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jumpy

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adjnervous

Word Origin & History

"nervous," 1869, from jump (n.) + -y (2). Related: Jumpiness.

Example Sentences for jumpy

These books are only good to muddle your head and make you jumpy.

But Edna and Mrs. Pulsifer acted sort of restless and jumpy.

First off she's inclined to be nervous and jumpy and don't want to talk about Babe at all.

When that condition bettered, and he began to feel again, he was nervous and jumpy.

Alan felt tense and jumpy, and hoped not too much of it showed.

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Synonyms for jumpy

adj nervous

apprehensive
creepy
excitable
fidgety
frisky
high-strung
jittery
restless
shaky
skittish
spooked
agitated
antsy
anxious
excited
on edge
on pins and needles
sensitive
tense
timorous
unrestful

Antonyms for jumpy

calm
easy-going
laid-back
quiet
unworried
collected
composed

More words related to jumpy

anxious

adjective. worried, tense

afraid
aghast
antsy
apprehensive
basket case
bugged
butterflies
careful
choked
clutched
concerned
disquieted
distressed
disturbed
dreading
fearful
fidgety
fretful
hacked
hyper
in a state
in a tizzy
in suspense
jittery
jumpy
nervous
nervy
overwrought
restless
scared
shaking
shaky
shivery
shook up
shot to pieces
solicitous
spooked
strung out
sweating bullets
taut
troubled
uneasy
unglued
unquiet
uptight
watchful
wired
worried sick
wreck

apprehensive

adjective. anxious, fearful

afraid
alarmed
biting nails
butterflies
concerned
disquieted
doubtful
feel in bones
foreboding
frozen
get vibes
have a hunch
have cold feet
have funny feeling
have stage fright
hung up
in a cold sweat
in a dither
in a sweat
jellyfish
jittery
jumpy
lily-livered
mistrustful
running scared
scaredy-cat
shaky
stiff
suspicious
troubled
uncertain
uneasy
uptight
weak
worried
worried sick

cross

adjective. very angry; in a bad mood

annoyed
cantankerous
captious
caviling
choleric
churlish
crabby
cranky
crotchety
crusty
disagreeable
faultfinding
fractious
fretful
grouchy
grumpy
ill-humored
ill-tempered
impatient
irascible
irritable
jumpy
out of humor
peeved
peevish
pettish
petulant
put out
querulous
quick-tempered
ratty
short
snappy
splenetic
sullen
surly
testy
tetchy
touchy
vexed
waspish

distressed

adjective. upset

afflicted
agitated
all torn up
antsy
anxious
basket case
bothered
bugged
bummed out
bundle of nerves
concerned
cut up
discombobulated
disconsolate
distracted
distrait
distraught
dragged
exercised
fidgety
harassed
hyper
in a stew
in a tizzy
inconsolable
jittery
jumpy
miffed
peeved
perturbed
ripped
saddened
shaky
shook
shook up
shot down
spooked
strung out
tormented
troubled
unconsolable
unglued
up the wall
uptight
wired
worried
wrecked
wretched

excited

adjective. inspired; upset

aflame
agitated
animated
annoyed
aroused
awakened
beside oneself
charged
delighted
discomposed
disconcerted
disturbed
eager
enthusiastic
feverish
fired up
frantic
high
hot
hot and bothered
hyperactive
hysterical
in a tizzy
inflamed
juiced up
jumpy
keyed up
moved
nervous
on edge
on fire
overwrought
passionate
piqued
provoked
roused
ruffled
steamed up
stimulated
stirred
thrilled
tumultous/tumultuous
wild
wired
worked up
zipped up

fearful

adjective. alarmed, apprehensive

aflutter
afraid
aghast
agitated
anxious
chicken
chickenhearted
diffident
discomposed
disquieted
disturbed
fainthearted
frightened
goose-bumpy
have cold feet
hesitant
in a dither
intimidated
jittery
jumpy
lily-livered
mousy
nerveless
nervous
nervy
panicky
perturbed
phobic
pusillanimous
quivery
rabbity
running scared
scared
shaky
sheepish
shrinking
shy
skittish
solicitous
spineless
tense
timid
timorous
tremulous
uneasy
unmanly
weak-kneed
worried
yellow

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