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1 jumpy -- rank: 1000

jumpy definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: being in ... a tense state [syn: edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, restive, uptight] 2: causing or characterized by jolts ... movements; "a rough ride" [syn: rough, rocky, bumpy, jolty, jolting, jumpy] [ant: smooth] Merriam Webster's adjective (jumpier; -est) Date: 1869 ... excitement. Derivatives: jumpily adv. jumpiness n. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Jumpy Jump"y, a. [Compar. Jumpier; superl. Jumpiest.] Jumping, or inducing ... hence, extremely nervous. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary If you are jumpy, you are nervous or worried about something. (INFORMAL) I told myself not to be so jumpy... When he spoke his voice was jumpy. = jittery, edgy ...

2 Nervy -- rank: 435

... a tense state [syn: edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, restive, uptight] 2: showing or requiring courage and ... Alan was irritable, and very evidently in a nervy state. = jumpy ADJ 2. If you say that someone is nervy, you ... high-strung, husky, impertinent, impudent, iron-hard, irritable, jerky, jittery, jumpy, lusty, malapert, mettlesome, mighty, nerves on edge, nervous, obstinate, on ...

3 Nervous -- rank: 435

... by the nerves < nervous energy > b. easily excited or irritated ; jumpy c. timid, apprehensive < a nervous smile > < nervous of strangers > 5 ... the next election... She described Mr Hutchinson as nervous and jumpy after his wife's disappearance. = anxious ADJ: usu v-link ... a tizzy, in fear, incisive, inflammable, irascible, irritable, itchy, jittery, jumpy, mettlesome, misgiving, mordant, mousy, nerval, nerves on edge, nervy, neural ...

4 jittery -- rank: 343

... a tense state [syn: edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, restive, uptight] Merriam Webster's adjective Date: 1931 ... fidgety, flurried, flustered, fluttery, goosey, high-strung, in a quiver, jumpy, nervous, nervy, perturbed, quivering, quivery, restless, ruffled, shaken, shaken up ...

5 twitchy -- rank: 343

... publicity, the department had suddenly become very twitchy about journalists. = jumpy ADJ Moby Thesaurus agitated, all shook up, all-overish, convulsive ... fidgety, fitful, fluttery, in a quiver, jerking, jerky, jiggety, jittery, jumpy, orgasmic, quivering, quivery, saltatory, shaking, shaky, shivering, shivery, shook up ...

6 Troubled -- rank: 217

... in a pucker, in a stew, inconvenienced, irked, irritated, jittery, jumpy, miffed, misgiving, mortified, nervous, nervy, nettled, on tenterhooks, out of ...

7 Tremulous -- rank: 217

... hesitant, hoarse, in a quiver, in fear, inarticulate, indistinct, jittery, jumpy, lisping, mispronounced, mousy, muzzy, nasal, nervous, palpitating, palsied, quaking, quavering ...

8 Trembling -- rank: 217

... a quiver, in fear, inquietude, jactation, jactitation, jerkiness, jittery, joltiness, jumpy, mousy, nervous, palpitation, palsied, palsy, panting, pitapat, pitter-patter, quaking ...

9 Timorous -- rank: 217

... fearing, fearsome, funking, funky, goosy, henhearted, in fear, inarticulate, intimidated, jumpy, lily-livered, milk-livered, milksoppish, milksoppy, mousy, nervous, overtimid, overtimorous ...

10 Timid -- rank: 217

... gutless, henhearted, hesitant, hesitating, humble, in fear, inarticulate, intimidated, jibbing, jumpy, lily-livered, milk-livered, milksoppish, milksoppy, modest, mousy, nervous, overtimid ...

11 Tense -- rank: 217

... a stew, in suspense, incompatible, inhospitable, inimical, intense, intonated, jittery, jumpy, keyed up, keyed-up, labial, labiodental, labiovelar, lastingness, lateral, lax ...

12 Rough -- rank: 217

... movements; "a rough ride" [syn: rough, rocky, bumpy, jolty, jolting, jumpy] [ant: smooth] 10: not shaped by cutting or trimming; "an ...

13 Rocky -- rank: 217

... movements; "a rough ride" [syn: rough, rocky, bumpy, jolty, jolting, jumpy] [ant: smooth] 3: liable to rock; "on high rocky heels ...

14 Restless -- rank: 217

... indecisive, infirm, insomniac, insomnious, intermittent, irregular, irresolute, irresponsible, itchy, jittery, jumpy, malcontent, malcontented, mazy, mercurial, moody, murmuring, muttering, nervous, nervy, on ...

15 Restive -- rank: 217

... a tense state [syn: edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, restive, uptight] 2: impatient especially under restriction or ...