hypertense

adjective

Definition of hypertensenext
as in fidgety

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hypertense
  1. fidgety
  2. obsessed
  3. preoccupied
  4. high-strung
  5. restless
  6. spooky
  7. flighty
  8. flustered
Adjective
  • Many young children will be fidgety sitting at a desk for a long period of time, so this can help.
    ​Wendy Wisner, Parents, 25 July 2024
  • Karinchak, who is notoriously fidgety on the mound, was charged with a ball on an 0-2 count to the Mariners’ J.P. Crawford.
    Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2023
Definition of fidgety
Adjective
  • Authorities framed the killings as the work of a jealous and enraged lover who became obsessed with Maria Tran while the two had an affair in the months leading up to the shooting.
    Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
  • For so long, the art world has been quite conservative and obsessed in its categorization: an art fair has to look like this, a gallery has to be run like that.
    Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of obsessed
Adjective
  • Indeed, no one is more preoccupied with such star power than Donald Trump himself, who basks in the adulation and approval of luminaries who support him and regularly lashes out at those who don’t.
    Brian Lowry, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024
  • And Beltran seems very preoccupied with making sure that Amelia knows she’s not taken.
    Laura Bradley, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024
Definition of preoccupied
Adjective
  • Her perception of things is a lot more high-strung than mine.
    Kate Hogan, Peoplemag, 28 May 2024
  • In order to support her siblings, Tanya fakes her way into a fancy fashion job, working under the high-strung Rose Lindsey, played by a scene-stealing Nicole Richie in a series of statement blazers.
    Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 26 Mar. 2024
Definition of high-strung
Adjective
  • If motion isolation is a priority, look for a mattress that has features that help minimize motion transfer and reduce sleep disturbances if one partner is restless or active throughout the night.
    Nina Derwin, Architectural Digest, 31 Oct. 2024
  • This subconscious alertness can lead to lighter and more restless sleep, known as unihemispheric slow-wave sleep.
    Anita Bhagwandas, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of restless
Adjective
  • Next month, her upcoming film The Man in the White Van transitions her into the darker horror genre and out of the spooky childhood stardom.
    Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Related Articles How to transfer data from an old console to the Playstation 5 Pro Missing spooky season?
    Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024
Definition of spooky
Adjective
  • But unlike her flighty character, Sorkin was a skilled and experienced comedy writer.
    Abraham Josephine Riesman, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Zegler sings a song (written for the show by the über record producer Jack Antonoff) at a Capulet party, and her performance roots Romeo, an otherwise flighty fellow, to the spot.
    Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2024
Definition of flighty
Adjective
  • From Donna Moss on The West Wing, who exists at times to be an audience surrogate to whom other characters can explain complex things, to MacKenzie McHale on The Newsroom, an accomplished war journalist who apparently gets flustered using her email, the women in his scripts are rarely well rounded.
    Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Swarms of Kodak-wielding shutterbugs descended on American cities, thrusting their lenses in front of flustered strangers.
    Ben Tarnoff, The New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2024
Definition of flustered
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