All edgy synonyms
edg·y
E e adj edgy
- restless — characterized by or showing inability to remain at rest: a restless mood.
- skittish — apt to start or shy: a skittish horse.
- uneasy — not easy in body or mind; uncomfortable; restless; disturbed; perturbed.
- uptight — tense, nervous, or jittery.
- tense — in a state of mental or nervous strain; high-strung; taut: a tense person.
- anxious — If you are anxious to do something or anxious that something should happen, you very much want to do it or very much want it to happen.
- critical — If a person is critical or in a critical condition in hospital, they are seriously ill.
- high-strung — at great tension; highly excitable or nervous; edgy: high-strung nerves; a high-strung person.
- ill at ease — of unsound physical or mental health; unwell; sick: She felt ill, so her teacher sent her to the nurse.
- impatient — not patient; not accepting delay, opposition, pain, etc., with calm or patience.
- irascible — easily provoked to anger; very irritable: an irascible old man.
- irritable — easily irritated or annoyed; readily excited to impatience or anger.
- restive — impatient of control, restraint, or delay, as persons; restless; uneasy.
- touchy — apt to take offense on slight provocation; irritable: He is very touchy when he's sick.
- overstrung — overly tense or sensitive; strained; on edge: Their nerves were badly overstrung.
adjective edgy
- nervous — highly excitable; unnaturally or acutely uneasy or apprehensive: to become nervous under stress.
- on edge — a line or border at which a surface terminates: Grass grew along the edges of the road. The paper had deckle edges.
- jumpy — subject to sudden, involuntary starts, especially from nervousness, fear, excitement, etc.
- jittery — extremely tense and nervous; jumpy: He's very jittery about the medical checkup.
- oversensitive — excessively or unduly sensitive.
- stressed — importance attached to a thing: to lay stress upon good manners. Synonyms: significance, meaning, emphasis, consequence; weight, value, worth.
- moody — given to gloomy, depressed, or sullen moods; ill-humored.
- prickly — full of or armed with prickles.
- tetchy — irritable; touchy.
- agitated — If someone is agitated, they are very worried or upset, and show this in their behaviour, movements, or voice.
adverb edgy
- nail-biting — the act or practice of biting one's fingernails, especially as the result of anxiety or nervousness.
- hyper — overexcited; overstimulated; keyed up.