tenterhooksnoun [ plural ]
uk/ˈten.tə.hʊks/us/ˈten.t̬ɚ.hʊks/on tenterhooks
worried or nervous about something that is going to happen:
We were on tenterhooks all morning waiting for the phone to ring.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Anxious and worried
- (all) hot and bothered idiom
- -racked
- a bundle of nerves idiom
- aflutter
- agitate
- alarmed
- anxious
- apprehensive
- demented
- dread
- fuss
- get in a sweat idiom
- grim
- harassed
- haunted
- prey on sb's mind idiom
- prey on sth
- rattled
- rest easy idiom
- restive
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