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单词 jittery
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jittery

There is a strong temptation for jittery investors to cash in their chips.The answers vary enormously and some are worrying jittery investors.That can make people feel more jittery when they smoke it.It misjudged how jittery insurance shareholders already were.He looked increasingly jittery as the series went on.Perhaps she was beyond feeling jittery.Still haunted by what he saw, he becomes jittery at the sound of a passing motorbike. Investors are increasingly jittery as a period of volatility is likely, regardless of the outcome.Although the bank has made reassuring noises, investors remain jittery.Understandably, the next lot to qualify felt very jittery so they looked elsewhere before we advertised our jobs.Big companies have become jittery at the very moment India needs foreign investment to help with its soaring current account deficit. Feeling jittery all the time?Now things are looking jittery.I would feel depressed and jittery.The board, no less afflicted than the fans, become jittery.Nonetheless, senior Conservatives have become jittery.But too much caffeine - and therefore adrenalin - can make you feel jittery.UK Government bonds tracked their German counterparts higher as jittery investors sought safer homes for their money.

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jittery

British English: jittery ADJECTIVE
If someone is jittery, they feel nervous or are behaving nervously.
International investors have become jittery about the country's economy.
  • American English: jittery
  • Brazilian Portuguese: nervoso
  • Chinese: 紧张不安的
  • European Spanish: agitado
  • French: inquiet
  • German: nervös
  • Italian: nervoso
  • Japanese: 緊張した
  • Korean: 불안해하는
  • European Portuguese: nervoso
  • Latin American Spanish: agitado

(adjective) 
Definition
nervous
Investors have become jittery about the country's economy.
Synonyms
nervous
I get very nervous when I'm in the house alone at night.
anxious
She admitted she was still anxious about the situation.
jumpy
I told myself not to be so jumpy.
twitchy (informal)
wired (slang)
trembling
shaky
agitated
She seemed agitated about something.
quivering
hyper (informal)
fidgety
I was so fidgety and nervous.
antsy (informal)
Opposites
together (slang)
,
relaxed
,
calm
,
composed
,
laid-back (informal)
,
unfazed (informal)
,
unflustered

Additional synonyms

in the sense of agitated
She seemed agitated about something.
Synonyms
upset,
worried,
troubled,
disturbed,
shaken,
excited,
alarmed,
nervous,
anxious,
distressed,
rattled (informal),
distracted,
uneasy,
unsettled,
worked up,
ruffled,
unnerved,
disconcerted,
disquieted,
edgy,
flustered,
perturbed,
on edge,
fazed,
ill at ease,
hot under the collar (informal),
in a flap (informal),
hot and bothered (informal),
antsy (informal),
angsty,
all of a flutter (informal),
discomposed,
flapping (informal)
in the sense of anxious
Definition
causing anxiety
She admitted she was still anxious about the situation.
Synonyms
uneasy,
concerned,
worried,
troubled,
upset,
careful,
wired (slang),
nervous,
disturbed,
distressed,
uncomfortable,
tense,
fearful,
unsettled,
restless,
agitated,
taut,
disquieted,
apprehensive,
edgy,
watchful,
jittery (informal),
perturbed,
on edge,
ill at ease,
twitchy (informal),
solicitous,
overwrought,
fretful,
on tenterhooks,
in suspense,
hot and bothered,
unquiet (literary),
like a fish out of water,
antsy (informal),
angsty,
on pins and needles,
discomposed
in the sense of fidgety
I was so fidgety and nervous.
Synonyms
restless,
nervous,
uneasy,
impatient,
jittery (informal),
on edge,
jerky,
restive,
jumpy,
twitchy (informal),
antsy (informal)

Nearby words of
jittery

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Synonyms of 'jittery'

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of jumpy
Definition
nervous or apprehensive
I told myself not to be so jumpy.
Synonyms
nervous,
anxious,
tense,
shaky,
restless,
agitated,
hyper (informal),
apprehensive,
jittery (informal),
on edge,
twitchy (informal),
fidgety,
timorous,
antsy (informal),
wired (slang)
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