insecure

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

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

Near Antonyms

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

controlled, self-controlled;

Related Words

aggrieved, bothered, concerned, disquieted, distraught, distressed, disturbed, freaked, freaked-out, shook-up;

apprehensive, foreboding, hesitant, misgiving;

fretful, fretting, stewing, vexed;

flustered, twittered, undone, unnerved, unstrung;

obsessed, preoccupied, restless;

fidgety, flighty, fluttery, high-strung, skittish, spooky;

Phrases

keyed up, on edge, on pins and needles, on tenterhooks;