Synonyms for jitters
jit·ters

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1. jitters, heebie-jeebies, screaming meemiesnoun

   extreme nervousness

   Synonyms:
   screaming meemies, heebie-jeebies

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1. • Nervousness

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1. List of paraphrases for "jitters":

   chills, fears

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1. jitters

   Synonyms:
   Butterflies

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1. Angus Nicholson:

   The market seems to be nervous about U.S. data holding up better than expected and two Fed speakers coming out and being hawkish for a rate hike in June, that has sent some jitters through the market.

2. Benjamin Lu:

   The sharp drop in oil prices is likely due to market jitters on potential waivers in U.S. sanctions on Iranian petroleum exports (in May), the effects of additional U.S. waivers on Iran will impede OPEC+ efforts to rebalance oil markets in 2019.

3. Jon Mackay:

   A little bit of today's jitters are related to a hangover to yesterday's wrongly placed exuberance that a trade deal was imminent, and the reality is we are in for a long slugfest between the U.S. and China.

4. M. F. K. Fisher:

   Family dinners are more often than not an ordeal of nervous indigestion, preceded by hidden resentment and ennui and accompanied by psychosomatic jitters.

5. Sean Callow:

   Financial markets might be more comfortable with Hillary (Clinton) than Bernie (Sanders), there would have to be at least some jitters over the guy who plans to break up the big banks. But it's probably too early to expect the U.S. presidential race to have an impact on the U.S. stock market.