jumpier
More easily startled
Jumpier is the comparative form of jumpy—more nervous, skittish, or easily startled.
Someone who's jumpier than usual might be under stress or anticipating trouble: She's been jumpier ever since the break-in.
Caffeine can make you jumpier than you were before.
Uneasy and apprehensive
uneasy · apprehensive · wired · high-strung · overwrought · worried · fearful · panicky
Nervously unable to settle
- antsyRestlessly eager or nervous
- squirmyInclined to wriggle
- impatientUnwilling to wait
- unsettledNot yet resolved
agitated · restive · wriggly · hyperactive · bouncy · kinetic · energetic · squirrely
Prone to nervous fright
- twitchyNervously prone to spasms
- flinchyProne to sudden recoiling
- spookedFrightened into alertness
- startledAbruptly surprised or alarmed
reactive · hair-trigger · oversensitive · gun-shy · wary · vigilant · alert · hypersensitive
nervous
Uneasy and apprehensive
jittery · uneasy · apprehensive · wired · high-strung · overwrought · worried · fearful · panicky · alarmed
fidgety
Nervously unable to settle
unsettled · agitated · restive · wriggly · hyperactive · bouncy · kinetic · energetic · squirrely · itchy
skittish
Prone to nervous fright
startled · reactive · hair-trigger · oversensitive · gun-shy · wary · vigilant · alert · hypersensitive · on-guard
- jumping-off pointInitial departure location
- jumping jacksExercise spreading limbs rhythmically
- jumping to conclusionsForming judgments prematurely
- jumping for joyExuberant celebratory motion
- jumping the gunActing before appropriate time
- jumping aroundLeaping in various directions