jittery

adjective

jit·​tery ˈji-tə-rē How to pronounce jittery (audio)
Synonyms of jitterynext
1
: suffering from the jitters
2
: marked by jittering movements
jitteriness
ˈji-tə-rē-nəs How to pronounce jittery (audio)
noun

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Examples of jittery in a Sentence

I always get jittery when I have to give a speech. The latest economic news has made some investors jittery.
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Investors who have been jittery about the market outlook after President Donald Trump’s off-again-on-again tariff threats briefly have a sigh of relief after the Federal Reserve on Wednesday hinted at two interest rate cuts later this year. — Brian Evans, CNBC, 21 Mar. 2025 Wall Street is still jittery, with the market down more than 300 points this afternoon. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 11 Mar. 2025 The pressure is building for beauty’s biggest companies and Wall Street seems to be jittery about how the year will play out. — Kathryn Hopkins, WWD, 25 Feb. 2025 Valencia-born, and raised in England and the Netherlands, the 35-year-old Ferran is jittery and angular, wringing her hands and playing with the zipper on her shearling gilet. — Kate Lloyd, Vogue, 20 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for jittery

Word History

First Known Use

1931, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of jittery was in 1931

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