Jumpy \Jump"y\, a. [Compar. Jumpier; superl. Jumpiest.]
Jumping, or inducing to jump; characterized by jumps; hence,
extremely nervous; jittery.
Syn: edgy, fidgety, high-strung, in suspense(predicate),
jittery, nervous, nervy, overstrung, restive, uneasy,
uptight.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
jumpy
adj : being in a tense state [syn: edgy, high-strung, highly
strung, in suspense(p), jittery, nervy, overstrung,
restive, uptight]
[also: jumpiest, jumpier]
WordNet (r) 2.0
93 Moby Thesaurus words for "jumpy":
agitated, all shook up, all-overish, anxious, bashful, bustling,
convulsive, cowardly, diffident, discomposed, disquieted,
disturbed, eclamptic, edgy, excited, fearful, fearing, fearsome,
feverish, fidgeting, fidgety, fitful, flurried, flustered,
fluttering, fluttery, fretful, fussing, fussy, goosey, goosy,
high-strung, in a quiver, in fear, jerking, jerky, jiggety,
jittery, mousy, nervous, nervy, on edge, orgasmic, panicky,
perturbed, queasy, quivering, quivery, rabbity, restive, restless,
ruffled, saltatory, scary, shaken, shaken up, shaking, shaky,
shivering, shivery, shook up, shrinking, shy, skittery, skittish,
spasmodic, spastic, spooky, startlish, stirred up, tense, timid,
timorous, trembling, trembly, tremulant, tremulous, trepidant,
trigger-happy, troubled, troublous, turbulent, twitchety,
twitching, twitchy, twittery, uneasy, unpeaceful, unquiet,
unrestful, unsettled, upset, vellicative
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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