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Meanings of antsy in English

Nervous and unable to relax.

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Examples for "restless"
Examples for "restless"
1
The populace is restless in the provinces; it is not in Paris.
Les Misérables
2
Similar rules also exist in Tibet, another restless area of Chinese control.
Reuters
3
They are restless in the City of Dreadful Night; and small wonder.
Rudyard Kipling
4
The booms in particular were possessed of a restless and unstable spirit.
The Cruise of the Jasper B.
5
A mining-camp is a restless thing; its peoples live in the streets.
The Furnace of Gold
1
Only young William was fretful, wanting to join the remaining United men.
The rebels of ireland: the dublin saga
2
The girl in the bed turned a fretful face toward her mother:
A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill
3
I had lived in California for seven years but had become fretful.
The Irish Times
4
He could hear the sweet, rather fretful voice calling from the shadows:
The Wild Olive: A Novel
5
She does nothing but indulge in fretful regrets over her broken health.
Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo
1
RI: Windburn and itchy skin result from surface dryness of the skin.
Ebony
2
All of these elements can result in itchy, flaky and irritated skin.
Ebony
3
An itchy pressure at the back of my pelvis: distracting, annoying, omnipresent.
The Irish Times
4
She blinked several times as if her eyes were really itchy now.
Petals from the sky
5
Even right now, I have an unusual, itchy rash on my ankles.
The Guardian
1
She hurried; she could tell Baldwin was fidgety, anxious to get moving.
The cold room
2
Such an extraordinary turn caught the attention of even the fidgety Peter.
Birthright: A Novel
3
When I sit still for a couple of days, I get fidgety.
Reuters
4
Then for an hour it was deadly dull, and I was fidgety.
The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
5
It is easy to see how fidgety he is, and no wonder.
With Frederick the Great: A Story of the Seven Years' War
Usage of antsy in English
1
I've got food in the conference room, and Bangor is getting antsy.
The cold room
2
Besides, duty calls: Scarecrow's getting kind of antsy over in the corner.
Fire With Fire
3
Ten minutes later I was sitting at my desk, frustrated and antsy.
Temperance Brennan 01 - Déjà Dead
4
They get antsy on long weekends, and holidays are hard for them.
Toxic bachelors
5
That's why I'm so antsy about her delays in launching Operation Scylla.
Ashes Of Victory
6
Getting antsy in the car is one of life's most pointless indulgences.
The Irish Times
7
The delay had made Wolgast antsy, but Doyle seemed not to mind.
The passage
8
Does a job here, a job there, gets antsy and moves on.
Exit strategy
9
As Inside Defense notes, the Senate Appropriations Committee is just as antsy.
Wired
10
Heat hung up and caught a few antsy glances from her squad.
Deadly Heat
11
You can only point a gun so long without getting tired, or antsy.
Bloody Bones
12
Outwardly he seemed calm, but his energy field felt jarring, antsy.
Feminist dot com
13
I felt antsy through dinner, not able to get Mo off my mind.
Three to get deadly and four to score
14
And I'm getting antsy and restless, stuck in this nice suburb.
Life
15
She's very independent, and she gets antsy, particularly on the boat.
Bittersweet
16
The Jets had him confused, had him antsy, and he never settled down.
Reuters
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
Common