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on pins and needlesphrase feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertaintyWe were all on pins and needles as we awaited the doctor's call. aflutter, antsy, anxious, atwitter, dithery, edgy, goosey, het up, hinky(slang), hung up, ill at ease, insecure, jittery, jumpy, keyed up, nervous, nervy, perturbed, queasy(also queazy), tense, troubled, uneasy, unquiet, upset, uptight, worried aggrieved, bothered, concerned, disquieted, distraught, distressed, disturbed, freaked, freaked-out, shook-upapprehensive, foreboding, hesitant, misgivingfretful, fretting, stewing, vexedqualmish, qualmyflustered, twittered, undone, unnerved, unstrungobsessed, preoccupied, restlessfidgety, flighty, fluttery, high-strung, hypertense, skittish, spooky on edge, on tenterhooks calm, collected, cool, easy, happy-go-lucky, nerveless, relaxed confident, self-assured, self-confident, surecontrolled, self-controlled |