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edgy
/ˈɛd͡ʒi/
adj 5
Collocations
5ADJ.
cute, hard, high, irritable, own, pretty, trite
VERB + EDGY
bit, exuded, get, got, kids, make, seem, starting
EDGY + NOUN
something, you're
PREP.
in
ADV.
comparatively
Definitions
adj
1
Nervous, apprehensive.
2
Creatively challenging; cutting edge; leading edge.
3
On the edge between acceptable and offensive; pushing the boundaries of good taste; risqué.
“A few college kids make edgy jokes in a group chat and conservatives are tripping over themselves to denounce and disavow and call for firings and resignations,” Matt Walsh, a right-wing commentator, posted on X.
4
Irritable.
an edgy temper
5
Having some of the forms, such as drapery or the like, too sharply defined.
A sculptor's ideas must, I should guess, be somewhat rigid and inflexible, like the materials in which he works. Besides, Nollekens's style was comparatively hard and edgy.
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“A few college kids make edgy jokes in a group chat and conservatives are tripping over themselves to denounce and disavow and call for firings and resignations,” Matt Walsh, a right-wing commentator,
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an edgy temper
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A sculptor's ideas must, I should guess, be somewhat rigid and inflexible, like the materials in which he works. Besides, Nollekens's style was comparatively hard and edgy.
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My boss is starting to get edgy.
Tatoeba · #26831805
You seem a bit edgy today. Is something bothering you?
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His humor is too trite to be edgy.
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