twitchier; twitchiest
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: marked by twitches or jerking movements : tending to twitch
Oliver did not think he would be able to sleep, but he did sleep—a restless, twitchy sleep filled with hideous dreams.—
Eva Ibbotson
Eva IbbotsonRound-shouldered yet angular, he walked in a twitchy manner that recalled a spider, his oily hair swinging about his face.—J. K. Rowling
J. K. Rowling2
: nervously on edge or fretful
This revelation was an incredible relief to those of us who get a little twitchy at the thought of making pasta …—Jane Daniels Lear
Jane Daniels LearThere was action every minute, and so much momentum carrying the story forward that until I finished it, I was in a sort of twitchy agony if I got stuck doing anything else.—Eric Konigsberg
Eric KonigsbergExamples of twitchy in a Sentence
examining the twitchy little poodle was a challenge for the vet
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From his wunderkind roles in Roger Dodger and The Squid and the Whale to his twitchy performances in The Social Network and The End of the Tour — and interviews with me and so many others — he’s always been a jolt of energy.
—Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Mar. 2025
Comments What would possess a twitchy guy to lock himself into a mobile blood donation truck and go all Nosferatu on 46 bags of the red stuff?
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 25 Feb. 2025
Returning was a heart-wrenching proposition—not least since Goggins’s on-screen persona of Rick—the twitchy, depressive boyfriend of the much younger Chelsea played by Aimee Lou Wood—shares a lot of the brooding misanthropy of his former broken self.
—Charlie Campbell / Koh Samui, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025
While twitchy, his overall power leaves a lot to be desired.
—Alec Lewis, The Athletic, 5 Aug. 2024
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Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Mar. 2025
Comments What would possess a twitchy guy to lock himself into a mobile blood donation truck and go all Nosferatu on 46 bags of the red stuff?
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 25 Feb. 2025
Returning was a heart-wrenching proposition—not least since Goggins’s on-screen persona of Rick—the twitchy, depressive boyfriend of the much younger Chelsea played by Aimee Lou Wood—shares a lot of the brooding misanthropy of his former broken self.
—Charlie Campbell / Koh Samui, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025
While twitchy, his overall power leaves a lot to be desired.
—Alec Lewis, The Athletic, 5 Aug. 2024
See All Example Sentences for twitchy
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“Twitchy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/twitchy. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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