Englishnervy
adjective British
Harriet isn't the nervy type |
when I interviewed Ed, he was very nervy:
nervous, anxious, tense, on edge, edgy, strained, stressed, agitated, apprehensive, in a state of nerves, in a state of agitation, uneasy, restless, worked up, keyed up, overwrought, wrought up, strung out, jumpy, on tenterhooks, with one's stomach in knots, fidgety, fearful, frightened, scared, with one's heart in one's mouth, like a cat on a hot tin roof, quaking, trembling, shaking, shaking in one's shoes, shaky, on pins and needles, in a cold sweat, fevered, febrile;
excitable, neurotic, highly strung;
informal in a state, uptight, wired, in a stew, all of a dither, in a sweat, in a flap, in a tizz/tizzy, all of a lather, het up, in a twitter;
British, informal strung up, stressy, windy, having kittens, all of a doodah, like a cat on hot bricks;
North American, informal spooky, squirrelly, in a twit;
Australian, New Zealand, informal toey;
British, vulgar slang shitting bricks, bricking oneself;
dated overstrung.
▷antonyms calm, relaxed, laid-back, easygoing.