged
huffy
circumspect
incensed
tetchy
infuriated
querulous
splenetic
crabbed
perverse
mistrusting
untrusting
indignant
captious
ireful
sore
complaining
ornery
mean
shirty
leery
in difficulties
grumbling
whining
critical
on guard
in a tight corner
in a tight spot
steaming
carping
caviling
US
aggrieved
contrary
with your back to the wall
crook
snaky
faultfinding
wreck
boiling
cavilling
UK
brassed off
hacked off
ticked off
in a temper
bent out of shape
fed up
cheesed off
peed off
bad-tempered
ill-tempered
short-tempered
ill-natured
out of sorts
more ❯
“Everybody was
on edge
as if they expected something even more momentous to take place.”
Adjective
▲
Ill-tempered, or being a bad mood
testy
touchy
irritable
irascible
crabbed
crotchety
peevish
tetchy
snappy
querulous
prickly
impatient
bad-tempered
captious
ill-tempered
short-tempered
quick-tempered
temperamental
hot-tempered
irritated
cross
grumpy
petulant
grouchy
cranky
cantankerous
crabby
fractious
ratty
surly
choleric
sulky
pettish
snappish
waspish
disagreeable
huffy
fretful
chippy
splenetic
sullen
moody
narky
crusty
dyspeptic
eggy
bilious
bitter
curmudgeonly
soreheaded
churlish
sour
peckish
whingy
liverish
miffy
snaky
scratchy
complaining
whingeing
ill-natured
ill-humored
US
ill-humoured
UK
peppery
edgy
sorehead
perverse
miserable
morose
fiery
out of sorts
snarky
snippy
acrimonious
stuffy
snippety
raspy
out of temper
like a bear with a sore head
in a bad mood
cynical
difficult
shirty
stroppy
tart
critical
harsh
discontented
whining
spiteful
tough
fussy
carping
waxy
waspy
grousing
fault-finding
acrid
trying
mardy
out of humor
angry
glum
unsociable
resentful
shrewish
brusque
misanthropic
ornery
obstinate
pertinacious
uptight
grumbling
gloomy
mean
whiny
dissatisfied
bearish
thin-skinned
dour
nasty-tempered
acid
awkward
mumpish
growling
fretting
childish
out-of-sorts
cavilling
UK
caviling
US
ugly
saturnine
blunt
cussed
chuffy
embittered
arsey
grudging
bad
sharp-tongued
unfriendly
jaundiced
ungenerous
uncongenial
unhappy
hostile
wicked
murmuring
plaintive
grumbly
huffy irascible
salty
censorious
moaning
negative
crying
deploring
hard to please
scrappy
lamenting
bemoaning
whimpering
wailing
tense
curt
huffish
disgruntled
argumentative
gruff
volatile
sensitive
feisty
bristly
ireful
contentious
hotheaded
truculent
pouty
oversensitive
quarrelsome
hypercritical
uncooperative
exasperated
displeased
snarling
contrary
crybaby
ungracious
annoyed
iracund
pouting
brooding
iracundulous
disputatious
cross-grained
having got out of bed on the wrong side
out of humour
griping
hot under the collar
on a short fuse
malicious
venomous
vinegary
short
foul-tempered
as cross as two sticks
sharp
hasty
malignant
hot-blooded
vindictive
nasty
in a mood
sore
passionate
filthy
having got out of bed the wrong side
obstreperous
short-fused
easily offended
scowling
glowering
bloody-minded
frowning
indignant
fierce
mopey
aggressive
piqued
unsmiling
unpleasant
dark
uncivil
moping
rude
vicious
humourless
UK
humorless
US
threatening
discourteous
impolite
cheerless
abrupt
bellicose
aggrieved
ferocious
inhospitable
unhelpful
belligerent
tooshie
menacing
stern
excitable
boorish
malevolent
hot-headed
antagonistic
vexed
forbidding
rancorous
grim
pugnacious
vitriolic
irate
unresponsive
uncommunicative
aggravated
upset
louring
severe
irked
disobliging
sourpussed
unmannerly
malign
sulking
snarly
furious
peeved
inflammable
impetuous
wrathful
ill-mannered
wild
put out
intimidating
joyless
enraged
hate-filled
easily upset
foreboding
recalcitrant
confrontational
contumacious
combative
terse
agitated
refractory
mopish
galled
militant
defiant
violent
steely
warlike
froward
serious
ticklish
somber
US
mean-spirited
impulsive
agonistic
taciturn
envenomed
worked up
atrabilious
choked
discordant
flinty
faultfinding
assaultive
offensive
poisonous
unaccommodating
sombre
UK
stony
offended
solemn
unreasonable
unruly
catty
unkind
vehement
agitable
owly
bolshie
wounded
hateful
no-nonsense
evil-intentioned
in a huff
fed up
disapproving
cold
disrespectful
scornful
rotten
contemptible
narked
restless
rough
destructive
apt to fly off the handle
virulent
unceremonious
uncontrollable
unindulgent
inimical
loudmouthed
adversarial
tempersome
crude
vinegarish
sarcastic
bellyaching
beefing
sober
pessimistic
hard-nosed
abusive
zowerswopped
bluff
spunky
acerbic
acute
forceful
scathing
savage
emotional
Eeyorish
offhand
perversely irritable
boisterous
off
smileless
mighty
antipathetic
ominous
offish
quick to anger
hurtful
pernicious
having short fuse
hot under collar
frightening
dejected
broody
cruel
sharp-tempered
unlikable
bad-humored
blue
neurotic
kittle
mopy
skittish
like a bear
with a long face
got up on wrong side of bed
livid
apoplectic
begrudging
litigious
mad
riled
uninviting
fuming
steamed
hurt
disputative
unapproachable
formidable
steamed up
crook
vex
ropeable
negativistic
psychopathic
aloof
cast-iron
boot-faced
implacable
ungentle
mortified
unappeasable
stark
factious
warring
gladiatorial
withdrawn
depressed
austere
lowering
grave
hoha
wroth
psyched up
angerful
frenzied
ranting
in a temper
raving
convulsed
hard
miffed
jumpy
aerated
passive-aggressive
provoked
easily frightened
easily agitated
high-strung
battling
dissentious
brawly
fighting
controversial
polemical
polemic
with chip on shoulder
hard done by
grudge-bearing
irreconcilable
with a chip on your shoulder
ill-disposed
outraged
bickering
ructious
tempestuous
arguesome
wrangling
ticked off
teed off
overwrought
distraught
worried
uncomfortable
willful
wilful
anxious
stressed
fidgety
evil
not best pleased
hopping mad
bent out of shape
stubborn
impassioned
turbulent
war
brawling
distressed
down in the mouth
having a fit of the sulks
in a funk
in the sulks
in a strop
in a paddy
up in arms
on the warpath
foaming at the mouth
hacked off
in a bate
in a lather
fit to be tied
obdurate
mean-looking
wreck
rattled
overstrung
twitchy
nervous
headstrong
maleficent
baleful
ready for a fight
have chip on shoulder
intractable
malefic
mulish
wrought up
ill at ease
pigheaded
het up
black
balky
disobedient
wayward
troublesome
obstructive
tiresome
annoying
vexatious
contrarious
capricious
thrawn
renitent
pervicacious
self-willed
bull-headed
more ❯
“You might want to speak to him at another time as he's a little
on edge
from recent events at the moment.”
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