'jitters' definitions:
Definition of 'jitters'
(from WordNet)
noun
Extreme nervousness [syn: jitters, heebie-jeebies, screaming meemies]
Definition of 'jitters'
From: GCIDE
- jitters \jitters\ n. an uneasy state; nervousness; as, the prospect of being drafted gave him a bad case of the jitters.
- Syn: nervousness, nerves, screaming meemies. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'jitters'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agitation,
- all-overs,
- apprehension,
- apprehensiveness,
- bluster,
- bobbery,
- boil,
- boiling,
- brouhaha,
- bustle,
- churn,
- cold shivers,
- cold sweat,
- commotion,
- conturbation,
- discomposure,
- disorder,
- disquiet,
- disquietude,
- disturbance,
- dither,
- dithers,
- ebullition,
- embroilment,
- excitement,
- ferment,
- fermentation,
- fever,
- feverishness,
- fidgets,
- flap,
- flurry,
- fluster,
- flutteration,
- foment,
- fume,
- fuss,
- heebie-jeebies,
- hubbub,
- hurly-burly,
- inquietude,
- jimjams,
- jumpiness,
- jumps,
- maelstrom,
- malaise,
- moil,
- nerves,
- nerviness,
- nervosity,
- nervousness,
- perturbation,
- queasiness,
- quivers,
- restlessness,
- roil,
- rout,
- row,
- seethe,
- seething,
- shakes,
- shivers,
- skittishness,
- stir,
- sweat,
- swirl,
- to-do,
- trembles,
- trepidation,
- trepidity,
- tumult,
- tumultuation,
- turbidity,
- turbulence,
- turmoil,
- twitter,
- unease,
- uneasiness,
- unrest,
- upset,
- willies