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
Matt Grobar, Deadline, 9 May 2025
Tariffs have already raised prices of the leading brands of strollers, car seats and other kids’ products by hundreds of dollars, sending retailers and manufacturers scrambling to secure inventory from vendors and driving jittery parents into buying items for newborns right away.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2025
The latter would be the smartest course, calming jittery investors and giving U.S. companies more certainty over how to plan for the months and years ahead.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 12 Apr. 2025
March has been especially difficult for Nvidia, which is off nearly 9% during the period as jittery investors shy away from last year’s Big Tech high flyers.
—Brian Evans, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
Richter will play Norman Montana, a well-meaning but deeply insecure and jittery small-town public defender.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 9 May 2025
Tariffs have already raised prices of the leading brands of strollers, car seats and other kids’ products by hundreds of dollars, sending retailers and manufacturers scrambling to secure inventory from vendors and driving jittery parents into buying items for newborns right away.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2025
The latter would be the smartest course, calming jittery investors and giving U.S. companies more certainty over how to plan for the months and years ahead.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 12 Apr. 2025
March has been especially difficult for Nvidia, which is off nearly 9% during the period as jittery investors shy away from last year’s Big Tech high flyers.
—Brian Evans, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jitteriness
Noun
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Although summer is usually the best time for relaxing, some grads might already be feeling the anxiety that comes with starting a new school or job.—
Brenda Stolyar,
Wired News,
18 May 2025
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Margin anxiety nonetheless prompted HF Sinclair to pause what had been a budding streak of annual dividend hikes since a little before the corporate merger.—
Brett Owens,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2025
Adjective
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Groups of excitable teenage boys waited their turn to play EA FC on a bank of massive flat screen TVs.—
James Montague,
New York Times,
18 May 2025
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Wisner was an excitable workaholic, like a squirrel pointlessly leaping in all directions.—
Bruce Fein,
Baltimore Sun,
15 May 2025
Adjective
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However, because the pool was shallow, Lisberg was less worried.—
Raven Brunner,
People.com,
25 May 2025
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While Herzig is hoping to win a million dollars, his guests are all worried about their own various fantasy teams, mostly competing for a few hundred bucks.—
David Hill,
Rolling Stone,
24 May 2025
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The letter is a sign of growing ties between religious and AI safety groups, which share some of the same worries.—
Billy Perrigo,
Time,
21 May 2025
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Treasury yields and the value of the U.S. dollar held relatively stable after a brief jolt Monday morning when Moody’s Ratings said the U.S. government no longer deserves a top-tier credit rating because of worries about its spiraling debt.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2025
Adjective
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The price of gold tends to move when markets get nervous – and so does the gold.—
Ken Roberts,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2025
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It should also be noted that Demings is more than a little nervous right now about making any public promises about helping to finance a baseball stadium.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 May 2025
Adjective
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In the novel’s historical re-creation, is there an anxious note to Americans now losing themselves in accommodation?—
David Denby,
New Yorker,
23 May 2025
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An inaccurate diagnosis might lead to unnecessary or risky treatment, and a false positive can cause stress by requiring additional tests and anxious waits for results.—
Max Votek,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
Noun
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The concept has sparked controversy, unease, amazement and confusion.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA Today,
18 May 2025
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What does this say about our current unease with the political system?—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
16 May 2025
Adjective
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Santa Margarita 6, Huntington Beach 5: Chase Marlow singled in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning to give the Eagles an upset over Sunset League champion Huntington Beach.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
21 May 2025
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Tuchman and Chang also address fans who are particularly upset about Nick's arc this season.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
20 May 2025
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“Jitteriness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jitteriness. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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