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Tense, nervous; consequently irritable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- Waiting to see who had been chosen, we were all on edge.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Esperanto:
kvazaŭ sur rando
— tense, nervous with fear
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Finnish:
rauhaton
— tense, nervous with fear
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Finnish:
kireä
— tense, nervous with fear
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French:
contracté (e)
— tense, nervous with fear
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German:
gespannt
— tense, nervous with fear
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German:
nervös
— tense, nervous with fear
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German:
aufgeregt
— tense, nervous with fear
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Māori:
monia
— tense, nervous with fear
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Māori:
mōniania
— tense, nervous with fear
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Māori:
irirangi
— tense, nervous with fear
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Māori:
tūtakarerewa
— tense, nervous with fear
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Polish:
spięty
— tense, nervous with fear
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Russian:
на взводе
(na vzvode)
— tense, nervous with fear
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Spanish:
de los nervios
— tense, nervous with fear
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Spanish:
alterado
— tense, nervous with fear
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Spanish:
que tiene los nervios de punta
— tense, nervous with fear
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Spanish:
al borde
— tense, nervous with fear
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Spanish:
al límite
— tense, nervous with fear
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Swedish:
på helspänn
— tense, nervous with fear
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Ukrainian:
напру́жено
(naprúženo)
— tense, nervous with fear
