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as in worried
feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty
with an edgy voice the spelling-bee contestant started to spell the tongue twister
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as in sharpened
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
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as in provocative
serving or likely to arouse a strong reaction
a director known for his edgy, over-the-top satires on modern life
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Recent Examples of edgy
The song arrives alongside an edgy music video, co-directed by Slayyyter and Hannah DeVries, that follows the song’s lyrics about love, excess and detachment.
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Thania Garcia, Variety, 1 Aug. 2025
Did anyone along the way urge you to be edgier on stage?
—Lacey Rose, HollywoodReporter, 31 July 2025
There’s an edgy storyteller who uses comedy a lot named Martin McDonough.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 31 July 2025
But from the stiff competition, the edgy Geoffrey Mac came out on top.
—Henry Chandonnet, People.com, 31 July 2025
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Thania Garcia, Variety, 1 Aug. 2025
Did anyone along the way urge you to be edgier on stage?
—Lacey Rose, HollywoodReporter, 31 July 2025
There’s an edgy storyteller who uses comedy a lot named Martin McDonough.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 31 July 2025
But from the stiff competition, the edgy Geoffrey Mac came out on top.
—Henry Chandonnet, People.com, 31 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for edgy
Adjective
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Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel, however, didn’t necessarily appear worried when asked what joint practices taught him about his cornerbacks.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
17 Aug. 2025
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Many were worried about stripping precipitation out of a cloud and robbing people downstream of rain.—
Hayleigh Evans,
AZCentral.com,
17 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Denying someone access to provocative art, even art that was designed to be consumed by the entire public, feels like an invasion of privacy.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
21 Aug. 2025
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No offense to landscapes and wildlife painting and portraits of ancestors–Burgess does all of that, too–but here was something different, provocative.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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But as Trump appears to ignore court decisions and high-level administration officials are suggesting suspending the writ of habeas corpus, Bolick is nervous the United States is heading toward authoritarianism.—
Amanda Luberto,
AZCentral.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Students, meanwhile, often get nervous about asking for clarification or diving deeper into a topic in front of their peers.—
Shelbie Witte,
The Conversation,
12 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The Republican president has said crime in the city was at emergency levels that only such federal intervention could fix — even as District of Columbia leaders pointed to statistics showing violent crime at a 30-year low after a sharp rise two years ago.—
Lindsay Whitehurst,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Aug. 2025
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For, in a market where everyone’s shouting, the sharpest ideas, delivered clearly, consistently and credibly, are what cut through.—
Henry McIntosh,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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The vices of deficiency, such as being anxious, agitated, impatient, inattentive, and rash, are common everyday experiences.—
Mary Crossan,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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Orange County students are returning to class this month as districts navigate an anxious back-to-school season shaped by immigration raids over the summer and the possibility that attendance drops could cut into school funding.—
Hanna Kang,
Oc Register,
15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Umpires must already see pitches accurately, move well and handle upset managers and players.—
Becky Sullivan,
NPR,
13 Aug. 2025
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All three have gone after one another while 71-year-old conservative activist and talk show host Curtis Sliwa aims for a major upset for Republicans.—
Nick Mordowanec,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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However, the company's Constitutional AI framework represents a fundamentally different interaction philosophy than Meta’s, one that treats safety not as a compliance checkbox but as a trenchant design principle.—
Douglas B. Laney,
Forbes.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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Like his previous films, Jude’s 170-minute romp is loaded with trenchant political messages, sarcasm, bawdy humor and a heavy dose of Romanian fatalism.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Aug. 2025
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The United States and China have settled into a steady state of pragmatic, if uneasy, détente.—
Phil Mattingly,
CNN Money,
13 Aug. 2025
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Reading Zeller’s book, I was reminded that there is a kind of uneasy fellowship in this condition—a vast, involuntary community of people mapping out their lives between attacks, haunted by uncertainty but sustained in part by accounts like his.—
Jerome Groopman,
New Yorker,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Edgy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/edgy. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.
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