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edgyadjective feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertaintywith an edgy voice the spelling-bee contestant started to spell the tongue twister aflutter, antsy, anxious, atwitter, dithery, goosey, het up, hinky(slang), hung up, ill at ease, insecure, jittery, jumpy, nervous, nervy, perturbed, queasy(also queazy), tense, troubled, uneasy, unquiet, upset, uptight, worried aggrieved, bothered, concerned, disquieted, distraught, distressed, disturbed, freaked, freaked-out, shook-upapprehensive, foreboding, hesitant, misgivingfretful, fretting, stewing, vexedqualmish, qualmyflustered, twittered, undone, unnerved, unstrungobsessed, preoccupied, restlessfidgety, flighty, fluttery, high-strung, hypertense, skittish, spooky keyed up, on edge, on pins and needles, on tenterhooks calm, collected, cool, easy, happy-go-lucky, nerveless, relaxed confident, self-assured, self-confident, surecontrolled, self-controlled having an edge thin enough to cut or pierce somethingbe careful as you walk along the beach—those broken clam shells are edgy enough to cut your feet cutting, edged, ground, honed, keen, sharp, sharpened, stropped, trenchant, whetted clawlike, daggerlike, knifelikejabbing, jagged, lacerating, piercing, scratching, stabbingpointed, pointy, spiky(also spikey) blunt, blunted, dull, dulled, obtuse rounded, smoothsofteven, flat, level, slick serving or likely to arouse a strong reactiona director known for his edgy, over-the-top satires on modern life charged, exciting, inciting, instigating, instigative, piquing, provocative, provoking, stimulating explosive, fiery, incendiary, inflammatory, triggeringinducing, inspirational, inspiring, motivating, motivational, motivativejeering, taunting, teasingactivating, energizing, galvanizing, quickening, vitalizingangering, enraging, maddening, upsettingaggravating, annoying, bothersome, exasperating, galling, irksome, irritating, pesky, vexatious, vexing noninflammatory subduing in 1775 |