Definition

Adjective: - Nervous and unable to relax: Describes a state of being uneasy, restless, or unable to keep still, often due to anxiety, impatience, or boredom.

Usage

The adjective "fidgety" is used to describe a person, or sometimes an animal, who makes small, restless movements because they are nervous, impatient, or uncomfortable. It implies a visible lack of calmness.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The long wait made the children fidgety.
  • She felt fidgety during the important meeting.
  • The fidgety puppy couldn't settle down.

Advanced Usage

• "to make someone fidgety": to cause someone to feel or act in a restless, nervous way.
  • The suspenseful movie made the entire audience fidgety.

Variants and Related Words

• Fidget (verb/noun): To make small movements, especially of the hands and feet, through nervousness or impatience / A person who fidgets.

  • He tends to fidget with his pen when he's thinking.
  • Stop being such a fidget and sit still!

• Fidgetiness (noun): The state or quality of being fidgety.

  • The child's fidgetiness was a sign of his boredom.

Synonyms

• Restless: Unable to rest or relax as a result of anxiety or boredom.
• Nervous: Easily agitated or alarmed; tending to be anxious.
• Jittery: Nervous or unable to relax. (More informal)

Antonyms

• Calm: Not showing or feeling nervousness, anger, or other strong emotions.
• Relaxed: Free from tension and anxiety.
• Still: Not moving or making a sound.

Adjective

1. nervous and unable to relax
   • a constant fretful stamping of hooves
   • a restless child