as in anxiety
a state of nervousness marked by sudden jerky movements
sensing the team's jitteriness before the big game, the coach gave a pregame speech that was more reassuring than inspirational
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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 jitteriness
Naazneen Karmali, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
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Trump's tariff plans sent a jolt to an already jittery bond market, causing Asian buyers to dump their treasuries.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
Dropped back into the realm of material still largely defined by types, Malek’s jittery onscreen energy ends up at odds with characters written in broad strokes.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2025
America’s jittery European partners are increasingly worried that the erosion could prove terminal.
—Ned Temko, Christian Science Monitor, 27 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
Amid jittery markets, our seasoned wealth team stayed the course to produce two other compilations: Korea’s 50 Richest and the annual list of The World’s Billionaires, with its record haul of over 3,000 people with ten-figure fortunes, collectively worth more than $16 trillion.
—Naazneen Karmali, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Relations | Opinion Trump's Tariffs and the Renaissance of American Manufacturing | Opinion
Sen. Tuberville: Trump Tariffs Gave America Leverage | Opinion
Trump's tariff plans sent a jolt to an already jittery bond market, causing Asian buyers to dump their treasuries.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
Dropped back into the realm of material still largely defined by types, Malek’s jittery onscreen energy ends up at odds with characters written in broad strokes.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2025
America’s jittery European partners are increasingly worried that the erosion could prove terminal.
—Ned Temko, Christian Science Monitor, 27 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jitteriness
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While immediate inflation concerns have eased, the current administration’s assertive tariff policies are reigniting these anxieties, potentially leading to future economic instability.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Hiking in nature has also been shown to reduce anxiety and depression.—
Ashley J. DiMella Fox News,
FOXNews.com,
24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Its participants are easily excitable and just as effortlessly aggrieved, their collective nervous system tied somewhat intrinsically to social media notifications.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
17 Apr. 2025
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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
Adjective
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My client is worried about losing benefits, which is not a reason to worry.—
Diane Omdahl,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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Investors had also been worried about the fallout from sweeping U.S. tariffs that are prompting businesses to rein in spending.—
Deborah Sophia and Aditya Soni,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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Not Enough People Are Watching ‘NYT Mini’ Clues And Answers For Saturday, April 26 New Google Leak Reveals Subscription Changes For Gemini AI There is no shortage of worries for European auto manufacturers.—
Neil Winton,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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These worries lead people to make a series of decisions to delay having children, with hopes of having them in the future.—
Lisa Hagen,
NPR,
25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Dellow was nervous about rush hour traffic, but the Uber dropped Nikishin off at 6:45 p.m. at the airport.—
Peter Baugh,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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Your younger colleague is nervous about each conversation.—
Jay Sullivan,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Professionally, Xavier is anxious about future tax exposure from his deferred compensation.—
Brian Lasher,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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Another reason people put off going to bed is to avoid feeling anxious or restless, said James Rowley, MD, a sleep medicine expert at Rush University Medical Center and spokesperson for the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.—
Maggie O'Neill,
Verywell Health,
30 Apr. 2025
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The angst about the Fed’s independence on Monday came against a backdrop of investors’ unease about the global economy.—
Danielle Kaye,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2025
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Its grand facade, looming over the misty abyss of Tequendama Falls, is the kind of place that invites amazement and a little unease.—
Josh Rivera,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Gannon informed Nolen that Johnson was a little upset with falling into the second round.—
Doug Haller,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2025
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In medical settings, it's used to treat poisoning, overdoses, high cholesterol, hangovers, and upset stomach.—
Ashley Wong,
Health,
26 Apr. 2025
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