For the most part, however, his hunched, twitchy, wide-eyed take doesn’t seem like a believable portrait of social awkwardness so much as just a forced, awkward performance.
Source: wiktionary
Twitchy
//ˈtwɪt͡ʃi//
Synonyms for "twitchy" (49 found)
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Strong matches (15)
Related words (24)
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5 translations across 3 languages.
German
3 entries- nervös adj (irritable or cranky)
- reizbar adj (irritable or cranky)
- unruhig adj (inclined to twitch a lot)
Māori
1 entries- tūpanapana adj (inclined to twitch a lot)
Spanish
1 entries- sensible adj (irritable or cranky)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Johnson's contract expires in November, and four weeks as memorable for scandals off the pitch as any achievements on it will do little to appease the notoriously twitchy committee-men at the Rugby Football Union.
Source: wiktionary
Railways don't normally feature, but Conservative MPs are getting twitchy about this nationwide local issue.
Source: wiktionary
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