noun
1. the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters
• Syn: ↑jitteriness, ↑jumpiness, ↑nervousness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑restive, ↑nervous (for: ↑nervousness), ↑jumpy (for: ↑jumpiness), ↑jittery (for: ↑jitteriness)
• Hypernyms: ↑anxiety
2. characterized by nervousness and quickness to take fright
• Syn: ↑skittishness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑restive, ↑skittish (for: ↑skittishness)
• Hypernyms: ↑nervousness
Useful english dictionary. 2012.