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Edgy   Listen
adjective
Edgy  adj.  
1.
Easily irritated; sharp; as, an edgy temper.
2.
(Fine Arts) Having some of the forms, such as drapery or the like, too sharply defined. "An edgy style of sculpture."





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"Edgy" Quotes from Famous Books



... to realize that the big man was determined to provoke him to another fight. He knew that tempers were edgy and explosive in this enervating heat, and usually tried to bear Gorton's insults and petty meannesses in silence. He wouldn't demean himself by descending to the big guard's low level ... although occasionally, when the heat was too much even for him, as tonight, he couldn't ...
— Man of Many Minds • E. Everett Evans


Words linked to "Edgy" :   overstrung, uptight, high-strung, jumpy, tense, edge, nervy, jittery


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