jeebies
Unsettling anxious feeling
Jeebies appears almost exclusively in the phrase the heebie-jeebies—a state of nervous anxiety or the creeps.
On its own, jeebies has no independent meaning; it exists as half of a rhyming compound coined in 1920s American slang.
That old house gives me the jeebies is an informal shortening of the full expression.
Informal term for unease
- creepsUnsettling individuals
- shiversInvoluntary bodily trembling
- jittersNervous agitation
- butterfliesFluttering insects or nervousness
goosebumps · shudders · chills · quivers · trembles · cold sweat · nervous stomach · wooziness
Frightened into alertness
- unsettledNot yet resolved
- unnervedMade anxious or unsettled
- rattledDisturbed and unsettled
- hair-raisingExtremely frightening or alarming
spine-tingling · blood-curdling · eerie · uncanny · ghoulish · ghostly · haunted · menacing
willies
Informal term for unease
butterflies · goosebumps · shudders · chills · quivers · trembles · cold sweat · nervous stomach · wooziness · flutters
spooked
Frightened into alertness
hair-raising · spine-tingling · blood-curdling · eerie · uncanny · ghoulish · ghostly · haunted · menacing · sinister
jittery
Anxiously restless
jumpy · edgy · skittish · restless · squirmy · on edge · wound up · keyed up · high-strung · nail-biting
jeebiescalm
Free from agitation
composure · tranquility · ease · serenity · peace of mind
- heebie jeebiesAnxious, jumpy feeling
- heeby jeebiesNervous apprehension or unease