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Adjective: twitchy (twitchier,twitchiest)  twich-ee
Usage: informal
  1. Nervous and unable to relax
    "Just talking to him makes me twitchy";
    - antsy [N. Amer, informal], fidgety, fretful, itchy, restless, on edge, keyed-up

Derived forms: twitchiest, twitchier

See also: anxious, nervous, queasy, tense, uneasy, unquiet

Encyclopedia: Twitchy