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What is another word for
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Excessively concerned with rules and order
Feeling irritable, bad-tempered, or grumpy
Unfriendly and bad-tempered in nature
Strict or exacting in standards
Having or showing very strict moral attitudes
Uptight or unfriendly in nature
Not revealing one's thoughts or feelings readily
Not inclined to trust
Spitefully or furiously angry
Not offering, involving, or eager for new or stimulating things
Controlled or reserved in displaying one's emotion
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Adjective
▲
Excessively concerned with rules and order
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withdrawn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
on the defensive
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
more ❯
“I know I shouldn't be getting so
uptight
about it, but I'd like the satisfaction of knowing that I got it right.”
Adjective
▲
Feeling irritable, bad-tempered, or grumpy
fretful
irritable
grumpy
cross
petulant
testy
irascible
touchy
peevish
fractious
cranky
crabby
ratty
snappish
crotchety
huffy
tetchy
querulous
splenetic
crabbed
perverse
captious
edgy
complaining
ornery
miserable
mean
grumbling
whining
critical
tense
carping
cavilling
UK
caviling
US
contrary
upset
unhappy
distraught
overwrought
uncomfortable
worried
anxious
fidgety
stressed
faultfinding
agitated
distressed
nervous
overstrung
rattled
twitchy
wreck
bad-tempered
ill-tempered
ill-natured
short-tempered
out of sorts
ill at ease
worked up
wrought up
het up
cantankerous
chippy
waspish
prickly
grouchy
snappy
choleric
crusty
sullen
pettish
impatient
temperamental
narky
thin-skinned
quick-tempered
sulky
fiery
surly
ill-humored
US
moody
ill-humoured
UK
dyspeptic
volatile
hot-tempered
eggy
peppery
soreheaded
peckish
miffy
disagreeable
sour
liverish
angry
scratchy
snarky
quarrelsome
curmudgeonly
shirty
snaky
morose
oversensitive
snippy
snippety
stuffy
bilious
out of humor
raspy
sensitive
whingy
like a bear with a sore head
easily offended
churlish
whiny
huffish
sorehead
exasperated
annoyed
stroppy
bearish
bristly
mardy
mumpish
ireful
neurotic
fault-finding
passionate
in a bad mood
on a short fuse
high-strung
discontented
disgruntled
bitter
pouty
dissatisfied
displeased
crybaby
ungracious
whingeing
fussy
difficult
salty
pouting
feisty
glum
curt
excitable
waspy
grousing
emotional
saturnine
gruff
dour
on edge
defensive
iracund
iracundulous
ticklish
hasty
unstable
fierce
hypersensitive
umbrageous
hot-blooded
out of temper
jumpy
easily upset
hot under the collar
highly strung
murmuring
plaintive
censorious
grumbly
moaning
negative
crying
deploring
scrappy
lamenting
bemoaning
whimpering
wailing
hard to please
huffy irascible
offended
frowning
moping
mopish
agitable
piqued
mopey
dejected
broody
fuming
blue
kittle
mopy
tooshie
skittish
wounded
impetuous
easily frightened
easily agitated
hot-headed
in a temper
raving
psyched up
cold
angerful
frenzied
pugnacious
wrathful
hostile
convulsed
ferocious
disapproving
ranting
wild
cheerless
unsociable
argumentative
shrewish
brusque
misanthropic
cynical
contentious
hotheaded
truculent
harsh
obstinate
pertinacious
paranoid
hypercritical
uncooperative
snarling
resentful
acrimonious
hysterical
gloomy
tough
brooding
waxy
disputatious
conservative
acrid
trying
griping
acid
awkward
growling
malicious
venomous
fretting
vinegary
short
childish
tart
sharp
malignant
vindictive
nasty
sore
filthy
spiteful
obstreperous
blunt
cussed
chuffy
on the defensive
eccentric
out of humour
ugly
hyperexcitable
erratic
tempestuous
mercurial
hyperkinetic
flighty
having got out of bed the wrong side
foul-tempered
hung up
easily affected
easily hurt
hyper-sensitive
cross-grained
having got out of bed on the wrong side
