Edgy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Nervous or irritable: The performers were edgy as they waited for the show to begin.
  • adj. Having a sharp or biting edge: an edgy wit.
  • adj. Daring, provocative, or trend-setting: an exhibition of edgy photographs; an edgy menu.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. nervous, apprehensive
  • adj. : creatively challenging; cutting edge; leading edge
  • adj. : on the edge between acceptable and offensive; pushing the boundaries of good taste; dodgy
  • adj. irritable
  • adj. Having some of the forms, such as drapery or the like, too sharply defined.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Easily irritated; sharp.
  • adj. Having some of the forms, such as drapery or the like, too sharply defined.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Showing an edge; sharply defined; angular.
  • Keen-tempered; irritable: as, an edgy temper.
  • Having contours which are too sharply defined: said of a picture.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. being in a tense state
  • Equivalent
    tense   
    Variant
    edgiest    edgier   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    sharp   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Reggie    veggie   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    jumpy    resentful    jittery    unsure    apprehensive    fretful    unsettle    uneasy    shaky    moody