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edg·y

–adjective, edg·i·er, edg·i·est.

1.	nervously irritable; impatient and anxious.

2.	sharp-edged; sharply defined, as outlines.

3.	daringly innovative; on the cutting edge.

[Origin: 1765–75; edge + -y¹

]

—Related forms

edg·i·ly, adverb

edg·i·ness, noun

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edg·y Audio Help (ěj'ē) Pronunciation Key
adj. edg·i·er, edg·i·est

Nervous or irritable: The performers were edgy as they waited for the show to begin.
Having a sharp or biting edge: an edgy wit.
Daring, provocative, or trend-setting: an exhibition of edgy photographs; an edgy menu.

edg'i·ly adv., edg'i·ness n.

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edgy
adjective
being in a tense state

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ˈedgy adjective

irritable
Example: That actress is always edgy before a performance.

Arabic:	عَصَبي، مُتَوَتِّر
Chinese (Simplified):	急燥的，不安的
Chinese (Traditional):	急燥的，不安的
Czech:	nervózní
Danish:	irritabel
Dutch:	nerveus
Estonian:	närviline
Finnish:	ärtyisä
French:	énervé
German:	reizbar
Greek:	νευρικός, ευερέθιστος
Hungarian:	ideges
Icelandic:	uppstökkur
Indonesian:	kesal
Italian:	irritabile

Japanese:	いらいらした
Korean:	짜증나는, 끝이 뾰족한
Latvian:	satraukts; nervozs; aizkaitināts
Lithuanian:	irzlus, suirzęs
Norwegian:	irritabel, nervøs
Polish:	drażliwy, rozdrażniony
Portuguese (Brazil):	irritadiço
Portuguese (Portugal):	irritável
Romanian:	iritabil
Russian:	раздражительный
Slovak:	nervózny
Slovenian:	razdražljiv
Spanish:	nervioso
Swedish:	irriterad, nervös
Turkish:	sinirli, gergin