Queasy
Queasy adjective - Feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty.
Usage example: since I don't know much about mechanical things, I'm always queasy when dealing with auto mechanics
Tense and queasy are semantically related In some cases you can use "Tense" instead an adjective "Queasy".
Nearby Word: queasily
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Several lines of dialogue are actually re-used, nearly verbatim.The movie is a classic and contains examples of: Adorkable: Barnes Wallis, whose nerdiness is nicely offset by his childlike earnestness and inability to hide how queasy he becomes in tense moments.
Source: Film / The Dam Busters - Barnes Wallis (played by Michael Redgrave) in British war film, The Dam Busters, is a Downplayed Mad Scientist whose nerdiness is offset by his earnest good nature and inability to hide how queasy he becomes in tense moments, albeit in a very Stiff Upper Lip way.
Source: Adorkable / Live-Action Films
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