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Synonyms of on edge in English:

on edge


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phrase

1‘she felt on edge and wanted to get moving’

SYNONYMS
tense, nervous, edgy, highly strung, anxious, apprehensive, uneasy, ill at ease, unsettled, unstable
excitable, twitchy, jumpy, keyed up, fidgety, restive, skittish, neurotic, brittle, hysterical
sensitive, insecure
irritable, touchy, tetchy, testy, crotchety, irascible, peevish, querulous, bad-tempered, short-tempered, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, temperamental, snappy, captious, crabbed, prickly
British nervy
informal uptight, wired
ANTONYMS

calm