Synonyms for edgy

Grammar : Adj

Spell : ej-ee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛdʒ i

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Définition of edgy

Origin : "having sharp edges," 1755, from edge (n.) + -y (2). Meaning "tense and irritable" is attested by 1837, perhaps from notion of being on the edge, at the point of doing something irrational (a figurative use attested from c.1600).

adj nervous

Example sentences :

Especially with a man like James, who is as sharp as a razor, and just as edgy.
Extract from : « Love and Lucy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett

I had been sitting around Chris's for a couple of hours, and I was beginning to get edgy.
Extract from : « The Day of the Boomer Dukes » by Frederik Pohl

She would, he thought, have been good-looking if she had not looked so tired and so edgy.
Extract from : « The Stars, My Brothers » by Edmond Hamilton

What little I had to say would be brief, I told them, but "edgy."
Extract from : « Frenzied Finance » by Thomas W. Lawson

After he had ordered his own lunch, he turned to her with an edgy politeness.
Extract from : « The Disturbing Charm » by Berta Ruck

He had scarcely closed his eyes the night before, and he felt all edgy.
Extract from : « Cinderella Jane » by Marjorie Benton Cooke

They were all edgy or simply frightened, but they were taking it very well.
Extract from : « What Rough Beast? » by Jefferson Highe

Their request made the necessity for His coming sacrifice stand out more sharply to His view--with edgy sharpness.
Extract from : « Quiet Talks with World Winners » by S. D. Gordon

He is either the sort of being you name in a whisper—or makes you edgy all over—like a slate-pencil.
Extract from : « Love and Lucy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett

The edgy sharpness of his tone made the girl open her eyes and stare at him.
Extract from : « The Sick-a-Bed Lady » by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

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