nasty-tempered
out-of-sorts
as cross as two sticks
in a mood
short-fused
toey
perturbable
wired up
wound up
bundle of nerves
unfriendly
snarly
arsey
vexed
peeved
put out
embittered
grudging
bad
jaundiced
uncongenial
wicked
vicious
zowerswopped
atrabilious
ungenerous
belligerent
perversely irritable
violent
antagonistic
destructive
bellicose
malcontent
objectionable
confrontational
inhospitable
inimical
adversarial
loudmouthed
bloody-minded
threatening
defiant
combative
abusive
militant
malevolent
warlike
irritated
offensive
irate
irked
restless
froward
unruly
refractory
sharp-tongued
galled
glowering
rancorous
unkind
antipathetic
agonistic
discordant
mighty
assaultive
livid
apoplectic
riled
mad
steamed
crook
steamed up
vex
ropeable
hoha
wroth
sourpussed
scowling
sulking
aerated
in a paddy
in a lather
up in arms
bent out of shape
on the warpath
teed off
fit to be tied
foaming at the mouth
hacked off
not best pleased
in a bate
ticked off
hopping mad
aggressive
psychopathic
negativistic
passive-aggressive
dark
aloof
withdrawn
depressed
in the sulks
fed up
in a huff
in a strop
down in the mouth
having a fit of the sulks
in a funk
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Unfriendly and bad-tempered in nature
disagreeable
irritable
cantankerous
grumpy
grouchy
crabby
cross
peevish
surly
prickly
petulant
dyspeptic
crabbed
ratty
tetchy
splenetic
snappy
snappish
pettish
waspish
bilious
sulky
sullen
ornery
curmudgeonly
querulous
churlish
bearish
quarrelsome
difficult
acid
brusque
mean
unfriendly
spiteful
unpleasant
nasty
contrary
ungracious
rude
abrupt
unhelpful
discourteous
impolite
vicious
contentious
disputatious
bellicose
disobliging
ugly
whiny
cruel
unlikable
ill-tempered
bad-tempered
ill-natured
ill-humoured
UK
ill-humored
US
out of sorts
bloody-minded
mean-spirited
moody
testy
sour
morose
glum
touchy
pouting
pouty
mopey
gruff
uncivil
indignant
angry
curt
out of humour
irascible
chippy
fractious
humourless
UK
humorless
US
scowling
blunt
crotchety
boorish
truculent
terse
narky
unsmiling
choleric
crusty
moping
fiery
shirty
impatient
impetuous
hotheaded
resentful
gloomy
unsociable
glowering
ill-mannered
frowning
dour
sourpussed
uncommunicative
unresponsive
short-tempered
hot-tempered
quick-tempered
brooding
embittered
stroppy
sulking
unmannerly
joyless
piqued
tense
disgruntled
vehement
eggy
displeased
unindulgent
discontented
hot under collar
having short fuse
crude
disrespectful
inconsiderate
insolent
impudent
crass
short
sharp
ignorant
impertinent
bad-mannered
vulgar
graceless
offensive
shrewish
perverse
uncouth
insensitive
unmannered
snippy
thoughtless
uncharitable
unkind
inhospitable
uncongenial
ungentlemanly
unneighborly
coarse
belligerent
antagonistic
antisocial
cussed
ungallant
vitriolic
vindictive
rancorous
hateful
acrimonious
passionate
ill-bred
cross-grained
harsh
violent
heated
abusive
audacious
unaffable
bad
tactless
unamicable
bitter
indelicate
unwelcoming
unneighbourly
unsocial
catty
cranky
offhand
temperamental
huffy
hostile
liverish
impassioned
unchivalrous
loutish
peckish
unladylike
unhandsome
soreheaded
miffy
indecorous
oafish
malicious
waxy
inflammable
mannerless
acrid
bristling
argumentative
antipathetic
icy
on a short fuse
tempestuous
uncalled-for
virulent
vengeful
hysterical
short-fused
objectionable
saturnine
gross
misbehaved
uncultured
uncultivated
tempersome
cavalier
low-bred
gauche
unpolite
ill
combative
foul
malevolent
confrontational
pugnacious
scrappy
unsympathetic
malignant
tasteless
aggressive
wrathful
furious
grumbling
militant
viperous
venomous
malign
evil-minded
filthy
snarling
sudden
impulsive
snarky
snippety
volatile
raspy
stuffy
peppery
unrelatable
not on speaking terms
excitable
sensitive
snaky
distasteful
out of temper
thin-skinned
easily upset
mardy
out of humor
like a bear with a sore head
