'Jumpy' definitions:
Definition of 'jumpy'
From: WordNet
adjective
Being in a tense state [syn: edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, restive, uptight]
adjective
Definition of 'Jumpy'
From: GCIDE
Synonyms of 'jumpy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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