Antsy
adjective
Restless or impatient because you are waiting for something or want to do something.
I'm getting antsy waiting for the bus to arrive.
Often appears as...
- getting antsy
- feeling antsy
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Colloquial
adjective
Restless or impatient because you are waiting for something or want to do something.
I'm getting antsy waiting for the bus to arrive.
Often appears as...
- getting antsy
- feeling antsy
Usage tips
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Feeling Impatient
Used to express a lack of patience when you're eager to start something or get somewhere.
I'm antsy to begin our trip; I've packed everything hours ago!
Pro Tip 2/3Not Formal
'Antsy' is informal, more suitable for casual conversations than formal writing or speaking.
During family dinners, the kids get antsy sitting at the table for too long.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Anxiety
'Antsy' often implies a mild, underlying anxiety, rather than overt distress.
I always get a little antsy before job interviews.
Pro Tip 1/3Feeling Impatient
Used to express a lack of patience when you're eager to start something or get somewhere.
I'm antsy to begin our trip; I've packed everything hours ago!
Pro Tip 2/3Not Formal
'Antsy' is informal, more suitable for casual conversations than formal writing or speaking.
During family dinners, the kids get antsy sitting at the table for too long.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Anxiety
'Antsy' often implies a mild, underlying anxiety, rather than overt distress.
I always get a little antsy before job interviews.
Pro Tip 1/3Feeling Impatient
Used to express a lack of patience when you're eager to start something or get somewhere.
I'm antsy to begin our trip; I've packed everything hours ago!
Pro Tip 2/3Not Formal
'Antsy' is informal, more suitable for casual conversations than formal writing or speaking.
During family dinners, the kids get antsy sitting at the table for too long.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Anxiety
'Antsy' often implies a mild, underlying anxiety, rather than overt distress.
I always get a little antsy before job interviews.
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My Little Ole Kitchen On...
right it helps bring the flavors it tones split tone somebody translators down plus it's a natural tenderizer I'm gonna check my smoke bombs out I've always a very patient person until like the last five minutes and that's what I just get antsy I get anxiety is going on
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My Little Ole Kitchen On...
right it helps bring the flavors it tones split tone somebody translators down plus it's a natural tenderizer I'm gonna check my smoke bombs out I've always a very patient person until like the last five minutes and that's what I just get antsy I get anxiety is going on
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Quote examples
Erik Larson
American Author
I was once again looking for a book idea, and I remembered Holmes, but I specifically remembered that there was this World's Fair thing in the background. I thought, 'I'll read about the fair.' I had nothing better to do. I'd dismissed about a dozen ideas, and I was getting sort of antsy. I started reading, and that's where I got hooked.
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Ben Dolnick
American Writer
We humans, just like the animals in our zoos, were born into bodies whose workings are both mechanistically predictable and unfathomably complex. Put in lots of sugar, and we'll get fat and sick. Confine our movement, and we'll get weak and antsy. Give us some manageable problems with which to grapple, and we'll cheer up.
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Chris Zylka
American Actor
I get so antsy. When you're working, you're like, 'Oh my God, I'm so tired.' And then a hiatus starts, and you're off for three days, and you don't know what to do with yourself. You're never gonna have another job in your life, and you suck at acting. Your world comes tumbling down pretty quickly.
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Pixie Lott
English Musician
I'm not afraid of hard work. I like it! It's the other bit - the not working - I find more problematic. If I'm not busy, I just get antsy. I've been this way since I was a child. Sitting still is like torture for me.
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Musiq Soulchild
American Musician
I like to be as positive and as peaceful as possible, but reality says, you know, sometimes you get mad, sometimes you get antsy, sometimes you get aggravated.
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Johnny Depp
American Actor
I don't know if I can relax. Relax, I can't do. My brain, on idle, is a bad thing. I just get weird. I mean, not weird. I get, I get antsy.
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Seth MacFarlane
American Cartoonist
The average person has eight different jobs over the course of their lifetime. You get a little antsy doing the same thing.
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Salman Rushdie
Indian Novelist
All my adult life, if I didn't have several hours a day to sit in a room by myself, I would get antsy and irritable.
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Mark Strong
English Actor
I do get antsy if I haven't got lines to learn, a character to play. But yes, I do take holidays.
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Morgan Freeman
American Actor
I can only be so long without work before I start getting antsy.
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Erik Larson
American Author
I was once again looking for a book idea, and I remembered Holmes, but I specifically remembered that there was this World's Fair thing in the background. I thought, 'I'll read about the fair.' I had nothing better to do. I'd dismissed about a dozen ideas, and I was getting sort of antsy. I started reading, and that's where I got hooked.
Quote examples
Ben Dolnick
American Writer
We humans, just like the animals in our zoos, were born into bodies whose workings are both mechanistically predictable and unfathomably complex. Put in lots of sugar, and we'll get fat and sick. Confine our movement, and we'll get weak and antsy. Give us some manageable problems with which to grapple, and we'll cheer up.
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Chris Zylka
American Actor
I get so antsy. When you're working, you're like, 'Oh my God, I'm so tired.' And then a hiatus starts, and you're off for three days, and you don't know what to do with yourself. You're never gonna have another job in your life, and you suck at acting. Your world comes tumbling down pretty quickly.
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Pixie Lott
English Musician
I'm not afraid of hard work. I like it! It's the other bit - the not working - I find more problematic. If I'm not busy, I just get antsy. I've been this way since I was a child. Sitting still is like torture for me.
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Musiq Soulchild
American Musician
I like to be as positive and as peaceful as possible, but reality says, you know, sometimes you get mad, sometimes you get antsy, sometimes you get aggravated.
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Johnny Depp
American Actor
I don't know if I can relax. Relax, I can't do. My brain, on idle, is a bad thing. I just get weird. I mean, not weird. I get, I get antsy.
Quote examples
Seth MacFarlane
American Cartoonist
The average person has eight different jobs over the course of their lifetime. You get a little antsy doing the same thing.
Quote examples
Salman Rushdie
Indian Novelist
All my adult life, if I didn't have several hours a day to sit in a room by myself, I would get antsy and irritable.
Quote examples
Mark Strong
English Actor
I do get antsy if I haven't got lines to learn, a character to play. But yes, I do take holidays.
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Morgan Freeman
American Actor
I can only be so long without work before I start getting antsy.
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