adj
Meaning 1
Restless, apprehensive and fidgety.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Colloquial Variant guide
antsy
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈæn.tsi/
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CMU ARPABET: AE1 N T S IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adjective satellite
Meaning 2
nervous and unable to relax
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a constant fretful stamping of hooves
- a restless child
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fidgety, fretful, itchy
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From ants + -y, as in ants in one's pants. First noted as a rural Southern US figure of speech in the early 20th century.
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: անհանգիստ (anhangist) — restless, apprehensive and fidgety
- Czech: nervózní — restless, apprehensive and fidgety
- Czech: napružený — restless, apprehensive and fidgety
- Czech: neklidný — restless, apprehensive and fidgety
- Dutch: ongerust — restless, apprehensive and fidgety
- Dutch: opgewonden — restless, apprehensive and fidgety
- Dutch: rusteloos — restless, apprehensive and fidgety
- Estonian: rahutu — restless, apprehensive and fidgety
- Estonian: ärevil — restless, apprehensive and fidgety
- Finnish: levoton — restless, apprehensive and fidgety
- French: agité — restless, apprehensive and fidgety
- French: inquiet — restless, apprehensive and fidgety
- German: nervös — restless, apprehensive and fidgety
- German: zappelig — restless, apprehensive and fidgety
- German: kribbelig — restless, apprehensive and fidgety
- German: hibbelig — restless, apprehensive and fidgety
- Hungarian: nyugtalan — restless, apprehensive and fidgety
- Hungarian: be van sózva — restless, apprehensive and fidgety
- Italian: nervosetto — restless, apprehensive and fidgety
- Portuguese: inquieto — restless, apprehensive and fidgety
- Russian: беспоко́йный (bespokójnyj) — restless, apprehensive and fidgety
- Spanish: inquieto — restless, apprehensive and fidgety