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