hot-headed
as cross as two sticks
hot-blooded
in a mood
in a bad mood
unceremonious
in poor taste
uncomfortable
spirited
inimical
intolerant
lively
ill-chosen
lawless
in bad taste
manic
uneasy
unexpected
base
rustic
lowbred
clodhopping
startling
reserved
unapproachable
frosty
impersonal
cold
uncordial
brutal
unanticipated
stiff
severe
ungregarious
cool
stern
unforeseen
awful
rapid
swift
immediate
shocking
unpredicted
unforgiving
hasty
quick
presumptuous
asocial
stand-offish
brash
insulting
derogatory
disparaging
cheeky
arrogant
undiplomatic
cocky
unrefined
uncomplimentary
disgracious
ungenteel
flip
mouthy
rough
smart-alecky
brazen
smart alecky
lippy
overbearing
yokelish
ungraceful
out-of-line
intrusive
contumelious
bounderish
fresh
underbred
inaffable
insubordinate
malapert
peremptory
disdainful
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Strict or exacting in standards
strict
harsh
rigid
hard
rigorous
severe
stern
stringent
tough
dour
inflexible
oppressive
unbending
authoritarian
draconian
uncompromising
unyielding
disciplinary
firm
forbidding
illiberal
adamant
grim
picky
adamantine
bullheaded
determined
exacting
fixed
hardline
headstrong
indurate
intractable
intransigent
invariable
obdurate
obstinate
pertinacious
puritanical
relentless
resolute
set
solid
steadfast
stubborn
stuffy
unadaptable
undeviating
unpermissive
unpersuadable
unrelenting
unshakeable
unsparing
unwavering
cast-iron
dead set
hard-line
heavy-handed
iron-fisted
no-nonsense
austere
cruel
ruthless
merciless
stiff
drastic
pitiless
extreme
flinty
unsympathetic
brutal
unforgiving
hard-nosed
excessive
tyrannical
implacable
heartless
unfeeling
rough
inexorable
ramrod
callous
punishing
heavy
savage
onerous
hard-hearted
punitive
immovable
fierce
demanding
hardheaded
serious
burdensome
stony
remorseless
grave
uncharitable
forceful
hardened
inhuman
strong
single-minded
trying
dogged
hardhanded
murderous
solemn
pigheaded
stiff-necked
unmerciful
crushing
opinionated
unsmiling
weighty
inordinate
hard-boiled
unreasonable
crippling
radical
arduous
iron-handed
cold
insensitive
outrageous
immoderate
taxing
difficult
unkind
sedate
earnest
mulish
staid
challenging
humourless
UK
humorless
US
astringent
uncomic
sober
ironclad
bitter
sobersided
definite
grievous
searing
exigent
rugged
self-opinionated
brassbound
locked in
cold-blooded
strenuous
cold-hearted
diehard
po-faced
set in stone
ferocious
unsentimental
uncaring
dogmatic
gruelling
UK
domineering
sombre
UK
doctrinaire
tiring
somber
US
affectless
entrenched
compassionless
draining
grinding
fanatical
stoney
ironhearted
hardcore
stonyhearted
desensitized
US
enervative
wearing
uphill
stressful
ossified
vicious
hard-core
sharp
hellish
sapping
stony-hearted
hard-and-fast
desensitised
UK
excruciating
killing
nasty
pontifical
hard and fast
opinionative
opinioned
take-no-prisoners
desperate
back-breaking
grueling
US
despotic
prejudiced
bigoted
wilful
repressive
dire
inhumane
steely
extortionate
willful
perverse
hard-hitting
really hard
unappeasable
soulless
hidebound
pachydermatous
biased
ingrained
intolerant
insistent
insensate
unpitying
settled
concrete
unchangeable
inconvincible
pat
final
forcible
formidable
tenacious
swingeing
penal
bound
iniquitous
determinate
rooted
gruff
deep-rooted
unchanging
hard-bitten
vindictive
deep-seated
inexpugnable
hard-shelled
hurtful
sky-high
categorical
not giving an inch
truculent
resolved
hardhearted
browbeating
self-willed
businesslike
one-sided
case-hardened
thick-skinned
slash-and-burn
dyed-in-the-wool
well-set
hard as nails
Draconian
unfair
abrasive
unjust
spartan
punitory
inconsiderate
ironhanded
abusive
intense
rowdy
curt
cool
unmoved
lacking compassion
overstrict
OTT
preconceived
hostile
inclement
bullying
refractory
immutable
pugnacious
over the top
ordered
regimental
