antsy

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
8
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈæn.tsi/

Definition of antsy

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (slang)Restless, apprehensive and fidgety.
    “The children were antsy and worried […]”
    “For hating it so much, she's remarkably nomadic. In the last four years, she's moved at least eight times. "I get very antsy," she explains. "I don't like to be in one place for too long. But I settle in each time. I do like a house to be a home."”
    “Just as the “Do Something” crowd was growing its antsiest, Dallas did something: The team will acquire Delon Wright through a sign-and-trade with the Memphis Grizzlies on a three-year deal worth $29 million, as first reported by ESPN.”
    “In a hard-fought, intriguing tactical battle of a first half, O’Neil, understandably given his employment prospects, was the antsier of the managers.”

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Etymology

From ants + -y, as in ants in one's pants. First noted as a rural Southern US figure of speech in the early 20th century.

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