jittery
Use Jittery in a sentence
ə adjective, jit·ter·i·er, jit·ter·i·est.
extremely tense and nervous; jumpy: He's very jittery about the medical checkup.
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| —adj | |
| informal nervous and anxious | |
| 'jitteriness | |
| —n | |
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Jittery
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Example sentences
Eating or drinking a large amount of caffeine can make you feel jittery, nervous, or energetic.
The jittery camera shake of everyday vision is similarly smoothed over, and our memories are often radically revised.
The labour of getting safety approvals makes investors jittery.
Financial markets have been jittery for weeks, as signs of an economic slowdown have increased.
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