Jumpy

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  jumpy
       adj : being in a tense state [syn: {edgy}, {high-strung}, {highly
             strung}, {in suspense(p)}, {jittery}, {nervy}, {overstrung},
              {restive}, {uptight}]
       [also: {jumpiest}, {jumpier}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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