jumpiness
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5.9
- noun
- /ˈdʒʌmpɪnəs/
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nerviosismo
- Her jumpiness became apparent when she flinched at even the slightest noise in the quiet room.
They have again that sort of addicts jumpiness, wanting the next hit, the next high.
- They have again that sort of addicts jumpiness, wanting the next hit, the next high.
- Because that little bit of jumpiness is your authentic self saying, it's OK, I got through.
Examples
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After years of dealing with anxiety, she often felt a sense of jumpiness whenever she entered crowded places.
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Because that little bit of jumpiness is your authentic self saying, it's OK, I got through.
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Because that little bit of jumpiness is your authentic self saying it's OK, I got through.
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He did not know what the jumpiness in him was.
Fiction book (1998) -
She smiles at her jumpiness.
Fiction book (1996) -
[Ms. Glynner] the jumpiness...
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I only want to mention this fact here as what we might consider a strange example of sympathy: simultaneous passion, mutually interdependent, rising and falling as each person observes the other's pallor, jumpiness, trembling, bluffing, and so on.
Academic text (1998) -
The loud thunderstorm outside made him feel a strange jumpiness that he couldn't shake off.
Synonyms
36
2.7
A feeling of being worried or anxious
32
4.4
A feeling of fear or worry that something bad may happen
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9.9
A strong nervous or scared feeling that makes you feel uneasy
3
3.8
A feeling of worry and nervousness before an event or about the future
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7.6
A tendency to be easily frightened or nervous
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6.9
A feeling of nervousness that makes you shake or move a lot
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8.1
A feeling of nervousness and impatience that makes people hard to control
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5.5
A strong nervous feeling that often comes before an important event
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6.0
A nervous, restless state when a person makes small sudden movements
A feeling of nervousness that makes your hands or voice shake
A tendency to get easily frightened or startled
How Nervous
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word jumpiness comes from the simple verb jump, which can mean 'spring up' or 'startle', and the endings -y meaning 'full of' and -ness that turn it into a noun. So jumpiness is the state of being 'jumpy', easily startled or nervous.