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Unable to rest or relax as a result of anxiety

Characterized by, or tending to cause, agitation or anxiety

Characterized by an inability to sleep or rest

Regularly on the move

Easily excitable with an excessive amount of energy

Characterized by or displaying a frenetic excitement or energy

Causing or characterized by tumult, chaos, disorder, or turbulence

Having an intense or passionate interest

Alienated or estranged, often with hostile effect

Irregular and unsteady, characterized by fits

Diligent in the pursuit of a goal

Liable to unpredictable variation

Having the feeling that one is about to vomit

Showing a desire to resist authority, control, or convention

Willing to take risks or to try out new methods, ideas, or experiences

(of sleep) Easily disturbed

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Unable to rest or relax as a result of anxiety

like a cat on hot bricks

like a cat on a hot tin roof

in a state of agitation

like a fish out of water

waiting with bated breath

waiting for the axe to fall

with one's stomach in knots

with butterflies in one's stomach

in a flat spin

with one's heart in one's mouth

having butterflies in the stomach

fearfully anticipating

apprehensively expecting

shaking in one's shoes

confined

having cabin fever

lacking social skills

having a funny feeling

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

at the end of your tether

as cross as two sticks

like a bear with a sore head

ill-humored^US

having got out of bed the wrong side

demoralized^US

demoralised^UK

terrorized^US

terrorised^UK

scared out of your wits

frightened out of your wits

disillusioned

discontented

scary

butterflies in stomach

sombre^UK

somber^US

lacking self-confidence

put out of countenance

baulked^UK

balked^US

like a chicken with its head cut off

traumatized^US

agonized^US

agonised^UK

traumatised^UK

scared out of one's wits

shaking like a leaf

frightened out of one's wits

scared witless

in pain

heavy with grief

racked with suffering

overcome with sorrow

racked with pain

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“Mrs. Jones admitted that she had been feeling restless about her husband's absence.”

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Characterized by, or tending to cause, agitation or anxiety

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

emotionally exhausting

emotionally depleting

humourless^UK

sombre^UK

unsavoury^UK

unsavory^US

humorless^US

somber^US

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“The figure skater endured a few restless minutes as she waited for her scores to be posted.”

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Characterized by an inability to sleep or rest

“He lay in his bed, restless and full of worry about the future.”

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Regularly on the move

travelling^UK

traveling^US

without a roof over one's head

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“Compelled into flight by an irresistible calling, the restless flock of birds rose into the air on their broad elegant wings.”

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Easily excitable with an excessive amount of energy

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Characterized by or displaying a frenetic excitement or energy

wooly^US

woolly^UK

like Piccadilly Circus

not right in the head

not quite right in the head

not the full shilling

away with the fairies

have kangaroos in the top paddock

have bats in the belfry

flakey^US

flaky^UK

one card shy of a full deck

a few cards shy of a full deck

have bats in one's belfry

severely mentally ill

a few sandwiches short of a picnic

have kangaroos in one's top paddock

not in one's right mind

having bats in the belfry

deprived of one's wits

not knowing what to do with oneself

at the end of your tether

having a screw loose

having kangaroos in the top paddock

as mad as a March hare

crazy as a loon

one sandwich short of a picnic

like a chicken with its head cut off

untrammeled^US

driven to distraction

with Alzheimer's disease

not knowing if one is coming or going

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Causing or characterized by tumult, chaos, disorder, or turbulence

knock-down-and-drag-out

gray^US

grey^UK

sombre^UK

somber^US

raining cats and dogs

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Having an intense or passionate interest

enamored^US

enamoured^UK

straining at the leash

waiting with bated breath

bent on

on the edge of one's seat

bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

faint from lack of food

could eat a horse

dying from lack of food

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Alienated or estranged, often with hostile effect

fed up to the back teeth

with a chip on your shoulder

sniveling^US

snivelling^UK

ill-humored^US

carrying a chip on your shoulder

victimised^UK

victimized^US

with a chip on one's shoulder

with chip on shoulder

have had a basinful of

have had it up to here with

have had something up to here

baulked^UK

balked^US

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Irregular and unsteady, characterized by fits

unorganized^US

unorganised^UK

on again and off again

every once in a while

occurring often

repeating

happening at intervals

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Diligent in the pursuit of a goal

full of determination

intensely competitive

iron-willed

high-pressure

having killer instinct

galvanized^US

galvanised^UK

endeavoring^US

focussed^UK

focused^US

nose to the grindstone

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Liable to unpredictable variation

full of ups and downs

flakey^US

flaky^UK

continuously changing

checkered^US

chequered^UK

unorganized^US

unorganised^UK

on again and off again

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Having the feeling that one is about to vomit

suffering from motion sickness

suffering from altitude sickness

green about the gills

green around the gills

sick to one's stomach

not a hundred percent

gray^US

colourless^UK

grey^UK

anaemic^UK

suffering from radiation sickness

anemic^US

colorless^US

meagre^UK

meager^US

lacklustre^UK

lackluster^US

immobilized^US

immobilised^UK

not feeling up to snuff

dishevelled^UK

disheveled^US

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Showing a desire to resist authority, control, or convention

obstinately disobedient

without law and order

unfavorable^US

quarrelling^UK

as stubborn as a mule

with a will of one's own

determined to have one's own way

quarreling^US

having a chip on one's shoulder

disinclined to accept

full of ups and downs

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Willing to take risks or to try out new methods, ideas, or experiences

jumping to conclusions

having nerves of steel

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(of sleep) Easily disturbed

light

sensitive

wakeful

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