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on the defensive synonyms
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- afraid
- aghast
- antsy
- apprehensive
- basket case
- bugged
- butterflies
- careful
- choked
- clutched
- concerned
- disquieted
- distressed
- disturbed
- dreading
- fearful
- fidgety
- afraid
- alarmed
- biting nails
- butterflies
- concerned
- disquieted
- doubtful
- feel in bones
- foreboding
- frozen
- get vibes
- have a hunch
- have cold feet
- have funny feeling
- have stage fright
- hung up
- in a cold sweat
- alert
- all ears
- cagey
- calculating
- chary
- circumspect
- considerate
- discreet
- forethoughtful
- gingerly
- hedging one's bets
- heedful
- judicious
- keeping on one's toes
- leery
- on the lookout
- playing it cool
- anxious
- biting one's nails
- bothered
- butterflies in stomach
- distressed
- disturbed
- exercised
- in a stew
- on pins and needles
- perturbed
- tied up in knots
- troubled
- uneasy
- upset
- uptight
- worried sick
- accepted
- accustomed
- button-down
- commonplace
- correct
- current
- customary
- decorous
- everyday
- expected
- fashionable
- formal
- general
- habitual
- in established usage
- ordinary
- orthodox
- anxious
- critical
- excitable
- excited
- high-strung
- ill at ease
- impatient
- irascible
- irritable
- keyed up
- overstrung
- restive
- restless
- skittish
- tense
- touchy
- uneasy
- cheeky
- crass
- crude
- forward
- fresh
- impudent
- inconsiderate
- pert
- plucky
- rude
- sassy
- smart
- smart-alecky
- wise
- ancient
- antiquated
- antique
- archaic
- behind the times
- bygone
- corny
- dated
- dead
- demoded
- disapproved
- dowdy
- démodé
- extinct
- grown old
- moldy
- musty
- agitated
- anxious
- apprehensive
- beside oneself
- bundle of nerves
- edgy
- excited
- fidgety
- high-strung
- hyper
- impatient
- in a tizzy
- jittery
- jumpy
- keyed up
- nerve-racking
- nervous
- agitated
- balky
- contrary
- edgy
- fidgety
- fractious
- fretful
- froward
- ill at ease
- jittery
- jumpy
- nervy
- obstinate
- on edge
- ornery
- perverse
- recalcitrant
- austere
- dead set
- disciplinary
- dour
- draconian
- exacting
- firm
- forbidding
- grim
- hard
- hard-boiled
- harsh
- iron-fisted
- no-nonsense
- oppressive
- picky
- prudish
- close
- firm
- rigid
- stiff
- strained
- taut
- afraid
- aggravated
- agitated
- alarmed
- anguished
- annoyed
- anxious
- apprehensive
- beset
- bothered
- chagrined
- concerned
- confused
- discombobulated
- disconcerted
- displeased
- disquieted
- afraid
- agitated
- alarmed
- all nerves
- anguished
- anxious
- apprehensive
- bothered
- constrained
- discomposed
- dismayed
- disquieted
- disturbed
- edgy
- fearful
- fidgety
- fretful
- aloof
- aseptic
- casual
- cool
- detached
- disinterested
- distant
- incurious
- indifferent
- introverted
- nongregarious
- offish
- quiet
- recluse
- reclusive
- remote
- reserved
- afraid
- apprehensive
- beside oneself
- bothered
- clutched
- concerned
- distracted
- distraught
- distressed
- disturbed
- fearful
- fretful
- frightened
- hung up
- ill at ease
- nervous
- on edge
- aloof
- aseptic
- casual
- cool
- detached
- disinterested
- distant
- incurious
- indifferent
- introverted
- nongregarious
- offish
- quiet
- recluse
- reclusive
- remote
- reserved
- aloof
- aseptic
- casual
- cool
- detached
- disinterested
- distant
- incurious
- indifferent
- introverted
- nongregarious
- offish
- quiet
- recluse
- reclusive
- remote
- reserved
- aloof
- aseptic
- casual
- cool
- detached
- disinterested
- distant
- incurious
- indifferent
- introverted
- nongregarious
- offish
- quiet
- recluse
- reclusive
- remote
- reserved
- aloof
- aseptic
- casual
- cool
- detached
- disinterested
- distant
- incurious
- indifferent
- introverted
- nongregarious
- offish
- quiet
- recluse
- reclusive
- remote
- reserved
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