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jittery adjective [ ˈdʒɪt(ə)ri ]

• nervous or unable to relax.
• "caffeine makes me jittery"
Similar: nervous, anxious, worried, apprehensive, on edge, edgy, tense, strained, stressed, agitated, in a state of nerves, in a state of agitation, uneasy, restless, worked up, keyed up, overwrought, wrought up, strung out, jumpy, on tenterhooks, with one's stomach in knots, fidgety, fearful, frightened, scared, like a cat on a hot tin roof, quaking, trembling, shaking, shaking in one's shoes, shaky, on pins and needles, in a cold sweat, fevered, febrile, twitchy, in a state, uptight, wired, in a stew, all of a dither, all of a doodah, in a sweat, in a flap, in a tizz/tizzy, all of a lather, het up, in a twitter, strung up, stressy, windy, having kittens, like a cat on hot bricks, spooky, squirrelly, in a twit, toey, overstrung, shitting bricks, bricking oneself,
Opposite: cool, calm, relaxed, laid-back,


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