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Synonyms & Antonyms of hand-wringing
disapproving
worried talk or behavior
- There has been a lot of silly hand-wringing over the latest hike in interest rates.
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for hand-wringing
- alarm
- (also alarum),
- anguish,
- consternation,
- desperateness,
- desperation,
- discomfort,
- discomposure,
- dismay,
- distraction,
- distress,
- disturbance,
- edginess,
- franticness,
- jitters,
- jumpiness,
- panic,
- tremor
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for hand-wringing
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The first known use of hand-wringing was in 1839
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