Synonyms for jitters
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : jit-er |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒɪt ər |
Top 10 synonyms for jitters Other synonyms for the word jitters
- all-overs
- cold sweat
- creeps
- delirium
- discomfiture
- disquiet
- disquietude
- dither
- dithers
- excitability
- feverishness
- fidget
- fidgets
- flap
- fluster
- fuss
- heebie-jeebies
- impatience
- jump
- jumps
- moodiness
- nerves
- neurasthenia
- neuroticism
- perturbation
- quivers
- sensitivity
- shakes
- shiver
- shivers
- stimulation
- stress
- tenseness
- timidity
- tizzy
- to-do
- touchiness
- tremble
- trembles
- tremulousness
- willies
Définition of jitters
Origin :- "extreme nervousness," 1925, American English, perhaps an alteration of dialectal chitter "tremble, shiver," from Middle English chittern "to twitter, chatter."
- noun nervousness
- noun nervous restlessness
- The police might tell her she had been seized with a plain case of jitters.
- Extract from : « The Crystal Ball » by Roy J. Snell
- Ive had the jitters ever since those fellows got away again.
- Extract from : « The Adventure Girls at K Bar O » by Clair Blank
- But all this didn't justify a case of jitters in the "basket room."
- Extract from : « I'll Kill You Tomorrow » by Helen Huber
- A stiff jolt of elderberry wine drove off the jitters and reasoning returned.
- Extract from : « The Shining Cow » by Alex James
- The whole earth had the jitters because of the apparently inevitable trial of strength between its two most gigantic powers.
- Extract from : « Operation Terror » by William Fitzgerald Jenkins
- “Fellows, just because we found a cash box is no reason for working up a high-grade case of the jitters,” the Cub leader said.
- Extract from : « Dan Carter and the Money Box » by Mildred A. Wirt
- Finding that box of money and having it in our possession, has given us all a case of the jitters.
- Extract from : « Dan Carter and the Money Box » by Mildred A. Wirt
- And Freddy Farmer's lie had touched off the jitters a little bit, anyway.
- Extract from : « Dave Dawson on the Russian Front » by R. Sidney Bowen
- And when your enemy starts getting the jitters, there's no telling what can happen.
- Extract from : « Dave Dawson on the Russian Front » by R. Sidney Bowen
- “Jitters is a picture now,” Peggy remarked on coming out to the car.
- Extract from : « Crossed Trails in Mexico » by Nell Virginia Fairfax and Helen Allan Ripley
Antonyms for jitters
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