agitated, all nerves, apprehensive, beefy, biggety, bluff, bold, bouncing, brash, bulldoggish, cheeky, chutzpadik, cocky, contemptuous, crusty, derisive, discomposed, disquieted, disrespectful, disturbed, doughty, edgy, excitable, excited, facy, fearful, feverish, fidgety, flip, flippant, flurried, flustered, forceful, forcible, forcy, forward, fresh, frightened, full-blooded, full-strength, gally, game, gamy, goosey, gratuitous, gritty, gutsy, gutty, hale, hard, hard as nails, hardy, hearty, hefty, high-strung, husky, impertinent, impudent, iron-hard, irritable, jerky, jittery, jumpy, lusty, malapert, mettlesome, mighty, nerves on edge, nervous, obstinate, on edge, overstrung, panicky, pert, pertinacious, perturbed, plucky, potent, powerful, puissant, red-blooded, resolute, restive, restless, robust, robustious, rude, ruffled, rugged, sassy, saucy, shaken, shaken up, smart, smart-alecky, smart-ass, spirited, spiritful, spooky, spunky, stalwart, steely, stirred up, stout, strapping, strong, strong as brandy, strong as strong, strong-willed, sturdy, tenacious, tense, tough, troubled, troublous, turbulent, twitchy, twittery, uncalled-for, uneasy, unpeaceful, unquiet, unrestful, upset, uptight, vigorous, wise-ass

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