biting one's nails

ADJECTIVE

concerned

Synonyms

STRONGEST

anxious distressed disturbed troubled uneasy uptight

STRONG

bothered exercised perturbed upset

WEAK

butterflies in stomach in a stew on pins and needles tied up in knots worried sick

Antonyms

STRONGEST

calm collected composed cool happy peaceful

WEAK

disinterested inattentive uncaring unconcerned undisturbed uninvolved unperturbed untroubled unworried

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biting one's nails

She'd lead one on to biting one's nails and tearing one's hair and then she'd laugh and kiss her hand and run away with my sister into her bedroom.

From Captivity by M. Leonora Eyles

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