on defensive synonyms

Trying to find another word for on defensive in English? No problem. Our thesaurus contains synonyms of on defensive in 21 different contexts. We have listed all the similar and related words for on defensive alphabetically.

• afraid
• aghast
• antsy
• apprehensive
• basket case
• bugged
• butterflies
• careful
• choked
• clutched
• concerned
• disquieted
• distressed

• afraid
• alarmed
• biting nails
• butterflies
• concerned
• disquieted
• doubtful
• feel in bones
• foreboding
• frozen
• get vibes
• have a hunch
• have cold feet

• alert
• all ears
• cagey
• calculating
• chary
• circumspect
• considerate
• discreet
• forethoughtful
• gingerly
• hedging one's bets
• heedful
• judicious

• 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

• accepted
• accustomed
• button-down
• commonplace
• correct
• current
• customary
• decorous
• everyday
• expected
• fashionable
• formal
• general

• anxious
• critical
• excitable
• excited
• high-strung
• ill at ease
• impatient
• irascible
• irritable
• keyed up
• overstrung
• restive
• restless

• cheeky
• crass
• crude
• forward
• fresh
• impudent
• inconsiderate
• pert
• plucky
• rude
• sassy
• smart
• smart-alecky

• ancient
• antiquated
• antique
• archaic
• behind the times
• bygone
• corny
• dated
• dead
• demoded
• disapproved
• dowdy
• démodé

• agitated
• anxious
• apprehensive
• beside oneself
• bundle of nerves
• edgy
• excited
• fidgety
• high-strung
• hyper
• impatient
• in a tizzy
• jittery

• anxious
• apprehensive
• cautious
• concerned
• conventional
• edgy
• nervy
• old-fashioned
• on edge
• restive
• strict
• tense
• troubled

• agitated
• balky
• contrary
• edgy
• fidgety
• fractious
• fretful
• froward
• ill at ease
• jittery
• jumpy
• nervy
• obstinate

• austere
• dead set
• disciplinary
• dour
• draconian
• exacting
• firm
• forbidding
• grim
• hard
• hard-boiled
• harsh
• iron-fisted

• close
• firm
• rigid
• stiff
• strained
• taut

• afraid
• aggravated
• agitated
• alarmed
• anguished
• annoyed
• anxious
• apprehensive
• beset
• bothered
• chagrined
• concerned
• confused

• afraid
• agitated
• alarmed
• all nerves
• anguished
• anxious
• apprehensive
• bothered
• constrained
• discomposed
• dismayed
• disquieted
• disturbed

• aloof
• aseptic
• casual
• cool
• detached
• disinterested
• distant
• incurious
• indifferent
• introverted
• nongregarious
• offish
• quiet

• afraid
• apprehensive
• beside oneself
• bothered
• clutched
• concerned
• distracted
• distraught
• distressed
• disturbed
• fearful
• fretful
• frightened

• aloof
• aseptic
• casual
• cool
• detached
• disinterested
• distant
• incurious
• indifferent
• introverted
• nongregarious
• offish
• quiet

• aloof
• aseptic
• casual
• cool
• detached
• disinterested
• distant
• incurious
• indifferent
• introverted
• nongregarious
• offish
• quiet

• aloof
• aseptic
• casual
• cool
• detached
• disinterested
• distant
• incurious
• indifferent
• introverted
• nongregarious
• offish
• quiet

• aloof
• aseptic
• casual
• cool
• detached
• disinterested
• distant
• incurious
• indifferent
• introverted
• nongregarious
• offish
• quiet

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