two-fisted
with a heart of stone
virulent
indurated
unmalleable
cynical
ironfisted
mean
imperious
unflinching
pressing
autocratic
indomitable
cocksure
decided
testing
emphatic
unvacillating
wearying
overburdening
debilitating
very hard
disciplined
hardass
dreary
douce
stable
unswerving
iron
ascetical
by the book
absolute
ascetic
superincumbent
tricky
unplacatable
unmollifiable
unpacifiable
iron-willed
suppressive
unhumorous
dull
hard-headed
lacking sentiment
hard-edged
as tough as old boots
toughened by experience
as hard as nails
world-weary
necessary
bull-headed
disciplinarian
unvarying
arbitrary
bloody-minded
tight
staunch
narrow
dogmatical
serious-minded
die-hard
conservative
brick-wall
downright
unchallengeable
unquestionable
mean business
Rhadamanthine
Rhadamanthean
inveterate
frozen
flat
jelled
certain
unflappable
militant
bound and determined
very severe
confident
unequivocal
fast
unmoving
unalterable
reactionary
narrow-minded
unfaltering
unemotional
small-minded
stand pat
wrong-headed
unbreakable
impractical
incompliant
solid as a rock
fundamentalist
unswayable
unflexible
zealous
ideological
unpragmatic
unrealistic
cutting
biting
caustic
swivel-eyed
scathing
acerbic
barbarous
trenchant
holding fixed views
standing one's ground
sarcastic
dug in
sardonic
sadistic
sticking to one's guns
standing pat
acrid
stinging
mordant
bloodthirsty
brutish
acidulous
monstrous
incisive
acerb
snarky
spiteful
toilsome
wearisome
bestial
penetrating
mordacious
coldhearted
vengeful
tyrannous
piercing
uninviting
waspish
catty
distant
surly
sullen
unapproachable
aloof
cut-throat
wounding
poisonous
crabbed
sour
threatening
glum
churlish
sarky
grumpy
intimidating
ungentle
louring
cross
fell
sinister
menacing
stark
lowering
morose
bleak
scowling
sulky
splenetic
cantankerous
glowering
crusty
gray
US
grouchy
grey
UK
bad-tempered
ill-tempered
mean-looking
boot-faced
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Having or showing very strict moral attitudes
strait-laced
prudish
prim
puritanical
stuffy
proper
priggish
conventional
conservative
Victorian
prissy
stiff
starchy
square
schoolmarmish
moralistic
staid
Grundyish
schoolmistressy
strict
governessy
mimsy
rigid
Pecksniffian
narrow
severe
shockable
overscrupulous
old-fashioned
fuddy-duddy
narrow-minded
niminy-piminy
old-maidish
stick-in-the-mud
goody-goody
of the old school
prim and proper
straight
sober
sedate
straitlaced
genteel
demure
formal
pompous
fogeyish
stilted
reserved
decorous
bluenosed
straightlaced
smug
respectable
solemn
nice-nelly
unhip
punctilious
ceremonious
uncool
correct
stodgy
austere
starched
nice
mannered
impersonal
conformist
humourless
UK
fusty
stiff-necked
old-fogeyish
decent
seemly
straight-laced
tight-laced
magisterial
important
supercilious
self-important
humorless
US
arrogant
puffy
ladylike
puritan
dry as dust
overnice
overmodest
squeamish
illiberal
old-maid
serious
earnest
dignified
stately
courtly
distinguished
ceremonial
imposing
precise
polite
imperial
majestic
imperious
civil
courteous
august
moral
refined
traditional
exact
official
portly
deliberate
regal
affected
just so
sanctimonious
noble
sententious
censorious
deferential
upright
conforming
ritual
forbidding
honourable
UK
orthodox
honorable
US
measured
self-righteous
grand
composed
particular
po-faced
couth
self-satisfied
diplomatic
scrupulous
impressive
respected
holier-than-thou
square-toed
grandiose
gracious
de rigueur
sombre
UK
somber
US
comme il faut
slow-moving
Pharisaic
pedantic
ornate
elaborate
elegant
precious
epicene
ritualistic
boring
portentous
reverential
abstinent
ascetic
spartan
abstemious
momentous
dispassionate
au fait
conscionable
observant
namby-pamby
overconscientious
formalistic
unctuous
pious
goody-two-shoes
forced
virtuous
PC
unnatural
labored
US
laboured
UK
hair-shirt
strained
artificial
