jumpy
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Synonyms & Antonyms for jumpy
Synonyms
excitable, fiddle-footed, flighty, fluttery, high-strung, hyper, hyperactive, hyperexcitable, hyperkinetic, jittery, nervous, skittery, skittish, spasmodic, spooky
Antonyms
imperturbable, nerveless, unexcitable, unflappable, unshakable
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Hannah Montana has pump-up-the-party songs that are more jumpy. — Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, "How Miley Cyrus and a shared love of music led to a friendship cut short by cancer," 23 Aug. 2019 Stewart, who was seated on the far left, seemed jumpy and frustrated from the start. — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, "Rory Stewart, the Insurgent Candidate for Prime Minister, Soars Up and Out," 19 June 2019 One day early in the new season, all her magnets fall off the fridge, an arbitrary occurrence that the forgivably jumpy Joyce immediately connects to the Upside Down. — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, "The American Paranoia of Stranger Things 3," 4 July 2019 Additonally, one of the things Reyes worked on the past two times in Triple-A was just letting his jumpy fastball play. — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Padres notes: Wil Myers on bench, has to earn way off; Gerardo Reyes gets lefties," 5 July 2019 Friends became jumpy, and their parents did too, forbidding them from hanging out with May. — Stephanie Clifford, WIRED, "He Cyberstalked Teen Girls for Years—Then They Fought Back," 24 June 2019 So far, these mostly involve onshore securities denominated in yuan, but holders of hard-currency debt are also jumpy. — Steven Russolillo, WSJ, "Global Selloff Tests Changed Credit Market," 22 Nov. 2018 The action is carried along on jumpy, poppy editing rhythms and on-the-nose song cues. — Bart Layton, New York Times, "Review: In ‘American Animals,’ These Guys Didn’t Visit the Library to Study," 30 May 2018 Some were too jumpy or distracted to sit and focus. — Samantha Melamed, Philly.com, "Mural Arts as harm reduction: 'Today was my 24th overdose reversal'," 15 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'jumpy.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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