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😬 Nervous and excited 🐦 Like bird chirping
twittery

twittery

7.5
Making short high sounds like small birds
  • adjective
  • /ˈtwɪtəri/
translation icon : chirriante
  • The actress had a twittery voice that reminded everyone of the sweet chirps of songbirds.

Examples

  • The children giggled with twittery excitement as they spotted the colorful birds in the garden.

  • Then we'd turn up the record level until it started to feed back on itself and give a twittery sort of vocal sound.

    Blog text (11)

  • Then we'd turn up the record level until it started to feed back on itself and give a twittery sort of vocal sound.

    Blog text (11)

  • I loved the twittery sound of the baby birds chirping in their nest this morning.

Synonyms

chirpy
vstwittery
1 2.7

Full of short high sounds made by birds or crickets

is used for similar short high sounds or for mere resemblance to bird chirps
chattery
vstwittery
7.5

Short high sounds that repeat, like quick clicks or bird calls

focuses on light chirping tone rather than clicking or rattling
atwitter
vstwittery
  • Literature
9.4

Full of quick small sounds and movement like birds in trees

refers specifically to the sound quality rather than excitement or movement

Antonyms

quiet
∞ 1.0

Not making much noise

How High-Pitched

to shrill
3 4.8
to trill
  • Specialized
2 7.2
twittery
7.5
to chirp
34 1.0
to peep
2 1.5

Surface Forms

twittery positive

Morphology

twittery = twitter (transparent) = twitter + y

The meaning 'resembling light chirping' is a direct adjectival derivation from 'twitter' + '-y' and is straightforward for learners who know 'twitter'.

Etymology

Twittery comes from the sound word twitter, which copies the quick, high sounds birds make and is like the simple word tweet. So when something is twittery it is 'like light, quick chirps' or 'short, high-pitched' bird calls.