icy
frigid
unrelaxed
politically correct
goody two-shoes
right
standard
suitable
befitting
fitting
lofty
fit
approved
mannerly
civilized
US
accepted
well-mannered
exalted
apt
appropriate
usual
customary
unbending
venerable
lordly
kingly
kosher
OK
inflexible
unsympathetic
aloof
eminent
highbrow
proud
acceptable
becoming
civilised
UK
okay
done
careful
remote
unfriendly
haughty
detached
withdrawn
unsocial
undemonstrative
restrained
unapproachable
uncommunicative
reticent
taciturn
antisocial
unforthcoming
unresponsive
right stuff
highfalutin'
superior
magnificent
great
aristocratic
distingué
grave
nifty
straight arrow
keeping people at arm's length
by the numbers
stand-offish
self-respecting
fussy
snobbish
fastidious
dapper
choosy
spruce
meticulous
blue-nose
nit-picking
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Uptight or unfriendly in nature
stiff
reserved
unfriendly
cold
constrained
standoffish
aloof
pompous
chilly
ungainly
stand-offish
distant
cool
frosty
detached
unsociable
remote
antisocial
offish
unclubbable
asocial
standoff
dry
unemotional
forbidding
unfeeling
formal
austere
stuffy
conventional
unbending
buttoned-up
cold-eyed
strait-laced
Adjective
▲
Not revealing one's thoughts or feelings readily
reticent
uncommunicative
reserved
silent
quiet
taciturn
unforthcoming
secretive
withdrawn
dumb
close
closemouthed
shy
laconic
distant
introverted
mom
US
private
restrained
guarded
unresponsive
discreet
diffident
undemonstrative
mum
UK
dark
inhibited
modest
unspeaking
bashful
shrinking
unassuming
unwilling
tight-lipped
close-mouthed
media-shy
close-lipped
tight-mouthed
clammed up
dummied up
dried up
wouldn't say boo to a goose
repressed
self-restrained
mute
speechless
unexpressive
sententious
sparing
incommunicable
tightlipped
incommunicative
uncommunicable
aloof
cold
antisocial
dour
brooding
curt
untalkative
inarticulate
dried-up
muted
hushed
tongue-tied
voiceless
buttoned up
nonvocal
not talkative
zipped
retiring
of few words
detached
unsociable
closed up
mousy
subdued
inconversable
whispered
sullen
silenced
on the QT
evasive
stand-offish
hush-hush
secluded
hidden
secret
retired
buttoning up
clamming up
tight chops
wordless
aphonic
tongueless
unable to speak
zipping one's lips
buttoning one's lip
mum's the word
playing your cards close to your chest
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Not inclined to trust
untrusting
suspicious
doubtful
dubious
mistrustful
sceptical
UK
skeptical
US
wary
chary
leery
doubting
cautious
cynical
cagey
uneasy
jealous
fearful
been hit before
distrustful
unsure
uncertain
unsettled
unconvinced
undecided
trustless
unbelieving
suspecting
hinky
apprehensive
questioning
nervous
hesitant
possessive
insecure
disbelieving
incredulous
negativistic
careful
circumspect
distrusting
lacking faith
show-me
lacking confidence
lacking trust
iffy
ambivalent
wavering
tentative
irresolute
on the fence
vacillating
unresolved
indecisive
in two minds
in a dilemma
in doubt
dithering
hesitating
indefinite
shilly-shallying
of two minds
blowing hot and cold
reluctant
loath
disinclined
equivocal
faltering
waffling
agnostic
undetermined
guarded
in a quandary
heedful
on the horns of a dilemma
watchful
mindful
shy
uncommitted
gingerly
averse
conservative
afraid
considerate
safe
alert
torn
equivocating
unclear
scrupulous
prudent
vague
split
hazy
teetering
fluctuating
divided
noncommittal
shaky
oscillating
restrained
canny
inhibited
constrained
discreet
particular
fastidious
calculating
unassured
perplexed
ambiguous
faithless
not sure
diffident
hemming and hawing
betwixt and between
running hot and cold
sitting on the fence
like doubting Thomas
without belief
confused
vexed
unimpressed
unpersuaded
unmoved
pussyfooting
halting
unconfident
reticent
indisposed
have misgivings
have reservations
unconfirmed
loth
