twitchy

English

From twitch +‎ -y.

twitchy (comparative twitchier, superlative twitchiest)

susceptible to twitching a lot.
- 2021 September 22, Caroline Siede, “Dear Evan Hansen is a misfire on just about every level”, in AV Club‎^[1]:
  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.
(figuratively) irritable, cranky, nervous, anxious, worried
- 2011, Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France‎^[2]:
  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.
- 2023 August 9, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Disinterested and dishonest”, in RAIL, number 989, page 3:
  Railways don't normally feature, but Conservative MPs are getting twitchy about this nationwide local issue.

inclined to twitch a lot

irritable or cranky