Edgy

Definition: Edgy

Edgy

Adjective

1. Being in a tense state.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "edgy" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1902. (references)

Note: Edgy \Edg"y\, adjective. [From Edge.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Edgy

You know, I thought Felix looked kind of edgy the past few weeks. (The Odd Couple; writing credit: Neil Simon)

Hip! Edgy! Quirky! (2002)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• The Secret Parts of Fortune: Three Decades of Intense Investigations and Edgy Enthusiasms (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expression using "edgy": make edgy. Additional references.

Albanian

nevrik (choleric, cranky, high strung, highly strung, hot tempered, irate, nervous, quick tempered, short tempered, vixenish), nervoz (excitable, fidgety, irritable, jittery, nervous, neural, restless), me the, i paduruar (eager, impatient, on edge, solicitous), i mprehtë (acute, astute, bright, clairvoyant, Clarion, discerning, exquisite, fine, high, high pitched, incisive, ingenious, keen, keen-witted, knowing, nimble, penetrating, penetrative, perceptive, percipient, perspicacious, piercing, piping, pointed, pungent, quick, ridged, ridgy, sagacious, salt, sharp, sharp cut, shrill, subtile, subtle, tart, trenchant). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مهتاج (agitated, boiling, emotional, excited, irritable, nervous, raving, upset, wrought up), ‏منفعل (agitated, bad tempered, deeply stirred, emotional, excited, influenced, irritable, nervous, on edge, on fire, palatal, passive, upset, wrought up), ‏منرفز (irritating), ‏متوتر (high strung, in a state, nervous, on tenterhooks, strained, taut, tense), ‏قاطع (boycott, break away, categorical, chip, conclusive, decisive, definite, disruption, disturb, dogmatic, final, have no truck with, incisive, interrupt, keen, partition, peremptory, positive, sharp, unqualified), ‏عصبي (apprehensive, fidgety, fretful, jitterbug, jumpy, nervous, nervy, neural, neuralgic, on edge, pithy, restless, spooky, testy, up the wall, uptight). (various references)

Bulgarian 

раздразнителен (bad tempered, chippy, choleric, excitable, explosive, fretful, gingery, ill, ill tempered, ill-conditioned, irascible, irritable, liverish, livery, nervous, nervy, peevish, pettish, petulant, prickly, querulous, raspy, ratty, snappish, stroppy, techy, tetchy, touchy, vinegary), с ръб (creased), кибритлия (quick tempered), остър (acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, angular, argute, arrowy, biting, bitter, crusty, cutting, excruciating, fine, fulminating, gabled, grating, gravelly, grinding, high pitched, keen, lancinating, metallic, nice, nipping, nippy, penetrating, penetrative, peppery, perspicacious, piercing, piquant, poignant, pointed, pungent, ragged, searching, sharp, shrill, slashing, stiff, strident, strong, tangy, trenchant), нервен (fidgety, jerky, jittery, jumpy, nervous, nervy, neural, neurotic, on edge, ratty, restless, snuffy, spooky, windy). (various references)

Chinese 

�"�利 (sharp, sharpness). (various references)

Czech

podráždìný (fretful, fussy, grumpy, peevish, resentful, uptight, waspish). (various references)

French

nerveux, crispé, affilé, énervé. (various references)

German

scharfkantig (sharp-edged, square-cornered, square-edged), nervös (agitated, fussed, high strung, jittery, jumpily, jumpy, nervous, nervously, nervy, on edge, tense, tensely, uptight), gereizt (excited, frayed, galled, hackles up, irascible, irritable, irritably, irritated, narky, peevish, petulant, petulantly, provoked, ratty, ruffled, short tempered, supercharged, teased, testily, testy, tetchy, touchy). (various references)

Greek 

κοφτερόσ (incisive, keen, keen on, sharp, trenchant), νευρικόσ (fidgety, jerky, jittery, jumpy, nervous, nervy, neural, petulant, self conscious), ευερέθιστοσ (excitable, fretter, passionate, peevish, petulant, prickly, testy, touchy, waspish). (various references)

Hebrew 

מחו�"�" (acute, edged, pointed, sharp, taper), עצב� י (fidgety, fretful, in a stew, irritable, jerky, jumpy, liverish, nervous, peevish, short, snappish, testy, uptight). (various references)

