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jumpy::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, nervy, overstrung, restive, uptight |
| Derivation | jumpiness |
Examples of jumpy
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This is more likely to happen in a crisis when everyone feels on edge and jumpy.
From the economist.com
Earlier that morning, Nguyen's wife, Joy, noticed that he seemed a little jumpy.
From the ocregister.com
Picturesque flourishes and jumpy editing can't disguise this film's soapy heart.
From the movies.nytimes.com
Having said that, she is also jumpy, as though the miscarriages have haunted her.
From the thisislondon.co.uk
America is jumpy about the falling-out of its two biggest allies in the region.
From the economist.com
Groups of jumpy armed men, some brandishing RPGs, crowded around the checkpoints.
From the kentucky.com
He hadn't had a cigarette for several hours and confessed to feeling a tad jumpy.
From the washingtonpost.com
If you're too jumpy to sleep or have extreme fatigue postpartum, see your doctor.
From the us.cnn.com
I'm also increasingly jumpy and fearful, at any loud or sudden noise or movement.
From the psychcentral.com
- Edgy: being in a tense state
- Rough: causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements; "a rough ride"
- (jumpily) nervously, or restlessly; unevenly
