My boss is starting to get edgy.
Source: tatoeba (268318)
Edgy
//ˈɛd͡ʒi//
Synonyms for "edgy" (86 found)
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Closest matches (18)
Strong matches (25)
Related words (43)
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4 entriesderived
3 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
5 entriesrelated to
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
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1 entriesTranslations
36 translations across 11 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- изнервен adj (nervous, apprehensive)
- раздразнителен adj (nervous, apprehensive)
Czech
2 entries- nervózní adj (nervous, apprehensive)
- provokující adj (on the edge between acceptable and offensive)
Esperanto
2 entries- nervoza adj (nervous, apprehensive)
- provoka adj (on the edge between acceptable and offensive)
Finnish
2 entries- hermostunut adj (nervous, apprehensive)
- rajoja koetteleva adj (on the edge between acceptable and offensive)
French
4 entries- anxieux adj (nervous, apprehensive)
- limite adj (on the edge between acceptable and offensive)
- nerveux adj (nervous, apprehensive)
- à cran adj (nervous, apprehensive)
Galician
1 entries- nervioso adj (nervous, apprehensive)
German
3 entries- angespannt adj (nervous, apprehensive)
- grenzwertig adj (on the edge between acceptable and offensive)
- nervös adj (nervous, apprehensive)
Hungarian
4 entries- feszült adj (nervous, apprehensive)
- hegyes adj (sharp; having prominent edges)
- ideges adj (nervous, apprehensive)
- ingerült adj (nervous, apprehensive)
Māori
2 entries- pūohorere adj (nervous, apprehensive)
- āmaimai adj (nervous, apprehensive)
Russian
4 entries- взволно́ванный adj (nervous, apprehensive)
- вызыва́ющий adj (on the edge between acceptable and offensive)
- на гра́ни фо́ла adj (on the edge between acceptable and offensive)
- не́рвный adj (nervous, apprehensive)
Spanish
4 entries- amarillista adj (on the edge between acceptable and offensive)
- atrevido adj (on the edge between acceptable and offensive)
- efectista adj (on the edge between acceptable and offensive)
- hacerse el interesante adj (on the edge between acceptable and offensive)
Sample sentences
25 total sentences available.
You seem a bit edgy today. Is something bothering you?
Source: tatoeba (8860364)
His humor is too trite to be edgy.
Source: tatoeba (9040907)
You seem so edgy.
Source: tatoeba (9632533)
Showing 4 of 25 available sentences.
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