Fidgety

Fidgety
Fidgety Fidg"et*y, a. Restless; uneasy. --Lowell. [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • fidgety — index restive Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • fidgety — 1730s, from FIDGET (Cf. fidget) + Y (Cf. y) (2) …   Etymology dictionary

  • fidgety — restless, restive, uneasy, jumpy, jittery, impatient, nervous, unquiet …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • fidgety — [adj] restlessly moving antsy*, apprehensive, high strung*, hyper*, impatient, jerky, jittery, jumpy, nervous, nervous wreck*, nervy, on edge*, on pins and needles*, restive, restless, spooked*, spooky*, twitchy, uneasy, unrestful, up the wall*,… …   New thesaurus

  • fidgety — [fij′it ē] adj. nervous; uneasy fidgetiness n …   English World dictionary

  • fidgety — adjective Having, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget. Her mother hated taking her on the plane because she would become fidgety and bother her neighbours …   Wiktionary

  • fidgety — fid|get|y [ˈfıdʒıti] adj informal unable to stay still, especially because of being bored or nervous ▪ The boys get fidgety if they can t play outside …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • fidgety — [[t]fɪ̱ʤɪti[/t]] ADJ GRADED Someone who is fidgety keeps fidgeting, for example because they are nervous or bored …   English dictionary

  • fidgety — adjective informal tending to fidget a lot: sitting with three bored, fidgety children …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • fidgety — adjective why is the dog so fidgety? Syn: restless, restive, on edge, uneasy, antsy, nervous, keyed up, anxious, agitated; informal jittery, twitchy …   Thesaurus of popular words

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