Depending on how you use it, this list may come in handy for finding another way to say the same thing.
As might be expected, there is long list of possible alternatives, and I'm not entirely sure I have them all. I'll try to be anxious. To aid in reading them, I've put a line space between the letter groups.
aflutter, afraid, aggrieved, aghast, agitated, agog, alarm, angst, annoyance, anticipation,
ants in the pants, antsy, apprehension, ardent, athirst, atwitter, avid
basket case, bothered/botheration, breathless, bugged, butterflies
care/careful, choked, clutched, cold sweat, concerned, consternation, crazy,
creeped out/creepy
desirous, discontent, disquieted, distraught, distressed/distressful, disturbed/disturbing,
dithery, dread/dreading
eager, edgy, enthused, excited, expectancy/expectant
falter, fear/fearful, fidgety, flighty, flustered, fluttery, foreboding, fraught, freaked/freaked-out, fretful/fretfulness/fretting, fuss
geeked, goose bumps, goosey, gung-ho,
hacked, hairy, heartquake, heart-sinking, heebie-jeebies, hepped-up, hesitant, het up, high-strung, hinky, hold one’s breath, hopped-up, hot, hot and bothered, hung up, hungry, hyper, hypertense
ill at ease, impatient, in a state, in a tizzy, in suspense, insecure, intent, irritation, itch/itching
jitters/jittery, juiced, jumps/jumpy
keen
misery, misgiving, mistrust
nail-biting, needles, nerve-racking/wracking, nervous/nervousness/nervy,
neurotic, nuts
obsessed, on edge, on pins and needles, on tenderhooks, overwrought
panic, perturbed, preoccupied, pumped
qualmish, qualmy, queasy/queazy
raring, restless, restless,
scared, shake/shaking/shaky, shivers/shivery, shook up, shot to pieces, sit upon thorns, skittish, solicitous/solicitude, spooked/spooky, stewing, stoked, strung out, suffering, suspense, sweat, sweating bullets
taut, tense, the all overs, thirsty, trembling, trouble/troubled/troubling, twitchy, twittered
uncertainty, undone, unease/uneasiness/uneasy, unglued, unnerved, unnerving, unquiet, unsettling, unstrung, upset, uptight
vexation of spirit, vexed, voracious
watchful, wigged out, wild, willies, wired, worried sick, worry/worrisome/worriment, wrech
yearning
Because I can't leave you, my faithful Random Readers, feeling all panicked and wired with the hyper willies, I thought I offer up this bit of comic relief.
Because I can't leave you, my faithful Random Readers, feeling all panicked and wired with the hyper willies, I thought I offer up this bit of comic relief.
Do you over use anxious? Do you have a favorite word or phrase to use in its place? Are you an anxious person?