Synonyms of the word

jumpy

• adj. Nervous and excited.

bumpy

• adj. rough; jumpy; causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements.
• adj. covered with or full of bumps.

edgy

• adj. nervous, apprehensive.
• adj. (entertainment, advertising) creatively challenging; cutting edge; leading edge.
• adj. (entertainment, advertising) on the edge between acceptable and offensive; pushing the boundaries of good…
• adj. (dated) irritable.
• adj. (art) Having some of the forms, such as drapery or the like, too sharply defined.
• adj. (of a knife or blade) Sharp.
• adj. (slang) Cool by virtue of being tough, dark, or badass.

high-strung

• adj. Nervous; anxious; excited or excitable.

jittery

• adj. nervy, jumpy, on edge.
• adj. Having jitter, or unwanted signal characteristics.

jolting

• v. present participle of jolt.
• n. A movement or action that jolts.

jolty

• adj. Characterised by jolts; bumpy or jerky.

nervy

• adj. (US) Having nerve; bold; brazen.
• adj. (Britain) Feeling nervous, anxious or agitated.
• adj. (archaic) Strong; sinewy.
• adj. (technical) jittery; having unwanted signal characteristics.

overstrung

• adj. Excessively tense or nervous.
• adj. Strung too tightly.

restive

• adj. Impatient under delay, duress, or control.
• adj. Resistant to control; stubborn.
• adj. Refusing to move, especially in a forward direction.

rocky

• adj. Unstable; easily rocked.
• adj. In the style of rock and roll music.
• adj. (figuratively) Troubled; or difficult; in danger or distress.
• adj. Full of, or abounding in, rocks; consisting of rocks.
• adj. Like a rock.
• adj. (figuratively) Not easily impressed or affected; hard; unfeeling; obdurate; as, a rocky bosom.

rough

• adj. Having a texture that has much friction. Not smooth; uneven.
• adj. Approximate; hasty or careless; not finished.
• adj. Turbulent.
• adj. Difficult; trying.
• adj. Crude; unrefined.
• adj. Violent; not careful or subtle.
• adj. Loud and hoarse; offensive to the ear; harsh; grating.
• adj. Not polished; uncut; said of a gem.
• adj. Harsh-tasting.
• n. The unmowed part of a golf course.
• n. A rude fellow; a coarse bully; a rowdy.
• n. (cricket) A scuffed and roughened area of the pitch, where the bowler's feet fall, used as a target by…
• n. The raw material from which faceted or cabochon gems are created.
• n. A quick sketch, similar to a thumbnail, but larger and more detailed. Meant for artistic brainstorming…
• n. (obsolete) Boisterous weather.
• v. To create in an approximate form.
• v. (ice hockey) To commit the offense of roughing, i.e. to punch another player.
• v. To render rough; to roughen.
• v. To break in (a horse, etc.), especially for military purposes.
• adv. In a rough manner; rudely; roughly.

tense

• n. (grammar, countable) Any of the forms of a verb which distinguish when an action or state of being occurs…
• n. (linguistics, grammar, countable) An inflected form of a verb that indicates tense.
• n. (linguistics, uncountable) The property of indicating the point in time at which an action or state of…
• v. (grammar, transitive) To apply a tense to.
• adj. Showing signs of stress or strain; not relaxed.
• adj. Pulled taut, without any slack.
• v. To make or become tense.

uptight

• adj. (colloquial) Excessively concerned with rules and order, always serious.
• adj. Emotionally repressed; nervous and tense.
• adj. (colloquial) Sexually repressed.
• adj. (colloquial) Unfriendly and rude.
• n. (colloquial) An uptight person.