Hungarian

ingerült (have one's nerves on edge, have the needles, huffy, indignant, ireful, nettled, ratty, rubbed, ruffled, shirty, snappish, snappy, to be on edge), ideges (fazed, fidgety, flustered, have butterflies in one's stomach, have cold feet, have the needles, het up, high strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, migraine, nervous, nervy, neurotic, restive, restless, skittish, stroppy, to be in a tantrum, to be on edge, to feel nervous, to feel rum, to jitter, uptight, vexed), éles vonalú, éles rajzú. (various references)

Indonesian

tajam (acrid, acrimonious, acute, brisk, incisive, keen, nippy, poignant), panas hati. (various references)

Italian

tagliente (abrasive, acerbic, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, biting, clipping, cutter, cutting, cutting edge, drill bit, jackbit insert, keen, lurid, nipping, Pierce lever, sharp, slicing, stridently, trenchant), irritabile (bad tempered, crotchety, excitable, fretful, irritable, jittery, petulant, snappish, techy, testy, tetchy, touchy, vinegary), affilato (abrasive, acerbic, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, cutting, keen, lurid, narrow, sharp, slender, thin). (various references)

Korean 

� 카로운 (Pointed, shrill). (various references)

Manx

friogganagh (bad-tempered, bristly, cantankerous, crabby, echinoid, finned, finny, liverish, offended, prickly, ratty, setaceous, stickleback, touchy), boirit (agitated, bothered, concerned, confused, disturbed, embarrassed, grieved, perplexed, pestered, preoccupied, teased, vexed, woeful, worried). (various references)

Norwegian

irritabel (irritable). (various references)

Pig Latin

edgyay.(various references)

Portuguese

orla (border, brim, concealed edge band, edge, edge band, fell, flange, flap, frieze, fringe, hem, inset, limb, lip, list, margin, models edge, rim, selvage, skirt, skirting, verge, welt), irritável (bilious, crab, crabbed, crusty, fretful, grumpy, hot-blooded, huffish, huffy, irate, irritable, liver-coloured, liveried, livery, nervous, nervy, petulant, shirty, short tempered, techy, testy, tetchy, touchy, waspish). (various references)

Romanian

enervat (excited, rasping), tãios (acid, biting, clipping, curt, cutting, keen, mordacious, nippy, pointed, roughly, severe, severely, sharp, sharply, shortly, spiky, tart, trenchant), iritat (irate, magged, Moody, peeved, peevish, peevishly, rasping, resentful), aspru (abrupt, abruptly, acid, acrimonious, biting, brisk, callous, clumsy, coarse, crisp, dour, drastic, earthy, exacting, firm, grating, gruelling, gruff, hard, harsh, hoarse, homespun, husky, ill, inclement, iron, iron-fisted, keen, lashing, nippy, obdurate, punitive, rasping, rigid, rigidly, rigorous, robust, rough, rugged, scabrous, severe, severely, shaggy, shy, smart, snappish, stern, stiff, Strait, strict, strong, stubborn, tough, unkind, violent, wiry), ascuţit (acute, argute, biting, clipping, edged, fast, fine, high, high pitched, keen, keenly, knife-edged, mordacious, peaked, piercing, poignant, pointed, pointedly, pungent, quick, screaming, sharp, shrewd, shrill, smart, spiky, stinging, subtle, trenchant, whetted, witty). (various references)

Russian 

режущий (cutting, trenchant), острый (acrid, acute, argute, arrowy, biting, bristling, eager, hot, incisive, keen, lancinating, nice, peppery, poignant, pointed, punchy, pungent, quick, quinsy, racy, sharp, smart, tangy, trenchant, zappy), заостренный (acuminate, arrow-headed, peaked, pointy, spicate, spiky). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

nervozan (jittery, jumpy, nervous). (various references)

Spanish

nervioso (excitable, excited, fidgety, irritable, lively, nervate, nerve, nervous, nervy, on edge, responsive, sinewy, uncool, wiry, worked up). (various references)