cagy
fly-by-night
unsavory
US
unsavoury
UK
touch-and-go
chancy
untrusty
having qualms
having misgivings
pessimistic
jaundiced
disillusioned
misanthropic
negative
disenchanted
nonbelieving
hardened
hard
bleak
black
world-weary
hard-bitten
hard-boiled
floating
wobbling
swithering
unfinished
pendent
wishy-washy
hedging your bets
in the middle
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Spitefully or furiously angry
incensed
angry
irate
furious
enraged
infuriated
livid
outraged
aggravated
aggrieved
angered
ballistic
indignant
ireful
mad
rankled
riled
antagonised
UK
antagonized
US
apoplectic
choleric
fuming
irascible
irked
ropeable
seething
ticked
wrathful
cross
displeased
exasperated
hacked
huffy
incandescent
maddened
miffed
peeved
provoked
rabid
raging
raving
very angry
wild
boiling
foaming
frenzied
nettled
piqued
roiled
roused
rousted
shirty
sore
splenetic
aerated
annoyed
bugged
crook
enflamed
frustrated
heated
hot
inflamed
infuriate
irritated
soreheaded
steaming
stroppy
vexed
waxy
antagonistic
buffaloed
dogged
hopping
hostile
perturbed
ranting
riley
scandalised
UK
scandalized
US
snaky
steamed
upset
wroth
choked
dark
frantic
passionate
resentful
shocked
spare
storming
tooshie
steamed up
beside oneself
browned off
cheesed off
fed up
hacked off
hot-tempered
teed off
up in arms
worked up
wound up
bad-tempered
boiling mad
going crook
hopping mad
ill-humored
US
ill-humoured
UK
ill-tempered
in a temper
ticked off
all steamed up
at boiling point
horn-mad
hot under the collar
on the warpath
overcome with anger
peed off
raging mad
seeing red
beside yourself
beside yourself with rage
bummed out
burned up
in a frenzy
in a lather
in a rage
in high dudgeon
as cross as two sticks
bent out of shape
blown a gasket
foaming at the mouth
in a paddy
pushed too far
at end of one's rope
fit to be tied
hot and bothered
put out
rubbed the wrong way
blue in the face
in a filthy temper
in a huff
in a bate
in a fume
in a pet
with all guns blazing
off the air
narked
disgruntled
offended
galled
bothered
agitated
affronted
eggy
ruffled
miffy
troubled
brassed off
snuffy
not best pleased
hurt
vex
testy
dissatisfied
discontented
disturbed
scunnered
flustered
harassed
ratty
wrath
bitter
stung
in a bad mood
vehement
impassioned
violent
chafed
fierce
acrimonious
intense
fiery
insulted
crazed
hoha
distressed
berserk
goaded
embittered
afflicted
feverish
irritable
bent
insane
surly
harried
blazing
aroused
maniac
flaming
up the wall
gnashing one's teeth
wounded
fervent
rancorous
ardent
fervid
pained
demented
desperate
irrational
slighted
corybantic
hateful
acrid
sour
unreasonable
smoking
sullen
overheated
emotional
ferocious
crazy
disgusted
worried
tormented
impatient
unhappy
dirty
unglued
filthy
sulky
fretted
flaming mad
blazing mad
in a towering rage
at daggers drawn
out of control
very upset
raving mad
out of humour
sombre
UK
somber
US
chagrined
scornful
p.o.'d
radge
rage
dishonored
US
humiliated
anxious
black
in an uproar
disappointed
umbrageous
dishonoured
UK
crackers
grudging
as black as thunder
festering
fevered
disheartened
incited
scalded
blistered
burnt
burned
bloodshot
mad as hell
in a wax
salty
discouraged
het up
ready to be tied
mildly annoyed
hard
spiteful
grouchy
touchy
hassled
grieved
annoying
injured
cray-cray
malcontent
unforgiving
prickly
crabby
grumpy
snappy
snitty
disrespected
revengeful
defiant
crabbed
unfulfilled
defeated
unamused
extremely angry
out of countenance
unsatisfied
unsated
ungratified
blustering
huffish
short-tempered
out of sorts
quick-tempered
vitriolic
butthurt
hung up
carrying a chip on your shoulder
ill-disposed
torrid
burning
perfervid
passional
charged
demonstrative
doing your nut
boiling over
going ape
throwing a fit
mad as a hornet
blowing one's top
blowing a gasket
ranting and raving
warm
religious
superheated
glowing
