jittery
- extremely tense and nervous; jumpy: He's very jittery about the medical checkup.
Origin of jittery
Related Words for jittery
jumpy, excitable, restless, fidgety, shaky, apprehensive, edgy, anxious, uneasy, uptight, tense, skittish, panicky, spooked, antsy, high-strung, quivering, tremblingExamples from the Web for jittery
Contemporary Examples of jittery
He slowed down the action at times for effect; he jolted the camera to mimic the jittery imperfection of a documentary.
The learning curve for U.S. presidents can make for jittery moments.
Well, Republicans want to make Democrats fearful and jittery and reactive—appear to be accepting the Republican premise.
See how he gets all nervous and jittery, and then this stuff just tumbles out of his mouth?
Jittery city dwellers want the reassurance of firm leadership.
Historical Examples of jittery
But she was jittery as an old hen and it weren't like her nohow.
Year of the Big ThawMarion Zimmer Bradley
You see, it sort of riled me—I warn't used to the ways of Jittery swells.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, CompleteAlbert Bigelow Paine
Mrs. RVS started to get jittery at about ten mps away from home, and above fifteen, she was trembling steadily.
SlingshotIrving W. Lande
Since the Skye excitement everyone is inclined to be jittery and nerves are stretched tightly.
Greener Than You ThinkWard Moore
And I'll admit that I was as jittery as a hen on a hot stove until we got this Fortress off the ground, and into the air.
Dave Dawson at TrukRobert Sydney Bowen
jittery
- informal nervous and anxious