jittery
Nervous and unable to keep still.
jittery in a sentence
- Waiting for her turn on stage, Nina felt jittery and kept tapping her feet.
- The jittery puppy trembled at the vet's door and would not sit still for a second.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to jittery?
- Arelaxed
- Bcalm
- Csteady
- Dnervous
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D: nervous. The other three mean the opposite of jittery.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to jittery?
- Ashaky
- Bnervous
- Cjumpy
- Dcalm
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D: calm. The other three mean nearly the same as jittery.
Words that mean something similar
nervous, jumpy, shaky
Words that mean the opposite
calm, steady, relaxed
More words about emotions & feelings
- jubilant: Feeling great joy because of a success.
- keen: Very eager and interested.
- kinship: A close connection or family bond between people.
- lament: To show deep sadness about something.
- lethargic: So tired that you have no energy at all.
- listless: Tired and without interest in anything.
- livid: Extremely angry, bursting with rage.
- loathe: To dislike something so strongly that you can hardly bear it.
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