Dictionary Definition
jumpy adj : being in a tense state [syn: edgy, high-strung,
highly
strung, in
suspense(p), jittery, nervy, overstrung, restive, uptight] [also: jumpiest, jumpier]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
Adjective
- Nervous and excited.
Translations
nervous and excited
- Dutch: nerveus, nerveuze, zenuwachtig, zenuwachtige
- Finnish: hermostunut
- French: nerveux
- Japanese: ビクビク (bikubiku)
- Spanish: nervioso
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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