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单词 jittery
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Definition of jittery in English:

jittery

adjectiveˈdʒɪt(ə)riˈdʒɪdəri
  • Nervous or unable to relax.

    caffeine makes me jittery
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She takes herself off to visit a nervous and jittery Sally, who is beginning to feel like a prisoner in her own home.
    • Stories of other children succumbing would turn me into a jittery nervous wreck.
    • Central Office at the moment is a nervous, jittery, uneasy place.
    • Abby starts to get very nervous and jittery and says that Tituba is the one responsible for all of this.
    • They were jittery now and reacted nervously to any movement around their dugouts.
    Synonyms
    anxious, worried, apprehensive, on edge, edgy, tense, strained, stressed, agitated, in a state of nerves, in a state of agitation, uneasy, restless, worked up, keyed up, overwrought, wrought up, strung out, jumpy, on tenterhooks, with one's stomach in knots, fidgety, fearful, frightened, scared, with one's heart in one's mouth, like a cat on a hot tin roof, quaking, trembling, shaking, shaking in one's shoes, shaky, on pins and needles, in a cold sweat, fevered, febrile
    nervous, anxious, worried, apprehensive, on edge, edgy, tense, strained, stressed, agitated, in a state of nerves, in a state of agitation, uneasy, restless, worked up, keyed up, overwrought, wrought up, strung out, jumpy, on tenterhooks, with one's stomach in knots, fidgety, fearful, frightened, scared, with one's heart in one's mouth, like a cat on a hot tin roof, quaking, trembling, shaking, shaking in one's shoes, shaky, on pins and needles, in a cold sweat, fevered, febrile

Derivatives

  • jitteriness

  • nounˈdʒɪt(ə)rɪnəsˈdʒɪd(ə)rinəs
    • I laugh at my own jitteriness, but as I get dressed, it is at least ten minutes before I realise that both the lamps have been turned off.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Horrocks seems placid but you get the feeling there's a fidgety jitteriness convulsing somewhere near the surface.
      • The only likely side-effect might be a mild jitteriness.
      • Rangers quickly seized the initiative, hustling well and exuding a quiet authority that was in contrast to their opponents' jitteriness.
      • And also, let me say something in defense of jitteriness.

Rhymes

glittery, skittery, twittery
 
 

Definition of jittery in US English:

jittery

adjectiveˈjidərēˈdʒɪdəri
  • Nervous or unable to relax.

    caffeine makes me jittery
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She takes herself off to visit a nervous and jittery Sally, who is beginning to feel like a prisoner in her own home.
    • Central Office at the moment is a nervous, jittery, uneasy place.
    • Abby starts to get very nervous and jittery and says that Tituba is the one responsible for all of this.
    • They were jittery now and reacted nervously to any movement around their dugouts.
    • Stories of other children succumbing would turn me into a jittery nervous wreck.
    Synonyms
    anxious, worried, apprehensive, on edge, edgy, tense, strained, stressed, agitated, in a state of nerves, in a state of agitation, uneasy, restless, worked up, keyed up, overwrought, wrought up, strung out, jumpy, on tenterhooks, with one's stomach in knots, fidgety, fearful, frightened, scared, with one's heart in one's mouth, like a cat on a hot tin roof, quaking, trembling, shaking, shaking in one's shoes, shaky, on pins and needles, in a cold sweat, fevered, febrile
    nervous, anxious, worried, apprehensive, on edge, edgy, tense, strained, stressed, agitated, in a state of nerves, in a state of agitation, uneasy, restless, worked up, keyed up, overwrought, wrought up, strung out, jumpy, on tenterhooks, with one's stomach in knots, fidgety, fearful, frightened, scared, with one's heart in one's mouth, like a cat on a hot tin roof, quaking, trembling, shaking, shaking in one's shoes, shaky, on pins and needles, in a cold sweat, fevered, febrile
 
 
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