fidgetiness
81Activity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Activity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 activity activity Sgm: N 1 briskness briskness liveliness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 animation animation life vivacity spirit dash energy …
82Excitability — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Excess of sensitiveness. < N PARAG:Excitability >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 excitability excitability impetuosity vehemence Sgm: N 1 boisterousness boisterousness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 turbulence turbulence Sgm: N 1… …
83Akathisia — , or Inability to remain in a sitting posture. First description of akathisia (1880). In his Practical Treatise on Nervous Exhaustion (Neurasthenia), New York neurologist and electrotherapist George Beard (1839–1883) described as a… …
84fidget — [ fɪdʒɪt] verb (fidgets, fidgeting, fidgeted) make small movements through nervousness or impatience. noun a person who fidgets. ↘(usu. fidgets) mental or physical restlessness. Derivatives fidgeter noun fidgetiness noun …
85fidget — I. v. n. 1. Move nervously about, twitch, hitch, hitch about. 2. Fret, chafe, worry, be uneasy, be restive, be impatient, worry one s self. II. n. Uneasiness, restlessness, impatience, fidgetiness …
86fidget — v 1. twiddle, twiddle one s thumbs, jitter, move by fits and starts, Scot. fidge, twitch, jerk; play around, fool around; wiggle, wigwag, squirm, itch, scrabble, Sl. have ants in one s pants. 2. agitate, irritate, annoy, bother; fluster, ruffle,… …
87haste — n 1. swiftness, fleetness, speed, quickness; dispatch, rapidity, hurriedness, expedition, expedi tiousness; velocity, acceleration, celerity; instantane ousness, immediateness, urgency, promptness, promptitude; briskness, abruptness, smartness;… …
88hurry — v 1. move quickly, hasten, lose no time, rush, make haste, Scot. swith, Scot. whirry, Literary. haste; race, scurry, skip, spurt, whisk, run, sprint; press on, push on, ride hard, canter, trot, gallop, lope, clap spurs to one s horse; shoot, tear …
89hurry-scurry — n 1. haste, rush, precipitation; confusion, disorder; agitation, perturbation, disquietude, fidgetiness, dither, jitters, Inf. stew, Inf. sweat, Inf. cold sweat; flurry, flutter, fuss, furor, ruffle, turmoil, commotion; stir, whirl, pother, Dial …
90jitter — n 1. jitters nervousness, uneasiness, fear, trembling, shaking, quivering, quaking, Inf. the shakes; fidgetiness, perturbation, tension, restlessness, skittishness, Inf. fantods, Sl. willies, Sl. heebie jeebies, Sl. whim whams, Sl. jimjams, Inf.… …