stormy
vivid
excited
distraught
delirious
overwrought
red-hot
hot-blooded
warm-blooded
white-hot
nervous
distracted
frenetic
animated
uncontrolled
maniacal
neurotic
manic
unrestrained
unnerved
hyper
distrait
unhinged
enthusiastic
turbulent
hysteric
deranged
uncontrollable
stimulated
impetuous
tempestuous
convulsive
irrepressible
eager
rampant
overexcited
berko
spasmodic
unrestrainable
possessed
hysterical
ablaze
in a state
in a panic
carried away
swivel-eyed
driven to distraction
in a fit
out of one's wits
panic-stricken
very excited
tense
edgy
discontent
tetchy
narky
fretful
peevish
cranky
waspish
cantankerous
apprehensive
uneasy
petulant
disconcerted
discomposed
antsy
fractious
disquieted
rattled
disagreeable
snappish
pettish
dyspeptic
crotchety
querulous
crusty
grumbling
depressed
liverish
unsettled
jumpy
frightened
disaffected
moody
malcontented
blue
volatile
complaining
ill at ease
dismayed
dithery
chippy
nervy
restless
snippy
jittery
griping
peppery
ornery
in a tizzy
aflutter
peckish
miserable
scratchy
unquiet
glum
saddened
sick
alarmed
out of joint
thin-skinned
ill-natured
like a bear with a sore head
on a short fuse
shaken
captious
confused
stressed
temperamental
kvetching
bored
concerned
churlish
fearful
anguished
weary
scared
twitchy
critical
tired
sad
insecure
queazy
queasy
perverse
discombobulated
atwitter
snarky
gloomy
sick and tired
snippety
stuffy
inconvenienced
gutted
discountenanced
raspy
on edge
thrown
quarrelsome
curt
gruff
venomous
shrewish
bilious
out of humor
mean
curmudgeonly
sharp
nasty
bearish
acid
fidgety
shook up
in a mood
cross-grained
short-fused
terrified
envious
restive
needled
jaded
flurried
adrenalized
bellyaching
malevolent
wired
wearied
blasé
faultfinding
afraid
glowering
hinky
louring
febrile
unfriendly
goosey
down
threatening
discomfited
dour
morose
unpleased
grousing
malignant
low
short
fretting
malicious
vindictive
cheerless
mardy
caviling
US
cavilling
UK
brooding
carping
strained
mortified
fazed
snarling
uncomfortable
muddled
sensitive
out of temper
oversensitive
evil-intentioned
hate-filled
awkward
fault-finding
unzipped
vicious
cut up
having got out of bed on the wrong side
bloody-minded
broken up
having got out of bed the wrong side
unimpressed
reproachful
stewed
woeful
grieving
wry
forbidding
grim
severe
hard done by
snubbed
hectic
factious
dissentious
flushed
startled
skittish
nitpicking
ticklish
aquiver
daunted
high-strung
smouldering
UK
embarrassed
overemotional
unreluctant
flighty
scowling
jaundiced
snarly
atrabilious
zowerswopped
overactive
hyped-up
wrought-up
fraught
afire
atingle
hyperexcited
falling apart
histrionic
perversely irritable
disapproving of
frowning
picky
stressed out
despondent
disapproving
regretful
belly-aching
inhospitable
ennuied
sniveling
US
plaintive
unassuaged
begrudging
insatiable
unappeased
jealous
crabbing
uncontent
kicking
snivelling
UK
stressy
sick to death
disconsolate
dejected
disillusioned
downcast
fed up to the teeth
verklempt
zipped up
keyed up
juiced up
with a chip on your shoulder
fed up to the back teeth
out of place
self-conscious
like a fish out of water
in disorder
amazed
smoldering
US
melancholic
forlorn
joyless
menacing
put-out
fed-up
not satisfied
come apart
psyched out
at sixes and sevens
all torn up
disenchanted
crestfallen
doleful
downhearted
inconsolable
bad tempered
belligerent
aggressive
feisty
bristly
unsociable
argumentative
whingy
sorrowful
full of hate
full of dislike
overstrung
nonplussed
brusque
misanthropic
cynical
hotheaded
pouty
obstinate
difficult
contentious
truculent
harsh
pertinacious
evil
wicked
shaky
toey
flummoxed
excitable
uncooperative
contrary
whiny
hypercritical
whining
crybaby
ungracious
satiated
maleficent
baleful
hesitant
bored by
revolted
sickened
iracund
tough
iracundulous
pouting
fussy
disputatious
fuddled
panicky
