twitchy
9
4.6
- adjective
- /ˈtwɪtʃi/
- Informal
:
nervioso
- God, I knew this place would make me twitchy.
- get twitchy
- twitchy and nervous
- twitchy fingers
Examples
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He's looking a little bit twitchy to me.
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She's a bit twitchy.
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I must admit that I was getting a little twitchy today being unable to get on a computer.
Blog text (6) -
And now Josh was acting weird, twitchy, distant.
Fiction book (1997) -
Luke's a little twitchy today.
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Being so sleepy made her nervous and twitchy.
Fiction book (1990) -
During playground games, she could only sit on the sidelines, twitchy with impatience.
Fiction book (1998) -
She's getting twitchy.
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I'd been sitting there for hours, I was bored, and I felt restless, like I was all shivery and twitchy inside and needed a good run, or maybe a horseback ride.
Fiction book (2002) -
The dog started to look twitchy as the thunder rolled in.
Synonyms
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1.3
Feeling worried and easily frightened
110
3.0
Not able to relax and stay still because of worry or boredom
26
4.5
Feeling nervous and unable to stay still
25
7.0
Being nervous and unable to keep still
10
9.1
Feeling nervous and acting in strange, unpredictable ways
8
4.8
Unable to stay still because you feel nervous
6
7.4
Very nervous while waiting for something to happen
4
3.9
Moving in sudden small jumps instead of smoothly
2
4.9
Feeling nervous and excited with a quick, shaky feeling in the body
1
8.9
Feeling excited and nervous while waiting for something
1
3.5
Moving in a restless, wiggly way
1
8.7
Moving quickly and lightly because it is nervous or easily startled
1
9.9
Feeling nervous and restless before an important event
Antonyms
How Nervous
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word twitchy comes from the verb twitch, which means 'to make a quick, small movement'. So, if someone is twitchy, they feel nervous or restless, as if they might jump or move at any moment.