Nervous

Tense

Synonyms: Highly strung, easily agitated, edgy, excitable, skittish, neurotic, timid, mousy, fearful, frightened of one's own shadow, scared, trepidatious, easily frightened, anxious, tense, jumpy, brittle, hysterical, timorous, shy, frightened, apprehensive, and nervy.

Worried

Synonyms: Anxious, apprehensive, edgy, strained, agitated, in a state of agitation, restless, keyed up, wrought up, jumpy, with one's stomach in knots, fearful, scared, quaking, shaking, shaky, in a cold sweat, febrile, twitchy, uptight, in a stew, all of a doodah, in a flap, all of a lather, in a twitter, stressy, having kittens, spooky, in a twit, overstrung, worried, on edge, tense, stressed, in a state of nerves, uneasy, worked up, overwrought, strung out, on tenterhooks, fidgety, frightened, like a cat on a hot tin roof, trembling, shaking in one's shoes, on pins and needles, fevered, jittery, in a state, wired, all of a dither, in a sweat, in a tizz/tizzy, het up, strung up, windy, like a cat on hot bricks, squirrelly, toey, and View 2 vulgar slang words.

Example Sentences

She felt nervous before presenting today.

His nervous hands shook with fear.

The nervous student fidgeted during class.

A nervous glance revealed her anxiety.