adjective
- more nervous, anxious, or easily startled than usual
Usage: comparative form of jumpy
Examples
- She’s been jumpier than usual since the break-in.
- The cat became jumpier after moving to the new house.
- He felt jumpier before his job interview than he had expected.
- The horse was jumpier today, startling at every sound.
- After drinking too much coffee, I was much jumpier than normal.
- The dog gets jumpier during thunderstorms.