Antonyms for fidget

Grammar : Verb

Spell : fij-it

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɪdʒ ɪt

Definition of fidget

Origin : 1670s, as the fidget "uneasiness," later the fidgets, from a 16c. verb fidge "move restlessly," perhaps from Middle English fiken "to fidget, hasten," from Old Norse fikjask "to desire eagerly" (cf. German ficken "to move about briskly;" see fuck).

verb move restlessly

Example sentences :

She was looking about her on all sides, in a fidget of annoyance, searching for him, and to his dismay she saw him.
Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington

Henry did not encourage romance, and she was no girl to fidget for it.
Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster

There was no impatience or desire to fidget left in Jabe Smith now.
Extract from : « The House in the Water » by Charles G. D. Roberts

It was hard to wait, hard not to fidget under the watchful—the only word—eyes of the GG.
Extract from : « Question of Comfort » by Les Collins

Mr Neeld was in a fidget, a fidget of importance and expectancy.
Extract from : « Tristram of Blent » by Anthony Hope

Mrs. Fidget (who has been fingering all the Joints for some time).
Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, December 31, 1892 » by Various

He hesitated again, until the Kwanns in front of him had begun to fidget.
Extract from : « Oomphel in the Sky » by Henry Beam Piper

"Of course, I should fidget about you," she said, indignantly.
Extract from : « A Girl of the Commune » by George Alfred Henty

Ascher did not find the thing interesting and began to fidget.
Extract from : « Gossamer » by George A. Birmingham

But he began to fidget—which was a sign that he was worried.
Extract from : « The Tale of Grumpy Weasel » by Arthur Scott Bailey

Synonyms for fidget

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