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• adv

  • Other relevant words: (adverb)

  • hyper,
  • nerves on edge,
  • on edge,
  • in suspense.

• adv.

  • on edge (adverb)

  • edgy,
  • fidgety,
  • uneasy,
  • anxious,
  • nervous,
  • impatient,
  • high-strung,
  • wired,
  • jumpy,
  • skittish,
  • jittery.

• n.

  • anxiety (noun)

  • apprehension,
  • jitters,
  • shivers,
  • misgiving,
  • disquietude,
  • angst,
  • watchfulness,
  • foreboding,
  • uncertainty,
  • botheration,
  • fuss,
  • restlessness,
  • misery,
  • drag,
  • nervousness,
  • suspense,
  • flap,
  • heebie-jeebies,
  • goose bumps,
  • disquiet,
  • jumps,
  • solicitude,
  • shakes,
  • downer,
  • all-overs,
  • concern,
  • creeps,
  • fidgets,
  • dread,
  • Needles,
  • care,
  • trouble,
  • suffering,
  • distress,
  • sweat,
  • doubt,
  • pins and needles,
  • uneasiness.

  • cliff-hanging (noun)

  • cliff-hanging.

  • nail-biting (noun)

  • tense,
  • suspensive,
  • suspenseful.

  • Other relevant words: (noun)

  • cold sweat,
  • worriment,
  • anxiety,
  • ants in pants,
  • fretfulness,
  • edginess,
  • bad feeling,
  • antsiness,
  • unease,
  • Butterflies,
  • Uncertainties,
  • willies,
  • mistrust,
  • butterfly,
  • tension,
  • panic.

  • tension (noun)

  • agitation,
  • strain,
  • hostility,
  • brunt,
  • pressure,
  • worry,
  • discomfort,
  • nerves.

  • unease (noun)

  • anxiousness.

• Other synonyms:

  • Other relevant words (noun):

  • agitating,
  • fraught,
  • unsettling,
  • creepy,
  • unnerving.

How to use «Nail-biting» in context?

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Synonyms:

abate,
calm down,
check,
contract,
crumble,
curb,
curtail,
cut down,
decay,
decline.

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• Nail biting — Classification and external resources Fingers of a nail biter. ICD 10 F98.8 (ILDS F98.810) …   Wikipedia

• nail-biting — nail biter, n. /nayl buy ting/, n. 1. the act or practice of biting one s fingernails, esp. as the result of anxiety or nervousness. 2. Informal. nervousness: The announcement that the trade agreement had been signed ended a week of nail biting… …   Universalium

• nail-biting — nail .biting adj [only before noun] extremely exciting because you do not know what is going to happen next ▪ The match went all the way to a nail biting finish. ▪ some nail biting moments near the end of the movie …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• nail-biting — n habitual biting at the fingernails usu. being symptomatic of emotional tensions and frustrations called also onychophagia, onychophagy …   Medical dictionary

• nail-biting — nail bit|ing [ neıl ,baıtıŋ ] adjective a nail biting situation makes you very excited or worried …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• nail-biting — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ causing great anxiety or tension …   English terms dictionary

• nail-biting — [nāl′bīt΄iŋ] adj. causing tension or anxiety …   English World dictionary

• nail-biting — 1) ADJ GRADED If you describe something such as a story or a sports match as nail biting, you mean that it makes you feel very excited or nervous because you do not know how it is going to end. …England s magnificent nail biting 75 71 win over… …   English dictionary

• nail-biting — adjective (of a situation) characterized by or causing suspense • Syn: ↑cliff hanging, ↑suspenseful, ↑suspensive • Similar to: ↑tense * * * ˈnail biting [nail biting] …   Useful english dictionary

• nail-biting — a nail biting event or period of time makes you feel very nervous, usually because you are waiting for something important to happen. The teams were very evenly matched and played a close game right up to the nail biting finish. (always before… …   New idioms dictionary

• nail-biting — adj. Nail biting is used with these nouns: ↑finish, ↑suspense, ↑wait …   Collocations dictionary