edgy

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Nervous, apprehensive.

2. 2

   Creatively challenging

   Creatively challenging; cutting edge; leading edge.

3. 3

   On the edge between acceptable and offensive

   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.
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   1. 4

      Irritable.

      • an edgy temper
   2. 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.
   3. 6

      Sharp

      Sharp; having prominent edges.

      • Shasta tried to get out of the way and to make Bree go back. But […] a woman with a very edgy basket in her hands, who was just behind Shasta, pushed the basket hard against his shoulders, and said, "Now then! Who are you shoving!"
   4. 7

      Cool by virtue of being tough, dark, or badass.

      • My bicep, my poor little cluster of nearly muscle is being pressed into a funsize turkey nugget and I’m starting to perhaps regret my outing with this bunch of Brentford fans who have that slightly edgier reputation.
      • His cool, somewhat edgy look is directed back at the photographer, as if she was too close, perhaps had seen too much.
      • This former aspiring rapper-turned author brings out the heartfelt emotion in his writing from an edgy street-life perspective that leaves the reader begging for more.
   5. 8

      Exhibiting behavior that is disconcerting or alarming, sometimes in an effort to impress…

      Exhibiting behavior that is disconcerting or alarming, sometimes in an effort to impress or to troll others.

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