twitchy
[twich-ee]
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Origin of twitchy
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Related Words
anxiouscriticalexcitableexcitedfidgetyhigh-strungimpatientirascibleirritablejitteryjumpynervousrestiverestlessskittishtensetouchyuneasyuptightoverstrungExamples from the Web for twitchy
Contemporary Examples
“James Woods refuses to toe the Hollyweird line,” Twitchy managing editor Lori Ziganto told The Daily Beast in an email.
Conservatives were quick to jump on the charges: websites like Twitchy and FrontPage Mag soon joined the anti-Tyson charge.
Eric Cantor: too twitchy (manly men do not visibly vibrate with nervous energy).
But accuse him of not respecting voters enough to level with them, and he may get nervous and twitchy like he does sometimes.
The Texas governor looked flat-out awful, a combination of stiff, awkward, twitchy, and, now and again, homicidal.
Historical Examples
He was still tense and twitchy when they reached the factory.
New HireDavid M. Dryfoos
She sat on the porch, rocking, fanning, twitchy with Hugh's whining.
Main StreetSinclair Lewis
Maybe he felt something then, a twitchy twinge of grief, but he swallowed hard and it went away.
Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves TownCory Doctorow
It was a scraggy sorrel with twitchy ears and wicked eyes, but it looked tough as a mountain buck.
The Treasure TrailMarah Ellis Ryan
Her most positive experience was the revelation of Mrs. Flickerbaugh, the tall, thin, twitchy wife of the attorney.
Main StreetSinclair Lewis
twitchy
- nervous, worried, and ill-at-easehe was twitchy with anticipation
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