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[syn: edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, restive, uptight]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
jittery \jittery\ adj.
   being in a tense state; easily upset or frightened; -- of a
   person.
   Syn: edgy, fidgety, high-strung, in suspense(predicate),
        jumpy, nervous, nervy, overstrung, restive, uneasy,
        uptight.
        [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
jittery
    adj 1: characterized by jerky movements; "a jittery ride"
    2: being in a tense state [syn: edgy, high-strung, highly
       strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung,
       restive, uptight]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
48 Moby Thesaurus words for "jittery":
   agitated, all shook up, all-overish, discomposed, disquieted,
   disturbed, excited, feverish, fidgeting, fidgety, flurried,
   flustered, fluttery, goosey, high-strung, in a quiver, jumpy,
   nervous, nervy, perturbed, quivering, quivery, restless, ruffled,
   shaken, shaken up, shaking, shaky, shivering, shivery, shook up,
   skittery, spooky, stirred up, trembling, trembly, tremulant,
   tremulous, troubled, troublous, turbulent, twitchy, twittery,
   uneasy, unpeaceful, unquiet, unrestful, upset