atwitter

atwit·ter

adjective \ə-ˈtwi-tər\

Definition of ATWITTER

: nervously concerned : excited <gossips atwitter with speculation — Time>

Examples of ATWITTER

1. <the whole office was atwitter with speculation that there might be another round of layoffs>

First Known Use of ATWITTER

1833

Related to ATWITTER

Synonyms

aflutter, antsy, anxious, nervous, dithery, edgy, goosey, het up, hinky [slang], hung up, ill at ease, insecure, jittery, jumpy, nervy, perturbed, queasy (also queazy), tense, troubled, uneasy, unquiet, upset, uptight, worried

Antonyms

calm, collected, cool, easy, happy-go-lucky, nerveless, relaxed

Related Words

aggrieved, bothered, concerned, disquieted, distraught, distressed, disturbed, freaked, freaked-out, shook-up; apprehensive, foreboding, hesitant, misgiving; fretful, fretting, stewing, vexed; qualmish, qualmy; flustered, twittered, undone, unnerved, unstrung; obsessed, preoccupied, restless; fidgety, flighty, fluttery, high-strung, hypertense, skittish, spooky

Near Antonyms

confident, self-assured, self-confident, sure; controlled, self-controlled

Rhymes with ATWITTER

acquitter, aglitter, beam splitter, bed-sitter, embitter, emitter, fence-sitter, gas fitter, hairsplitter, house sitter, no-hitter, outfitter, permitter, pinch hitter, pipe fitter, rail-splitter, remitter, Salzgitter, shipfitter, steamfitter, switch-hitter, transmitter