Abdabs
Synonyms: Jitters, butterflies, nerves, shakes, disquiet, worry, disquietude, fear, dither, tension, perturbation, jimjams, jitteriness, yips, stress, fretfulness, worriment, twitchiness, turbulence, fuss, excitability, tizzy, fidgeting, discomfiture, dithers, delirium, neurasthenia, quivers, stimulation, tremulousness, tremble, jim-jams, screaming meemies, cold feet, screaming abdabs, Joe Blakes, fit of nerves, to-do, butterflies in the stomach, anxiety, willies, apprehension, nervousness, uneasiness, shivers, agitation, tenseness, restlessness, creeps, jumps, edginess, anxiousness, jumpiness, collywobbles, fidgets, fright, habdabs, flap, trembling, fluster, touchiness, shaking, timidity, moodiness, feverishness, neuroticism, sensitivity, trembles, shiver, heebie-jeebies, whim-whams, all-overs, stage fright, cold sweat, buck fever, DTs, and the shakes.
Example Sentences
Just thinking about spiders gives me the abdabs.
That horror movie gave her the abdabs.
He broke out in the abdabs before his speech.
The creepy basement gave me the abdabs.
She gets the abdabs around clowns.
The strange noise in the attic gave him the abdabs.
That haunted house tour gave me the proper abdabs.
He had the abdabs after reading the ghost story.
The old painting with moving eyes gave her the abdabs.
I got the abdabs when I saw that shadow move.