- fidgety
- adjective Date: circa 1736 1. inclined to fidget 2. making unnecessary fuss ; fussy • fidgetiness noun
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Fidgety — Fidg et*y, a. Restless; uneasy. Lowell. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fidgety — index restive Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
fidgety — 1730s, from FIDGET (Cf. fidget) + Y (Cf. y) (2) … Etymology dictionary
fidgety — restless, restive, uneasy, jumpy, jittery, impatient, nervous, unquiet … New Dictionary of Synonyms
fidgety — [adj] restlessly moving antsy*, apprehensive, high strung*, hyper*, impatient, jerky, jittery, jumpy, nervous, nervous wreck*, nervy, on edge*, on pins and needles*, restive, restless, spooked*, spooky*, twitchy, uneasy, unrestful, up the wall*,… … New thesaurus
fidgety — [fij′it ē] adj. nervous; uneasy fidgetiness n … English World dictionary
fidgety — adjective Having, or pertaining to, a tendency to fidget. Her mother hated taking her on the plane because she would become fidgety and bother her neighbours … Wiktionary
fidgety — fid|get|y [ˈfıdʒıti] adj informal unable to stay still, especially because of being bored or nervous ▪ The boys get fidgety if they can t play outside … Dictionary of contemporary English
fidgety — [[t]fɪ̱ʤɪti[/t]] ADJ GRADED Someone who is fidgety keeps fidgeting, for example because they are nervous or bored … English dictionary
fidgety — adjective informal tending to fidget a lot: sitting with three bored, fidgety children … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
fidgety — adjective why is the dog so fidgety? Syn: restless, restive, on edge, uneasy, antsy, nervous, keyed up, anxious, agitated; informal jittery, twitchy … Thesaurus of popular words
