on edge
42 synonyms found
- all nerves
- antsy
- antsy-pantsy
- anxious
- apprehensive
- breathless
- chafing
- eager
- edgy
- excitable
- excited
- fearful
- fretful
- fretting
- frightened
- high-strung
- hopped-up
- impatient
- in a lather
- in a stew
- in a sweat
- in suspense
- irritable
- keyed-up
- nerves on edge
- nervous
- nervy
- on tenterhooks
- on tiptoe
- overstrung
- panicky
- quivering
- restive
- restless
- squirming
- squirmy
- taut
- uneasy
- unpatient
- unquiet
- with bated breath
- with muscles tense
Definition
"waiting to see who had been chosen, we were all on edge."