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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. being in a tense state;
[syn: edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, restive, uptight]

2. causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements;
- Example: "a rough ride"
[syn: rough, rocky, bumpy, jolty, jolting, jumpy]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Jumpy \Jump"y\, a. [Compar. Jumpier; superl. Jumpiest.] Jumping, or inducing to jump; characterized by jumps; hence, extremely nervous; jittery. Syn: edgy, fidgety, high-strung, in suspense(predicate), jittery, nervous, nervy, overstrung, restive, uneasy, uptight. [Webster 1913 Suppl. WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

jumpy adj 1: being in a tense state [syn: edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, restive, uptight] 2: causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements; "a rough ride" [syn: rough, rocky, bumpy, jolty, jolting, jumpy] [ant: smooth]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

93 Moby Thesaurus words for "jumpy": agitated, all shook up, all-overish, anxious, bashful, bustling, convulsive, cowardly, diffident, discomposed, disquieted, disturbed, eclamptic, edgy, excited, fearful, fearing, fearsome, feverish, fidgeting, fidgety, fitful, flurried, flustered, fluttering, fluttery, fretful, fussing, fussy, goosey, goosy, high-strung, in a quiver, in fear, jerking, jerky, jiggety, jittery, mousy, nervous, nervy, on edge, orgasmic, panicky, perturbed, queasy, quivering, quivery, rabbity, restive, restless, ruffled, saltatory, scary, shaken, shaken up, shaking, shaky, shivering, shivery, shook up, shrinking, shy, skittery, skittish, spasmodic, spastic, spooky, startlish, stirred up, tense, timid, timorous, trembling, trembly, tremulant, tremulous, trepidant, trigger-happy, troubled, troublous, turbulent, twitchety, twitching, twitchy, twittery, uneasy, unpeaceful, unquiet, unrestful, unsettled, upset, vellicative