antsy
25
7.0
- adjective
- /ˈæntsi/
- Informal
:
inquieto
- He felt antsy during the long meeting and couldn’t sit still in his chair.
- get antsy
- feel antsy
- a little antsy
He he may be more antsy and anxious, more nervous, more insecure.
- He he may be more antsy and anxious, more nervous, more insecure.
- My mental clarity was was very clear, but I was very antsy.
- And so you can kind of tell that he's a little bit antsy.
- And if it goes on for long enough, what happens is first of all, you will feel really jittery and antsy, which we describe as anxiety.
- As the weather gets warmer and people get more antsy to spend time in the sun, it can only mean one thing.
- The sense of you know something is wrong, you just feel antsy, unsettled, and that can get really unbearable in your life.
- People start to get antsy to return, which is, I don't know if that'll happen to me, but that's a pretty common arc.
- OK, here's some things that are just me being, you know, way too antsy about whatever.
- Like I was just feeling like very antsy.
- You know, e-mail being antsy, antsy, they just leave me alone, which is great place to be, you know, So good writing day is like I said, having a good.
Examples
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Probably making him feel a bit antsy seeing it back on the wall.
Fiction book (1992) -
I was getting kind of antsy.
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Hurry up, 'cause the girls are like really antsy for the money.
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But it makes me antsy to be sitting on top of that much power.
Fiction book (2001) -
After a day or two here, I get antsy and look forward to doing battle in traffic.
Blog text (32) -
Like I said, I get antsy and I want to see new things.
Blog text (17) -
So the whole time I was just antsy and paranoid.
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Someone's a little antsy about her money.
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They're getting kind of antsy.
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Whenever that happens, I get antsy and start wondering if I've missed something.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
110
3.0
Not able to relax and stay still because of worry or boredom
97
2.8
Quickly annoyed when having to wait
54
4.3
Feeling nervous and easily startled by sudden sounds
49
4.1
Feeling nervous, upset, and not calm
26
4.5
Feeling nervous and unable to stay still
18
2.1
Feeling restless and wanting to move or act
10
9.1
Feeling nervous and acting in strange, unpredictable ways
9
4.6
Feeling nervous and unable to stay still
8
4.8
Unable to stay still because you feel nervous
4
6.6
Feeling worried and unable to relax
3
8.4
Acting nervous and strange in a way you cannot predict
1
3.5
Moving in a restless, wiggly way
1
9.9
Very nervous and unable to stay still because of worry or excitement
1
8.7
Moving quickly and lightly because it is nervous or easily startled
Antonyms
How Nervous
Surface Forms
Etymology
Antsy comes from the image of having ants crawling on you, as in the saying 'ants in your pants', which would make you move a lot and be unable to keep still. So antsy means nervous, restless, or 'unable to keep still'.