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as in excitable
easily excited by nature
a jittery person who shouldn't even consider a career as an air traffic controller
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as in worried
feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty
feeling a little jittery before the flight
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Recent Examples of jittery
This will likely do little to calm a jittery public.
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Michael Wilson, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
With a jittery cut, players once again have control and must sprint from the cave, although all the tension is lost with the boulder behind them, completely out of sight.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2024
But French people are likely to face uncertainty about pension payments and tax rates, as well as jittery financial markets.
—Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
Kendrick’s fluttering syllables and a jittery bassline bounce like a slinky’s recoil.
—Peter A. Berry, Variety, 24 Nov. 2024
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Michael Wilson, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
With a jittery cut, players once again have control and must sprint from the cave, although all the tension is lost with the boulder behind them, completely out of sight.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2024
But French people are likely to face uncertainty about pension payments and tax rates, as well as jittery financial markets.
—Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
Kendrick’s fluttering syllables and a jittery bassline bounce like a slinky’s recoil.
—Peter A. Berry, Variety, 24 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jittery
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And if Django’s Billy Crash tapped into Goggins’s ability to thrive with brutal spite, Mannix plays more to Goggins’s excitable energy and capacity for being clever (even when his character seems to be anything but).—
Daniel Dockery,
Vulture,
6 Apr. 2025
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For someone so obsessed with the granular details of carbohydrates and fueling, Roche runs with an easy, excitable freedom.—
Devin Kelly,
Outside Online,
3 Apr. 2025
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The patient’s toe had been amputated because of an infection causing unbearable pain and Dr Shaik, a neurology resident overseeing her care was worried.—
Hansa Bhargava,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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Many Americans are worried that their First Amendment right to free speech is fading.—
Leila Fadel,
NPR,
7 Apr. 2025
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The unemployment rate is pretty low at the moment, but under the hood Americans sure are nervous about the job market.—
Emily Peck,
Axios,
21 Mar. 2025
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This causes folks to be nervous, which triggers a lack in consumer confidence.—
Gary Franks,
Hartford Courant,
21 Mar. 2025
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How to know when your dog is agitated Identifying an anxious or aggressive dog can be tricky, as negative and positive emotional indicators can often be confused.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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The Fed chief said Wednesday the central bank can be patient while assessing data on inflation and employment, which are its dual mandates, while anxious consumers and businesses eye potentially prolonged economic instability.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
18 Apr. 2025
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The Pacers pulled off an upset series win against a then No. 3 seed Bucks in six games last year without Giannis Antetokounmpo.—
Homero De la Fuente,
CNN Money,
13 Apr. 2025
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Fifty-eight percent of the bets are on Silva to win, while 71 percent of the money is on a Mitchell upset.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
12 Apr. 2025
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Shortly after midnight on Tuesday, some attendees at the Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, started to feel uneasy.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
10 Apr. 2025
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But Sherrill remains uneasy about what could happen next.—
Susan Tompor,
USA Today,
8 Apr. 2025
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Mark Pellington directs the conspiracy thriller about a troubled vet (Gladstone) struggling with addiction who is recruited by a contractor (Cranston) for a covert government plot to assassinate a high-level politician.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
9 Apr. 2025
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Believe it or not, the film's director James Hawes insists Bernthal's secret agent code name was not an intentional call-out to his current run as the late, troubled, elder Berzatto brother Mikey on TV.—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
EW.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Jittery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jittery. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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