Edgy

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  • adjective. Nervous or irritable.
  • adjective. Having a sharp or biting edge.
  • adjective. Daring, provocative, or trend-setting.
  • 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.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Easily irritated; sharp.
  • adjective. Having some of the forms, such as drapery or the like, too sharply defined.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. nervous, apprehensive
  • adjective. : creatively challenging; cutting edge; leading edge
  • adjective. : on the edge between acceptable and offensive; pushing the boundaries of good taste; dodgy
  • adjective. irritable
  • adjective. Having some of the forms, such as drapery or the like, too sharply defined.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. being in a tense state
  • Word Usage
    "As a twenty-three-year-old woman living in New York City, I will assign myself the role of ambassador of my generation and attempt to respond to your article discussing the word edgy."
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    Rhyme
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    Reggie  veggie  
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    edgier  edgiest