nervous energy
Fidgeting under pressure
Nervous energy is the restless, agitated vitality that comes from anxiety, anticipation, or excitement.
It's the fidgeting, pacing, or rapid speech of someone who can't sit still: She channeled her nervous energy into cleaning the entire house before the guests arrived.
The phrase often implies energy that could be productive if directed somewhere.
- jitteryAnxiously restless
- restlessUnable to be still
- fidgetingRestless minor movements
- buzzingLow vibrating hum
- anxiousTroubled by uncertainty
jittery feeling · can't sit still · wired · agitated · keyed up · antsy · trembling · pacing · butterflies · pins and needles · tension · edgy · hyperactive · twitchy · frantic · manic · adrenaline · caffeine
- Anxietyanxiety, panic, worry, generalized anxiety, dread
- excitementexcitement, enthusiasm, eagerness, exhilaration, thrill
- restlessnessrestlessness, fidgeting, fidgets, agitation, unease
- theater premierepremiere, opening night, debut, first night, press night
- stress responsefight-or-flight, adrenaline, cortisol, epinephrine, freeze response
- excitabilityexcitability, jitteriness, jumpiness, restlessness, edginess
nervous energyserenity
Undisturbed mental quietude
tranquility · inner peace · equanimity · placidity · stillness
nervous energystillness
Complete lack of motion
relaxation · repose · lethargy · languor · sluggishness
nervous energymental calm
Peaceful state of thought
peace of mind · clear-headedness · presence of mind · centeredness · groundedness
nervous, energy, nerve, nerves, nerved, nerving, nervously, nervousness, neural