Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Nervous or irritable: The performers were edgy as they waited for the show to begin.
- adj. Having a sharp or biting edge: an edgy wit.
- adj. Daring, provocative, or trend-setting: an exhibition of edgy photographs; an edgy menu.
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.
Wiktionary
- adj. nervous, apprehensive
- adj. : creatively challenging; cutting edge; leading edge
- adj. : on the edge between acceptable and offensive; pushing the boundaries of good taste; dodgy
- adj. dated irritable
- adj. art Having some of the forms, such as drapery or the like, too sharply defined.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Easily irritated; sharp.
- adj. (Fine Arts) Having some of the forms, such as drapery or the like, too sharply defined.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. being in a tense state
Etymologies
- edge + -y (Wiktionary)
Examples
“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.”
“He said it rather crossly, for his nerves were what he called edgy, and the girl still irritated him.”
“There is enough out there that is what they call edgy and quite hard-hitting and modern and fashionable.”
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“Anyway, today’s terminology of the word edgy has become a bit extreme.”
“As I have stated before, we´ve always lived in edgy places and always will do so until it´s over. jajajajaja”
“As I have stated before, we´ve always lived in edgy places and always will do so until it´s over.”
“The thing about living in edgy´places is that one is in no particular danger from the social ferment unless one is engaged in that ferment on one side or the other.”
“I've never used the word edgy to describe ABC Family, and I can't see it bringing the likes of Kat's black panties or her classic, eye-roll-equipped line "I want you, I need you, oh baby oh baby" to the network.”
“I found the desert "edgy" - especially during the unsettling winter rainstorms.”
“On it, she ditches piano chords for gritty guitar riffs and delivers a darker, groove-based sound that King describes as "edgy" -”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘edgy’.
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"edgy" words that make me want to pun...
edgy, hip, buzzy, buzzworthy, hotspot, hot, trendy, savvy, killer, cutting edge, touch base
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Twitter faves
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favourite word" and adds it to this list.
See also:
gonk, nerking, guap, gimp, fabulous, dabble, fabilicious, tragic, zooted, hey, cheekini, nugget and 457 more... -
Coruscatingly what?
List of adjectival terms, from aggressive to zippered, paired in printed materials with the adverb coruscatingly, identified by a simple query to Google Search (Books).
...propaedeutic...aggressive, angry, articulate, astringent, aware, beautiful, big, blinding, bright, brilliant, brutal, cerebral and 93 more...
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Mimi
sober, rhetoric, oratory, ergo, venom, diaphragm, Medieval, piety, incognito, ruse, calamity, evidence and 251 more...
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stpeter's Words
abase, abasement, abashed, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abhorrent, abide, abject, ablation, abnegation and 3536 more...
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Tory's First Wordie List
perambulate, mumpsimus, euphoric, peripatetic, mellifluous, soporific, neologism, nihilism, nepotism, effervescent, lascivious, esoteric and 217 more...
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Sassypants
The qualities of The Diva. Social skills, playful yet bitchy.
churlish, bitchy, cantankerous, peevish, disagreeable, quarrelsome, venomous, grumpy, groachy, crabby, dismal, snappish and 143 more...
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_mark's keywords ™
words that describe me or that i am focusing on.
( personal list )
more:
http://www.wordnik.com/lists/personas--2<...satirical, dark, enigmatic, androgyny, appreciative, opinionated, inquisitive, sensitive, nonchalant, acerbic, scientific, circumspective and 220 more...
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Amusing words
interesting words
bonce, furcate, tapioca, tillage, desalinate, garish, litmus, roadhog, azoic, haberdasher, imbroglio, polliwog and 802 more...
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rostam
shahnameh, paragon, writ, constrain, kingmaker, tangential, simorgh, angha, mazanderan, mehrab, zahhak, feraydun and 56 more...
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editorial proj.
words to be considered for a magazine name, or words for inspiration for the magazine
soiree, morose, somber, sullen, d'autre, sin, experimental, perfection, edgy, hallow, fourth, rigid and 38 more...
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17012012
fathom, embrace, mooted, pertinent, impertinent, obtrusive, officious, pragmatic, empirical, annihilated, moot, edgy and 2 more...
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Favorite Words That Start With E
I love words that start with E. They are usually quite descriptive.
exquisite, enigmatic, esoteric, egalitarian, emulate, eclectic, emotional, existential, elementary, edify, educate, elemental and 38 more...
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Words I hate in poetry reviews
Cliches I have known . . .
upcoming, risky, edgy, takes risks, technical, long-awaited, epiphany, at the height of ..., great
Tweets
Looking for tweets for edgy.
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