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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread A missing word... #161730 08/21/2006 8:03 PM Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 2 davon stranger davon stranger Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 2 I seem to always need a word for 'nervous excitement' Apprehension could work, but that's too negative. Any ideas? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: A missing word... #161731 08/21/2006 8:34 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont anticipation? formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: A missing word... #161732 08/21/2006 8:43 PM Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 11 Oregon speck stranger speck stranger Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 11 Oregon some grabs from the Visual Thesaurus: adjectives: aflutter agitated all shook up effervescent nouns: exhilaration fermentation fervour inflammation restlessness turmoil Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: A missing word... #161733 08/21/2006 11:00 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York 'anticipation' was the word that came to me, too. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: A missing word... #161734 08/22/2006 3:59 AM Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 2 davon stranger davon stranger Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 2 I've thought about anticipation, but it means waiting. The feeling that I am trying to express isn't so much waiting for something. Kind of looking forward to something, but not by waiting... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: A missing word... #161735 08/22/2006 10:04 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Wull... Anticipating is a little more active than just waiting and it can involve some prep work, not quite as much as being proactive, but. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: A missing word... #161736 08/22/2006 11:17 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada I think the phrase eager anticipation covers the feeling better than the unadorned version. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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