Usually means: Feeling of discomfort or anxiety.
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General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. heebie-jeebies, the heebie-jeebies: Merriam-Webster
  2. heebie-jeebies: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. heebie-jeebies: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. heebie-jeebies, heebie-jeebies, the heebie-jeebies, the heebie-jeebies: Collins English Dictionary
  5. heebie-jeebies: Vocabulary.com
  6. heebie-jeebies: Wordnik
  7. the heebie-jeebies: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. heebie-jeebies, heebie jeebies: Wiktionary
  9. heebie-jeebies: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. heebie-jeebies: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. heebie-jeebies, heebie jeebies, the heebie jeebies, the heebie-jeebies: Dictionary.com
  12. heebie-jeebies: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Heebie Jeebies (composition), Heebie Jeebies, Heebie-jeebies: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. heebie-jeebies: Rhymezone
  15. heebie-jeebies: FreeDictionary.org
  16. heebie-jeebies: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. heebie-jeebies: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. Heebie-jeebies: World Wide Words
  19. heebie jeebies: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Heebie-jeebies: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  2. Heebie-jeebies: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. heebie-jeebies: A Word A Day

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. heebie-jeebies: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  2. heebie-jeebies: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Heebie jeebies)

▸ noun:  Alternative form of heebie-jeebies [(informal) A general feeling of anxiety, fear, uneasiness, or nausea.]

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Opposite:
calmness, ease, relaxation, comfort

Phrases:
the heebie jeebies, more...

Adjectives:
owly, grouty, crotcheted, bilious, fudgy, frowny, cranky, mumpish, crabby, gruff, cantankerous


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Opposite:
calmness, ease, relaxation, comfort

Phrases:
the heebie jeebies, more...

Adjectives:
owly, grouty, crotcheted, bilious, fudgy, frowny, cranky, mumpish, crabby, gruff, cantankerous



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