Synonyms for edginess
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ej-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛdʒ i |
Top 10 synonyms for edginess Other synonyms for the word edginess
- activity
- ailment
- ants
- ants in pants
- antsiness
- anxiousness
- avidity
- bad feeling
- brunt
- bustle
- disquietude
- disturbance
- edginess
- excitability
- excitement
- expectancy
- ferment
- fitfulness
- fretfulness
- haste
- hastiness
- heat
- hostility
- hurry
- impetuosity
- inconstancy
- inquietude
- insomnia
- instability
- intolerance
- irritability
- irritableness
- jitters
- jumpiness
- jumps
- movement
- nail-biting
- nerves
- nervousness
- pins and needles
- pressure
- quick temper
- rashness
- restiveness
- restlessness
- shakes
- shortness
- snappiness
- strain
- suspense
- transience
- tumult
- turbulence
- turmoil
- unease
- uneasiness
- unrest
- unsettledness
- vehemence
- violence
- worriedness
- worriment
- worry
Définition of edginess
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).
- As in restlessness : noun constant motion; discontent
- As in tension : noun mental stress
- As in uneasiness : noun disquiet
- As in inquietude : noun restlessness
- As in restiveness : noun restlessness
- As in unease : noun restlessness
- As in impatience : noun inability, unwillingness to wait
- Don't be afraid of over-exactness, nor of hardness and edginess here.
- Extract from : « The Painter in Oil » by Daniel Burleigh Parkhurst
- Every one would know that the clean and clever little story was her own and the edginess his.
- Extract from : « Jane Journeys On » by Ruth Comfort Mitchell
- This also should so break up the edges as to get rid of any feeling of squareness or edginess.
- Extract from : « The Painter in Oil » by Daniel Burleigh Parkhurst
Antonyms for edginess
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