jumpy

3 definitions found

jumpy - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Jumpy \Jump"y\, a. [Compar. Jumpier; superl. Jumpiest.]
     Jumping, or inducing to jump; characterized by jumps; hence,
     extremely nervous; jittery.
  
     Syn: edgy, fidgety, high-strung, in suspense(predicate),
          jittery, nervous, nervy, overstrung, restive, uneasy,
          uptight.
          [Webster 1913 Suppl. WordNet 1.5]

jumpy - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  jumpy
      adj 1: being in a tense state [syn: edgy, high-strung,
             highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy,
             overstrung, restive, uptight]
      2: causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements; "a
         rough ride" [syn: rough, rocky, bumpy, jolty,
         jolting, jumpy] [ant: smooth]

jumpy - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  93 Moby Thesaurus words for "jumpy":
     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