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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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]

Merriam Webster's

adjective (jumpier; -est) Date: 1869 1. characterized by jumps or sudden variations 2. nervous, jittery • jumpiness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. (jumpier, jumpiest) 1 nervous; easily startled. 2 making sudden movements, esp. of nervous excitement. Derivatives: jumpily adv. jumpiness n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Jumpy Jump"y, a. [Compar. Jumpier; superl. Jumpiest.] Jumping, or inducing to jump; characterized by jumps; hence, extremely nervous.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you are jumpy, you are nervous or worried about something. (INFORMAL) I told myself not to be so jumpy... When he spoke his voice was jumpy. = jittery, edgy ADJ: usu v-link ADJ

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