Synonyms for jumpy
ˈdʒʌm pijumpy

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1. edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, restive, uptightadjective

   being in a tense state

   Synonyms:
   cheeky, rocky, highly strung, jolting, rough, bumpy, nervy, uptight, edgy, high-strung, restive, jittery, overstrung, jolty, brash

   Antonyms:
   relaxed

2. rough, rocky, bumpy, jolty, jolting, jumpyadjective

   causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements

   "a rough ride"

   Synonyms:
   bumpy, approximative, rough, highly strung, pugnacious, jolting, bouldered, approximate, gravelly, rocky, bouldery, edgy, uptight, fierce, harsh, overstrung, high-strung, restive, nervy, scratchy, stony, crude, boisterous, grating, jolty, raspy, unsmooth, jittery, uncut, rasping

   Antonyms:
   relaxed

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1. List of paraphrases for "jumpy":

   nervous, nerve, high-strung, jittery, cranky, nervosa

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1. Jason Draho:

   We need to more information before markets have a further correction or get comfortable things won't escalate further, markets will be very jumpy until there's increasing confidence the virus is abating and that it won't be a global pandemic.

2. Jason Draho:

   Markets will be very jumpy until there's increasing confidence the virus is abating and that it won't be a global pandemic.

3. Emily Henke:

   It was a little bit jumpy...for things that maybe the average driver would just drive over it and not really be concerned about, he (the pilot) said it was erring on the side of caution which made a lot of sense.

4. Energy Aspects analyst Trevor Sikorksi:

   The ability to buy LNG from the U.S. (and other places) probably means that (Britain) will be able to manage through a normal winter, but the markets could get a bit jumpy if it is a cold winter and we have no Rough.

5. Alexander Zakharchenko:

   While we still have time before the spring, new detachments will be able to receive military training, we expect mobilization to yield at least five additional brigades five motorized brigades, one artillery brigade and a tank brigade. The Ukrainian rearguard for the Debaltseve front in Artemivsk, the home of one of the country's best-selling sparkling wines, looks increasingly like a garrison town. Auto-mechanics and tire shops have seen a sharp pick-up in business repairing damaged vehicles brought in by soldiers. Abandoned Soviet-era plants have been converted into bases. The local stadium is used as a landing pad for helicopters ferrying out the wounded. Many troops are nervous, jumpy and ill-tempered. On Wednesday, a group of irregulars detained a group of international journalists in the center and threatened to escort them out of the town if they took pictures of military equipment. The cannonades are fainter in Artemivsk, but they can still be heard. The significance of that is lost on few.