All laid-back antonyms
laid-back
L l adj laid-back
- locked in β a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- fulminant β occurring suddenly and with great intensity or severity; fulminating.
- apprehensive β Someone who is apprehensive is afraid that something bad may happen.
- impatient β not patient; not accepting delay, opposition, pain, etc., with calm or patience.
- fidgety β restless; impatient; uneasy.
- nervous β highly excitable; unnaturally or acutely uneasy or apprehensive: to become nervous under stress.
- anguished β Anguished means showing or feeling great mental suffering or physical pain.
- convulsive β A convulsive movement or action is sudden and cannot be controlled.
- go after β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- hawkish β resembling a hawk, as in appearance or behavior.
- aggressive β An aggressive person or animal has a quality of anger and determination that makes them ready to attack other people.
- galvanic β pertaining to or produced by galvanism; producing or caused by an electric current.
- ball of fire β a very lively person
- butterflies β tremors in the stomach region due to nervousness
- flipper β a broad, flat limb, as of a seal or whale, especially adapted for swimming.
- fluttery β fluttering; apt to flutter.
- edgy β nervously irritable; impatient and anxious.
- changeful β often changing; inconstant; variable
- demoniac β of, like, or suggestive of a demon; demonic
- fearful β causing or apt to cause fear; frightening: a fearful apparition.
- have a bone to pick β to have grounds for a quarrel
- assertory β characterized by or relating to declaration or affirmation
- close-fitting β Close-fitting clothes fit tightly and show the shape of your body.
- fretful β disposed or quick to fret; irritable or peevish.
- in state β to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- hyper β overexcited; overstimulated; keyed up.
- in fine feather β one of the horny structures forming the principal covering of birds, consisting typically of a hard, tubular portion attached to the body and tapering into a thinner, stemlike portion bearing a series of slender, barbed processes that interlock to form a flat structure on each side.
- heavy-duty β providing an unusual amount of power, durability, etc.: heavy-duty machinery; heavy-duty shoes.
- appetent β having an eager longing or desire
- in a state β distraught
- hot-headed β hot or fiery in spirit or temper; impetuous; rash: Hotheaded people shouldn't drive cars.
- in a sweat β perspiring
- aflame β If something is on fire, you can say it is aflame.
adjective laid-back
- alarmable β able or prone to be alarmed or disturbed
- highhanded β Alternative spelling of high-handed.
- jumpy β subject to sudden, involuntary starts, especially from nervousness, fear, excitement, etc.
- hardboiled β Alternative spelling of hard-boiled.
- detonative β (of an explosive, or ordnance) That is liable to detonate spontaneously.
- excitable β Responding rather too readily to something new or stimulating; too easily excited.
- jellyfish β any of various marine coelenterates of a soft, gelatinous structure, especially one with an umbrellalike body and long, trailing tentacles; medusa.
- overanxious β excessively anxious.
- excited β awakened
- fussy β excessively busy with trifles; anxious or particular about petty details.
- eruptive β Of, relating to, or formed by volcanic activity.
- explosive β Able or likely to shatter violently or burst apart, as when a bomb explodes.
- agitable β easily agitated or moved
- wrecker β a person or thing that wrecks.