Agitated
Agitated adjective - Feeling overwhelming fear or worry.
Usage example: by the time they finally showed up, long after midnight, we'd become so agitated that we never did get to sleep that night
Spooked and agitated are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Spooked" instead the word "Agitated" as an adjective or a verb.
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- In The Cat Returns, ordinary housecats are extremely spooked and agitated at the arrival of a parade from the Cat Kingdom, containing cats that, aside from walking on two legs and holding things, look exactly like normal cats.
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