All on edge synonyms
on edge
O o adjective on edge
- excited — awakened
- overanxious — excessively anxious.
- wrecker — a person or thing that wrecks.
- expectant — Having or showing an excited feeling that something is about to happen, especially something pleasant and interesting.
- jittery — extremely tense and nervous; jumpy: He's very jittery about the medical checkup.
- edgy — nervously irritable; impatient and anxious.
adverb on edge
- anxious — If you are anxious to do something or anxious that something should happen, you very much want to do it or very much want it to happen.
- impatient — not patient; not accepting delay, opposition, pain, etc., with calm or patience.
- wired — made of wire; consisting of or constructed with wires.
- jumpily — Nervously, or restlessly.
- jumpy — subject to sudden, involuntary starts, especially from nervousness, fear, excitement, etc.
adj on edge
- ill at ease — of unsound physical or mental health; unwell; sick: She felt ill, so her teacher sent her to the nurse.
- nervous — highly excitable; unnaturally or acutely uneasy or apprehensive: to become nervous under stress.
- in state — to put or place in a certain state or position, as in an office; install.
- in a state — distraught
- aflame — If something is on fire, you can say it is aflame.
- hyper — overexcited; overstimulated; keyed up.
- fidgety — restless; impatient; uneasy.
- worried — having or characterized by worry; concerned; anxious: Their worried parents called the police.
- all shook up — shaken, upset
- bundle of nerves — a very nervous person
- anguished — Anguished means showing or feeling great mental suffering or physical pain.
- changeful — often changing; inconstant; variable
- fluttery — fluttering; apt to flutter.