All nail-biting synonyms
nail-bit·ing
N n noun nail-biting
- pins and needles — a tingly, prickly sensation in a limb that is recovering from numbness.
- all-overs — a general feeling of unease and nervousness throughout the body (usually preceded by the).
- cold sweat — If you are in a cold sweat, you are sweating and feel cold, usually because you are very afraid or nervous.
- antsiness — the quality of being antsy
adv nail-biting
- anxious — If you are anxious to do something or anxious that something should happen, you very much want to do it or very much want it to happen.
- edgy — nervously irritable; impatient and anxious.
- fidgety — restless; impatient; uneasy.
- high-strung — at great tension; highly excitable or nervous; edgy: high-strung nerves; a high-strung person.
- impatient — not patient; not accepting delay, opposition, pain, etc., with calm or patience.
- jittery — extremely tense and nervous; jumpy: He's very jittery about the medical checkup.
- jumpy — subject to sudden, involuntary starts, especially from nervousness, fear, excitement, etc.
- nervous — highly excitable; unnaturally or acutely uneasy or apprehensive: to become nervous under stress.
- skittish — apt to start or shy: a skittish horse.
- uneasy — not easy in body or mind; uncomfortable; restless; disturbed; perturbed.
- wired — made of wire; consisting of or constructed with wires.
- hyper — overexcited; overstimulated; keyed up.