fidgety

adjective

ˈfi-jə-tē How to pronounce fidgety (audio)
Definition of fidgetynext
as in twitchy
making jerky or restless movements I get too fidgety to sit after a few minutes in a waiting room

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Recent Examples of fidgety Many young children will be fidgety sitting at a desk for a long period of time, so this can help. — ​wendy Wisner, Parents, 25 July 2024 The lyrics were sly and funny but could also detour, like a fidgety schoolkid sitting by the window, into daydreams. — James Poniewozik, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2023 Charles stands as the bridge to generations and generations of inevitability — all the way down to 9-year-old Prince George, the someday-king with a tousle of blond hair and fidgety energy. — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2022 Our planet is a shifting mass of molten rock that continually migrates beneath the crust; even the deep mantle and its overlying upper mantle are fidgety, causing earthquakes. — Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 16 Aug. 2022 See All Example Sentences for fidgety
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fidgety
  1. twitchy
  2. squirmy
  3. wiggly
  4. worried
  5. upset
  6. nervous
  7. anxious
  8. antsy
Adjective
  • The best example of Atkins’ twitchy, rabid pursuit came on the Arkansas tape.
    — Dane Brugler, New York Times, 23 July 2026
  • Atlanta artist Truett Dietz’s twitchy, colorful, anxiety-laden drawings at Wolfgang Gallery are visions of our brains on internet.
    — Felicia Feaster, AJC.com, 13 June 2026
Definition of twitchy
Adjective
  • The screwworm is actually a parasitic fly named for its larvae, which look like squirmy worms.
    — Alice Park, Time, 2 July 2026
  • Simply set out bowls of coffee grounds among your outdoor seating areas to prevent ants, mosquitoes, fruit flies, and squirmy critters from crashing your barbecue.
    — Joey Skladany, Southern Living, 17 June 2026
Definition of squirmy
Adjective
  • Teaching first grade has always involved dealing with wiggly and talkative kids.
    — Stacker, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2026
  • At the edges of the channel, near the walls, Rout and Lim’s team saw rapid fluctuations of molecules — those were the wiggly nucleoporins.
    — Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 9 Mar. 2026
Definition of wiggly
Adjective
  • If anyone was worried about a lack of personality from SEC coaches this coming season, their fears were likely quelled during SEC Media Days this week.
    — Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 July 2026
  • Luria, however, worried about that tangle of investments which bind the AI giants to their own customers; the love triangle of Google, Amazon and Anthropic; Microsoft and OpenAI, Nvidia and CoreWeave.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 23 July 2026
Definition of worried
Adjective
  • Then Greyson mentions that things at school aren’t great and the kids are mean to him, and Jenn gets even more upset.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 24 July 2026
  • But even taken at face value, many appear upset at the disregard of rest.
    — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 23 July 2026
Definition of upset
Adjective
  • And investors are increasingly nervous about when and whether the mind-boggling sums being spent by Big Tech on data centers will ever generate returns.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 23 July 2026
  • This can reduce uncertainty for patients who are nervous about traveling abroad.
    — Nia Bowers, USA Today, 22 July 2026
Definition of nervous
Adjective
  • Kids who, like him, are growing up afraid and anxious because of domestic violence at home, and who need what Torre didn’t have — somewhere safe to go to for help.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2026
  • In June, a group of anxious European policy researchers issued Europe 2031, a scenario in which civilization between the Urals and the Atlantic ends up at least functionally extinct.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026
Definition of anxious
Adjective
  • This video might be a good one to play when the kids are getting antsy and need an excuse to get their bodies moving.
    — Parents, Parents, 19 June 2026
  • In 1979, stand-ups working at the Comedy Store started getting antsy.
    — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
Definition of antsy

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