jumpy

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: jump=y

CIDE DICTIONARY

jumpy, a. 

 Jumping, or inducing to jump; characterized by jumps;  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

jumpy, adj. (jumpier, jumpiest)
1 nervous; easily startled.
2 making sudden movements, esp. of nervous excitement.

Derivative

jumpily adv. jumpiness n.

THESAURUS

jumpy

agitated, all shook up, all-overish, anxious, bashful, bustling, convulsive, cowardly, diffident, discomposed, disquieted, disturbed, eclamptic, edgy, excited, fearful, fearing, fearsome, feverish, fidgeting, fidgety, fitful, flurried, flustered, fluttering, fluttery, fretful, fussing, fussy, goosey, goosy, high-strung, in a quiver, in fear, jerking, jerky, jiggety, jittery, mousy, nervous, nervy, on edge, orgasmic, panicky, perturbed, queasy, quivering, quivery, rabbity, restive, restless, ruffled, saltatory, scary, shaken, shaken up, shaking, shaky, shivering, shivery, shook up, shrinking, shy, skittery, skittish, spasmodic, spastic, spooky, startlish, stirred up, tense, timid, timorous, trembling, trembly, tremulant, tremulous, trepidant, trigger-happy, troubled, troublous, turbulent, twitchety, twitching, twitchy, twittery, uneasy, unpeaceful, unquiet, unrestful, unsettled, upset, vellicative