spooked
malign
poisonous
malefic
floored
waspy
trying
mumpish
growling
tart
sorehead
saturnine
blunt
cussed
vinegary
whingeing
childish
hasty
obstreperous
chuffy
surfeited by
weary of
distressed by
glutted by
surfeited with
jaded with
jaded by
satiated by
surfeited
unrelaxed
repulsed
nauseated
bewildered
sated
dismal
nasty-tempered
foul-tempered
out-of-sorts
ugly
easily offended
low-spirited
glutted with
repelled
strung out
abashed
strung up
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beset
appalled
nauseous
have had it up to here with
have had enough
have had a basinful of
have had something up to here
taken aback
up to here
caught off balance
shook-up
at sea
messed-up
in botheration
psyched-out
mixed-up
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worried stiff
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unadventurous
circumspect
cautious
prudent
chary
wary
timid
careful
cagey
tentative
conservative
hesitant
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conventional
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unexciting
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boring
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politic
on the lookout
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apprehensive
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aware
reluctant
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on the qui vive
reserved
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measured
on your toes
on the watch
moderate
reticent
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precautious
with eyes peeled
with reservations
on the alert
keeping a weather eye on
watching one's step
walking on eggs
watching out
all ears
playing safe
thinking twice
keeping on one's toes
handling with kid gloves
diplomatic
uneasy
tactful
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wise
loath
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sceptical
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dubious
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sagacious
controlled
noncommittal
temperate
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unhurried
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awake
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constrained
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perceptive
suspecting
forethoughtful
softly-softly
paying attention
walking on egg shells
belt-and-braces
hedging your bets
taking it slow
squeamish
protective
dainty
sage
punctilious
playing your cards close to your chest
sensible
shrewd
regardful
conscientious
discerning
reasonable
wide-awake
wide awake
intelligent
strategic
prepared
ready
judgmatic
judgmatical
keeping one's eyes peeled
keeping a weather eye open
fast on the draw
psyched up
switched on
on the job
on one's toes
keeping one's eyes open
hip
open-eyed
standing at attention
wired
tentie
tenty
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worldly-wise
kid-glove
having foresight
on lookout
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overcareful
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Controlled or reserved in displaying one's emotion
restrained
controlled
reserved
inhibited
guarded
unemotional
undemonstrative
muted
discreet
steady
calm
moderate
reasonable
mild
quiet
reticent
phlegmatic
soft
thoughtful
unassuming
chilled
inobtrusive
nonaggressive
plain
retiring
shrinking
unaffable
unexcessive
unexpansive
unextreme
withdrawn
self-controlled
self-restrained
self-possessed
laid-back
in check
not given to excesses
bottled up
corked up
in charge
under control
under wraps
cool, calm and collected
on a leash
in control of yourself
cool
composed
disciplined
tamed
deliberate
unflappable
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