edgy

edgy

adjective

Definition of EDGY

1

feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty <with an edgy voice the spelling-bee contestant started to spell the tongue twister>

Synonyms aflutter, antsy, anxious, atwitter, dithery, edgy, goosey, het up, hinky [slang], hung up, ill at ease, insecure, jittery, jumpy, nervy, perturbed, queasy (also queazy), tense, troubled, uneasy, unquiet, upset, uptight, worried

Related Words aggrieved, bothered, concerned, disquieted, distraught, distressed, disturbed, freaked, freaked-out, shook-up; apprehensive, foreboding, hesitant, misgiving; fretful, fretting, stewing, vexed; qualmish, qualmy; flustered, twittered, undone, unnerved, unstrung; obsessed, preoccupied, restless; fidgety, flighty, fluttery, high-strung, hypertense, skittish, spooky

Near Antonyms confident, self-assured, self-confident, sure; controlled, self-controlled

Antonyms calm, collected, cool, easy, happy-go-lucky, nerveless, relaxed

2

having an edge thin enough to cut or pierce something <be careful as you walk along the beach—those broken clam shells are edgy enough to cut your feet>

Synonyms cutting, edged, edgy, ground, honed, keen, sharpened, stropped, trenchant, whetted

Related Words clawlike, daggerlike, knifelike; jabbing, jagged, lacerating, piercing, scratching, stabbing; pointed, pointy, spiky (also spikey)

Near Antonyms rounded, smooth; soft; even, flat, level, slick

Antonyms blunt, blunted, dull, dulled, obtuse

3

serving or likely to arouse a strong reaction <a director known for his edgy, over-the-top satires on modern life>

Synonyms charged, edgy, exciting, inciting, instigating, instigative, piquing, provoking, stimulating

Related Words explosive, fiery, incendiary, inflammatory, triggering; inducing, inspirational, inspiring, motivating, motivational, motivative; jeering, taunting, teasing; activating, energizing, galvanizing, quickening, vitalizing; angering, enraging, maddening, upsetting; aggravating, annoying, bothersome, exasperating, galling, irksome, irritating, pesky, vexatious, vexing

Near Antonyms subduing

Antonyms noninflammatory