'on tenterhooks' definitions:
Synonyms of 'on tenterhooks'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- addled,
- agitated,
- all-overish,
- anxious,
- anxioused up,
- apprehensive,
- at a loss,
- baffled,
- bamboozled,
- beat,
- bothered,
- buffaloed,
- concerned,
- confounded,
- dazed,
- disquieted,
- disturbed,
- fearful,
- floored,
- foreboding,
- fuddled,
- in a dilemma,
- in a pucker,
- in a stew,
- in suspense,
- keyed-up,
- licked,
- misgiving,
- muddled,
- mystified,
- nervous,
- nonplussed,
- on edge,
- on tiptoe,
- overanxious,
- overapprehensive,
- perplexed,
- perturbed,
- puzzled,
- quivering,
- solicitous,
- strained,
- stuck,
- stumped,
- suspenseful,
- taut,
- tense,
- thrown,
- troubled,
- uneasy,
- with bated breath,
- with muscles tense,
- zealous