SKITTISH Synonyms

• causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements

• being in a tense state

• of or relating to the nervous system

• easily agitated

• causing or fraught with or showing anxiety

• excited in anticipation

• unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)

• troubled emotionally and usually deeply

• physically disturbed or set in motion

• being in a tense state

• easily excited

• capable of responding to stimuli

• nervous and unable to relax

• being in a tense state

• lacking or not affording physical or mental rest

• worried and uneasy

• ceaselessly in motion

• nervous and unable to relax

• in or of a state of physical or nervous tension

• pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat')

• taut or rigid; stretched tight

• a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time

• become stretched or tense or taut

• increase the tension on

• become tense, nervous, or uneasy

• cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious

• showing fear and lack of confidence

• lacking self-confidence

• people who are fearful and cautious

• lacking conviction or boldness or courage

• lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance

• lacking or not affording physical or mental rest

• causing or fraught with or showing anxiety

• socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner

• relating to bodily unease that causes discomfort

• still in doubt

• not settled or established

• subject to change

• not yet settled

• marked by keen caution and watchful prudence

• openly distrustful and unwilling to confide

• Hyperextension exercise

• Hyperspace

• A wrestler who uses the hipe technique.

• Hyperactive

• Energetic; overly diligent

• unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)

• Skittish

• Resembling a squirrel

• Unpredictable or jumpy

• Eccentric