Antonyms for jumpy


Grammar : Adj
Spell : juhm-pee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒʌm pi


Definition of jumpy

Origin :
  • "nervous," 1869, from jump (n.) + -y (2). Related: Jumpiness.
  • adj nervous
Example sentences :
  • These books are only good to muddle your head and make you jumpy.
  • Extract from : « Typhoon » by Joseph Conrad
  • But Edna and Mrs. Pulsifer acted sort of restless and jumpy.
  • Extract from : « Torchy, Private Sec. » by Sewell Ford
  • First off she's inclined to be nervous and jumpy and don't want to talk about Babe at all.
  • Extract from : « Torchy and Vee » by Sewell Ford
  • When that condition bettered, and he began to feel again, he was nervous and jumpy.
  • Extract from : « The Rich Little Poor Boy » by Eleanor Gates
  • Alan felt tense and jumpy, and hoped not too much of it showed.
  • Extract from : « Starman's Quest » by Robert Silverberg
  • When I was a mass of bruises and aches, to say nothing of jumpy nerves.
  • Extract from : « The Lady of the Basement Flat » by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
  • It certainly makes one jumpy to have one's relations in the army.
  • Extract from : « A Patriotic Schoolgirl » by Angela Brazil
  • Girls are often jumpy, but not often quite so easily overcome, Jane thought.
  • Extract from : « Jane Allen: Center » by Edith Bancroft
  • Ive been jumpy as a cat with eight of its lives gone for the past year.
  • Extract from : « Dorothy Dixon and the Double Cousin » by Dorothy Wayne
  • Weeks of espionage at Blaauwildebeestefontein had made me jumpy.
  • Extract from : « Prester John » by John Buchan

Synonyms for jumpy

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