jitteriness
- noun
- /ˈdʒɪtərɪnəs/
- The jitteriness felt before the exam was hard to shake off.
Even when a person is in a calm and safe environment, the hyper vigilance and that sort of jitteriness persists.
- Even when a person is in a calm and safe environment, the hyper vigilance and that sort of jitteriness persists.
Examples
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Baby to moderate the manifestations of the addiction: increased tone, crying and jitteriness, staring, scissoring of the legs, that type of thing.
Fiction book (1994) -
It's not uncommon for him to jump on a table and dance to illustrate the jitteriness of an electron.
Blog text (15) -
This time, the walk along the creek bed holds for me an odd blend of pleasure and terror as I experience some jitteriness about whether the box will still be there.
Academic text (2001) -
Even when a person is in a calm and safe environment, the hyper vigilance and that sort of jitteriness persists.
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However, because caffeine can have potentially negative effects, such as disturbing sleep or causing jitteriness, the next step is to determine whether smaller doses could accomplish the same goal.
Blog text (9) -
An eerie jitteriness hung in the air, dimly colored sparkles just out of the corners of the eye.
Fiction book (1999) -
I'm experiencing extreme breast tenderness, weight gain of 20 pounds, changes in mood and appetite, along with tiredness and jitteriness.
Blog text (5) -
His constant jitteriness made it difficult for him to concentrate during the meeting.
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After drinking too much coffee, she experienced jitteriness that kept her on edge.
Synonyms
A feeling of being worried or anxious
A strong nervous or scared feeling that makes you feel uneasy
A feeling of worry and nervousness before an event or about the future
A feeling of nervousness and impatience that makes people hard to control
A strong nervous feeling that often comes before an important event
Being nervous and easily scared by small noises or movements
A nervous, restless state when a person makes small sudden movements
A feeling that makes you move or touch things because you cannot stay still
Antonyms
How Nervous
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Jitteriness starts with jitter, a word that gives the picture of quick, nervous shaking or small jumps ('to shake nervously'), and adds -ness to make it a feeling. So, jitteriness is the state of being nervous and physically restless.