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- Dictionaryantsy/ˈan(t)si/
adjective
- 1. agitated, impatient, or restless: informal North American "Dick got antsy the day he put to sea" Similar
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very nervous, worried, or unpleasantly excited: It was a long drive and the children started to get antsy. I always get antsy about meeting my husband's boss. Synonym. fretful. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Becoming too excited and easily upset. ado. ant. at the end of your tether idiom. be in a whirl idiom.
The meaning of ANTSY is restless, fidgety; also : impatient, eager. How to use antsy in a sentence. restless, fidgety; also : impatient, eager; nervous, apprehensive…
very nervous, worried, or unpleasantly excited: It was a long drive and the children started to get antsy. I always get antsy about meeting my husband's boss. Synonym. fretful. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Becoming too excited and easily upset. ado. ant. at the end of your rope idiom. be in a whirl idiom.
Antsy definition: unable to sit or stand still; fidgety. See examples of ANTSY used in a sentence.
Imagine how you'd squirm if you actually did feel ants crawling around in your pants: figuratively, that's how it feels to be antsy. Definitions of antsy. adjective. nervous and unable to relax. synonyms: fidgety, fretful, itchy, twitchy. tense. in or of a state of physical or nervous tension.
1. unable to sit or stand still; fidgety. The children were bored and antsy. 2. apprehensive, uneasy, or nervous.
From ants + -y, as in ants in one's pants. The term antsy was first noted as a rural Southern USA figure of speech in the early 20th century. From Wiktionary. Perhaps from the incessant motions of ants. From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
Definition of antsy adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. Restless or impatient; fidgety: The long wait made the children antsy. 2. Nervous; apprehensive: "Camps got shot up all the time, but if there wasn't a shoot-up, they'd get antsy" (Harper's). [Perhaps from the incessant motions of ants.] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
antsy meaning, definition, what is antsy: nervous and unable to keep still because...: Learn more.