Swedish

vass (acid, acidic, cutting, incisive, keen, mordant, reed, reedy, sharp), skarp (abrasive, acerbic, acid, acidulous, acrid, acrimonious, acuate, acute, bitter, caustic, cutting, discriminative, discriminatory, emphatic, fulminant, glaring, hot, in focus, incisive, keen, lurid, penetrating, perceptive, pungent, quick, salty, scathing, severe, sharp, slashing, smart), otålig (fretting, impatient, restive), lättretlig (excitable, irascible, irritable, liverish, livery), kantig (abrupt, angular, rugged). (various references)

Thai

กระสับกระส่าย (fidget about). (various references)

Turkish

sinirli (apoplectic, apoplectical, bristly, choleric, discomposedly, high strung, hot-blooded, hot-headed, huffish, huffy, ill-conditioned, in a pet, irate, ireful, irritable, jumpy, liverish, mad, nervous, nervy, on edge, out of humor, out of humour, peeved, pissed off, ratty, shirty, short tempered, sinewed, sinewy, spunky, testy, uptight, waxy, wild, wrought up), keskin kenarlı (sharp-edged), belirgin hatlı, alıngan (easily offended, fragile, irritable, pettish, petulant, sensitive, sore, squeamish, stuffy, susceptible, susceptive, swift to take offence, techy, tender, testy, tetchy, thin skin, ticklish, tickly, touchy, umbrageous). (various references)

Ukranian 

ріжучий (cutting, incisive), роздратований (aggravated, angry, annoyed, bad tempered, disgruntled, exasperated, huffy, irritated, nasty, peeved, querulous, shirty, vexed), гострий (abrupt, acrid, acrimonious, acute, argute, bad, barbed, biting, eager, incisive, keen, nimble, nutty, piercing, poignant, pointed, pungent, quick, savoury, sharp, splitting, subtile, subtle, trenchant, zestful), з чіткими краями. (various references)

Vietnamese 

cáu kỉnh (bed, crossly, fretful, grouchy, huffish, peevish, querulous, savage, surly). (various references)

Derivations

Words ending with "edgy": fledgy, hedgy, ledgy, sedgy, wedgy. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Edgy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Adsgey, Adygey, Bedgey, degy, dexy, dgy, ebdg, eday, edey, edg, edgey, Edgiva, edig, edy, efg, Efgh, egay, egd, eggy, egh, egi, elgy, emdy, engi, eogy, Ergay, ergy, ergyt, ewg, Gedgey, sedgy. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: dey, dye, ged, gey.

-2 letters: de, ed, ye.

+1 letter: dogey, guyed, gybed, gyred, gyved, hedgy, ledgy, sedgy, wedgy.

+2 letters: agedly, dingey, dogeys, dreggy, dyeing, edgily, fledgy, gleyed, grayed, greedy, greyed, gypped.

+3 letters: bogeyed, defying, denying, dingeys, dodgery, doggery, drayage, dyeings, eddying, fidgety, gadgety, gaudery, gelidly, geodesy, goldeye, goodbye, gypsied, gyrated, raggedy, tragedy, voyaged, yardage.

+4 letters: amygdale, amygdule, badgerly, boogeyed, decaying, decoying, decrying, deifying, delaying, delegacy, demagogy, dogberry, doggedly, drayages, drudgery, dysgenic, edgeways, edifying, endogamy, endogeny, frogeyed, gadgetry, ganymede, gelidity, giftedly, goldenly, goldeyes, goodbyes, gorgedly, greedily, grindery, guideway, gynecoid, hydrogel, hydrogen, idealogy, ideology, jaggedly, legendry, megadyne, paygrade, pedagogy, pedology, raggedly, readying, redrying, redyeing, ruggedly, synergid, syringed, ungreedy, wingedly, yardages, yielding, yodeling.

+5 letters: allegedly, amygdalae, amygdales, amygdules, androgyne, beladying, bendaying, bigotedly, budgetary, defraying, denyingly, deploying, descrying, embodying, flybridge, ganymedes, gargoyled, glyceride, glycoside, goldeneye, graveyard, graybeard, greyhound, guardedly, guideways, hedgingly, hoydening, hydrangea, hydrogels, hydrogens, legendary, megadynes, paygrades, pterygoid, rebodying, redefying, redenying, remedying, steadying, synergids, yodelling.

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