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adjective
- 1. nervous or unable to relax: "caffeine makes me jittery"
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adjective. informal uk / ˈdʒɪt. ə r.i / us / ˈdʒɪt̬.ɚ.i / Add to word list. nervous: He felt all jittery before the interview. shaking and slightly uncontrolled: I get really jittery if I drink too much coffee. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Anxious and worried. (all) hot and bothered idiom. aflutter. agitated. angsty. anxious.
The meaning of JITTERY is suffering from the jitters. How to use jittery in a sentence.
Jittery definition: extremely tense and nervous; jumpy. See examples of JITTERY used in a sentence.
jit·ter·y. (jĭt′ə-rē) adj. jit·ter·i·er, jit·ter·i·est. 1. Having or feeling nervous unease: a jittery vigil in the dark. 2. Marked by jittering movements: a jittery ride over rough terrain. jit′ter·i·ness n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
Jittery can describe jerky or nervous actions. If you consume a lot of caffeine, you might appear jittery. If a running back is darting around quickly and unpredictably, making herky-jerky movements, he's jittery. Also, jittery applies to people who feel nervous or tense.
If someone is jittery, they feel nervous or are behaving nervously. International investors have become jittery about the country's economy. American English : jittery / dˈʒɪtəri /
Synonyms for JITTERY: excitable, nervous, anxious, unstable, volatile, hyper, jumpy, hyperkinetic; Antonyms of JITTERY: imperturbable, nerveless, unflappable, unshakable, calm, serene, collected, unexcitable.
Definition of jittery adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
She gets quite jittery about exams. (Definition of jittery from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of jittery
jittery. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English jit‧ter‧y /ˈdʒɪtəri/ adjective informal anxious or nervous OPP relaxed It was probably the tension that made him jittery. see thesaurus at nervous Examples from the Corpus jittery • It was probably the tension that had him jittery.
