Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

twitchy

/ˈtwɪt͡ʃi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.57 in modern English

Syllables: twitchy
IPA: /ˈtwɪt͡ʃi/

18

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

susceptible to twitching a lot.

adj

irritable, cranky, nervous, anxious, worried

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."
"Railways don't normally feature, but Conservative MPs are getting twitchy about this nationwide local issue."

Etymology

From twitch + -y.

Inflected Forms

twitchier (comparative) twitchiest (superlative)

Derived Forms

twitchily twitchiness

Rhymes With

richie itchy bitchy witchy glitchy kitschy pitchy titchy switchy hitchy

Questions

How do you pronounce twitchy?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtwɪt͡ʃi/.
What does twitchy mean?: susceptible to twitching a lot.
Where does twitchy come from?: From twitch + -y.

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