aflutter

Examples

• All

• The little girl was aflutter with excitement as she opened her birthday presents.

• Trump, you have set my heart aflutter with your silver tongue.

• It's more here I'm all aflutter.

  To Olivia (2021)

• So what are the qualities in a man that make Neely's heart go all aflutter?

  Blog text (4)

• Next, a distinguished personage from Chicago had reserved the presidential suite and would arrive on Labor Day, setting female hearts aflutter.

  Fiction book (2000)

• The school is all aflutter as the dreamboat Charles sets his sights on virginal Tanya ( Mädchen Amick from TWIN PEAKS).

  Blog text (33)

• As she stood on stage waiting for her name to be called, she felt her heart aflutter with excitement.

• When I saw the surprise party they had planned for me, my stomach was aflutter with joy and nervous anticipation.

Synonyms

E

excited

vsaflutter

∞ 1.0

Feeling very happy and eager about something

is more specific, adding a nervous, trembling anticipation

A

agitated

vsaflutter

49 4.1

Feeling nervous, upset, and not calm

is chiefly about light trembling excitement rather than worry or trouble

O

overexcited

vsaflutter

6 4.3

Too active and noisy because of strong feelings

is milder, a trembling anticipation rather than excessive excitement

A

ablaze

vsaflutter

4 5.3

Showing strong excitement or desire, often in the face

is closer to mild nervous anticipation than intense passion

I

in a tizzy

vsaflutter

• Informal

4 8.6

Feeling very nervous and confused about something

keeps the nervous excitement but not the confused agitation

A

agog

vsaflutter

3 7.1

Very excited to hear or see something

shares eagerness but focuses more on nervous trembling

A

a-flutter

vsaflutter

• Literature

2 8.9

Feeling excited and nervous with your heart beating fast

is identical in sense but written without the hyphen

F

fluttery

vsaflutter

2 4.9

Feeling nervous and excited with a quick, shaky feeling in the body

is similar but emphasizes a stronger, more tremulous feeling

A

atwitter

vsaflutter

• Literature

1 8.9

Feeling excited and nervous while waiting for something

is like that but stresses a fluttering, trembling feeling

A

awhirl

vsaflutter

• Literature

1 9.5

In a state of rapid activity and excitement

focuses on internal tremulous excitement rather than external bustle

B

breathless with excitement

vsaflutter

4.6

You are so excited that you cannot breathe normally

is similar but milder, a trembling excitement rather than breathless intensity

B

bubbling

vsaflutter

3.9

Showing lively, happy energy

shares liveliness but lacks the nervous, quivering quality

B

buzzed with excitement

vsaflutter

4.7

Full of lively energy because people feel excited

is more about nervous trembling than energetic liveliness

F

flurried

vsaflutter

7.4

Feeling nervous and hurried after something sudden happens

is similar but centers on trembling anticipation rather than confusion

Antonyms

C

calm

735 1.0

Not showing strong feelings and being very still

U

unexcited

1 3.7

Calm and not showing strong feeling

How Excited

thrilled

171 2.3

excited

∞ 1.0

aflutter

3 7.9

nervous

∞ 1.3

calm

735 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology