Jittery

3 definitions found

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

  jittery \jittery\ adj.
     being in a tense state; easily upset or frightened; -- of a
     person.
  
     Syn: edgy, fidgety, high-strung, in suspense(predicate),
          jumpy, nervous, nervy, overstrung, restive, uneasy,


          uptight.
          [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

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

  48 Moby Thesaurus words for "jittery":
     agitated, all shook up, all-overish, discomposed, disquieted,
     disturbed, excited, feverish, fidgeting, fidgety, flurried,
     flustered, fluttery, goosey, high-strung, in a quiver, jumpy,
     nervous, nervy, perturbed, quivering, quivery, restless, ruffled,
     shaken, shaken up, shaking, shaky, shivering, shivery, shook up,
     skittery, spooky, stirred up, trembling, trembly, tremulant,
     tremulous, troubled, troublous, turbulent, twitchy, twittery,
     uneasy, unpeaceful, unquiet, unrestful, upset