climbs the walls
Becomes frantically restless
Climbs the walls describes a state of extreme restlessness, anxiety, or frustration—the feeling of being so agitated you could scale vertical surfaces to escape.
Someone waiting for important news might be climbing the walls.
The phrase often appears with boredom or confinement: After three days stuck indoors, the kids were climbing the walls.
- fidgetRestless small movements
- squirmTwist from discomfort
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- confinementState of being restricted
- claustrophobiaDread of enclosed areas
can't sit still · isolation · frustration · quarantine · boredom · imprisonment · thrash · impatience · claw · agitation · lockdown · pace · scratch · scramble · monotony · nervousness · exasperation · stagnation
climbs the wallsserene
Untroubled and composed
at peace · cool as a cucumber · tranquil · mellow · placid
climbs the wallspatient
Able to wait calmly
content · accepting · forbearing · long-suffering · tolerant
climbs the wallsstill
Unmoving, or continuing
settled · motionless · at rest · stationary · sedentary
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