As the prayers and hymns flow one after the other, they become antsy.
No surprise that lawmakers, goaded by civil-liberties groups, began to get antsy.
After too many hours cramped in that place you start to get antsy.
The pirates get antsy and the crews are the diversions.
All the trouble threatens to further unnerve bidders already antsy about the recently slumping stock market.
The protestors are getting antsy and at this point, the longer they wait, the more blood will be shed.
But they're starting to hear about it, and they're getting antsy for a taste of it.
Except, perhaps, for parents driven mad by waiting in lines with antsy children.
In a business historically frantic about change, their plan has made exhibitors antsy and studios curious.
Sometimes, an editor might get a little antsy about seeing your story early.
British Dictionary definitions for antsy
antsy
/ˈæntsɪ/
adjective antsier, antsiest
1.
(informal) restless, nervous, and impatient
Word Origin and History for antsy
adj.
1838, American English, from plural of ant + -y (2); probably reflecting the same image as the slang expression have ants in (one's) pants "be restless and fidgety" from a century later. Related: Antsiness.
Slang definitions & phrases for antsy
antsy
adjective
In an anxious, disturbed state; nervous; jittery: But when things are quiet, I get antsy