overanxious
Too keyed up
Overanxious means excessively worried or apprehensive, anxious beyond what the situation warrants.
An overanxious parent hovers and frets over minor risks.
Don't be overanxious about the interview—you're well prepared.
The word implies the anxiety is disproportionate or counterproductive.
Fearful of future events
- fretfulAnxiously irritable
- worriedTroubled by uncertainty
- troubledExperiencing distress or anxiety
- uneasyTroubled, not calm
fretting · concerned · preoccupied · overthinking · rumination · obsessing · catastrophizing · misgiving
Anxiously restless
- edgyTense and irritable
- tenseStrained or nervous
- restlessUnable to be still
- fidgetyNervously unable to settle
antsy · jumpy · high-strung · on-edge · skittish · twitchy · keyed-up · wound-up
Experiencing sudden fear
- scaredFeeling fear or alarm
- timidLacking courage or confidence
- fearfulFull of fright
- alarmedFeeling sudden fear
spooked · intimidated · phobic · terrified · petrified · startled · panic-stricken · dreading
Failure to decide
- hesitationDelay from uncertainty
- frozenSolidified by extreme cold
- immobilizedMade unable to move
- stuckUnable to move
inaction · avoidance · procrastination · second-guessing · stalled · gridlocked · impasse · overwhelmed
Stretched or strained state
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
- insomniaPersistent inability to rest
- hyperventilationAbnormally rapid respiration
- sweatingMoisture through pores
headache · nausea · palpitations · trembling · restlessness · exhaustion · fatigue · burnout
apprehensive
Fearful of future events
uneasy · fretting · concerned · preoccupied · overthinking · rumination · obsessing · catastrophizing · misgiving · foreboding
jittery
Anxiously restless
fidgety · antsy · jumpy · high-strung · on-edge · skittish · twitchy · keyed-up · wound-up · tremulous
frightened
Experiencing sudden fear
alarmed · spooked · intimidated · phobic · terrified · petrified · startled · panic-stricken · dreading · apprehensive
indecision
Failure to decide
- hesitationDelay from uncertainty
- frozenSolidified by extreme cold
- immobilizedMade unable to move
stuck · inaction · avoidance · procrastination · second-guessing · stalled · gridlocked · impasse · overwhelmed · shutdown
tension
Stretched or strained state
- stressPressure, mental or vocal
- insomniaPersistent inability to rest
- hyperventilationAbnormally rapid respiration
sweating · headache · nausea · palpitations · trembling · restlessness · exhaustion · fatigue · burnout · sleeplessness
overanxiouscalm
Free from agitation
relaxed · serene · tranquil · untroubled · unworried
overanxiousrational
Governed by logic
levelheaded · sane · measured · sensible · reasonable
anxiety, anxious, anxiously, overthink, overwrought, anxiousness