jittery in English

adjective

1

nervous or unable to relax.

caffeine makes me jittery

synonyms: nervous, on edge, edgy, tense, anxious, agitated, ill at ease, uneasy, keyed up, overwrought, jumpy, on tenterhooks, worried, apprehensive, with butterflies in one's stomach, twitchy, uptight, het up, in a tizzy, spooky, squirrelly, antsy, trepidatious

adjective

• nervous, on edge, edgy, tense, anxious, agitated, ill at ease, uneasy, keyed up, overwrought, jumpy, on tenterhooks, worried, apprehensive, with butterflies in one's stomach, twitchy, uptight, het up, in a tizzy, spooky, squirrelly, antsy, trepidatious
• nervy, uptight, edgy, restive, overstrung, high-strung, highly strung, jumpy

Use "jittery" in a sentence

1. Asian Kenyans are especially jittery.

2. He was jittery over food shortage.

3. a jittery vigil in the dark.

4. He felt all jittery before the interview.

5. I felt jittery before going on stage.

6. I have an important interview tomorrow, I feel jittery.

7. The election campaign got off to a jittery start.

8. It was probably the tension that made him jittery.

9. Now, what makes people so jittery about the dead?

10. It was probably the tension that had him jittery.

11. International investors have become jittery about the country's economy.

12. Being a gun, the old man's action became jittery.

13. However[Sentencedict.com], nothing happened though he continued to feel jittery.

14. Granted, a lot of electronic exchanges are stilted and jittery.

15. I get really jittery if I drink too much coffee.

16. Her movements seemed more jittery, and her quick smile during the introductions looked forced.

17. Financial markets are jittery, as a war looms in the Gulf.

18. These days, investors remain jittery enough that bad corporate news can spark market volatility.

19. Telling the story, Savelli grinned, basking in the jittery afterglow of it.

20. For jittery investors, these are instruments that offer safer exposure to America's mortgage market.

21. Even so, talk of course alterations continued throughout the jittery months of 1938 but no expenditure was undertaken.

22. Ankle deep Wimp Factor 14 Pop · 1993 Preview SONG TIME Jittery and Wobbling

23. There are soothing hymnal Chorales and jittery rock grooves, soul ballads and eerie, keening solo vocal lines

24. Being jittery about the interview can result in cold , clammy hands, which create a negative impression.

25. Synonyms for Atwitter include twittering, aflutter, antsy, anxious, dithery, edgy, goosey, hinky, insecure and jittery

26. Nevertheless, it may be enough to keep the markets jittery about the country's economic prospects.

27. Japanese officials are almost unanimously jittery about China , particularly its development of a blue - water navy.

28. But the more Downing Street protests, the greater the suspicion that Major is jittery about US-UK relations.

29. Though Baptiste does little to distinguish itself from The Missing, jolting twists and a deliciously jittery performance by Tom Hollander provide ample enough

30. So in came James - and he recovered from a jittery start to stamp his authority on an emphatic Liverpool win.

31. multi-organ failure, influenza like illness, temperature intolerance, chest pressure sensation, feeling jittery, feeling abnormal, blood lactate dehydrogenase increased, weight decreased

32. After my prescription decongestant was discontinued (Entex) I tried this product and I am very happy. Unlike any "D" products at the pharmacy, this one will not make you jittery.

33. Stop using Barberry and call your healthcare provider at once if you have: low blood sugar--headache, hunger, weakness, sweating, confusion, irritability, dizziness, fast heart rate, or feeling jittery.

34. If you Avoid drinking coffee right before bed because it tends to keep you awake and makes you jittery, that means that you stay away from coffee at night.

35. Brown was studying pollen grains of the plant Clarkia pulchella suspended in water under a microscope when he observed minute particles, ejected by the pollen grains, executing a jittery motion.

36. 15 The explosions also caused a fair deal of area of effect damage, making them ideal for wiping out packs of jittery fallen or skeletons or whatever other kinds of beasts decided to bunch together.

37. By this point, many hours into football and with the caffeine making me jittery, I was hoping Barcelona would make short work so I could reacquaint myself with civilization -- or at least a beer.