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Definition of Edginess
1. Noun. Feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable.
Generic synonyms: Anxiety
Specialized synonyms: Willies
Derivative terms: Edgy, Uneasy
Definition of Edginess
1. Noun. The state of being edgy; anxiety ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Edginess
1. the state of being edgy [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Edginess
Literary usage of Edginess
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to the Study of Landscape Design by Henry Vincent Hubbard, ( (1917)
"It must, however, be observed, that twilight, while it takes off the edginess of
those objects which are below the horizon, more sensibly marks the outline ..."
2. An Introduction to the Study of Landscape Design by Henry Vincent Hubbard (1917)
"It must, however, be observed, that twilight, while it takes off the edginess of
those objects which are below the horizon, more sensibly marks the outline ..."
3. Color in Everyday Life: A Manual for Lay Students, Artisaus and Artists; the by Louis Weinberg (1918)
"Fur moreover is free from edginess and for that reason proved useful in the base
border, where edginess would be a falsely insistent note. ..."
4. Essays on the Picturesque, as Compared with the Sublime and the Beautiful by Uvedale Price (1810)
"In fact, twilight does, what an improver ought to do: it connects what was before
scattered ; it fills up staring, meagre vacancies;. it destroys edginess; ..."
5. An Introduction to the Study of Landscape Designs by Henry Vincent Hubbard, Theodara Kimball Hubbard (1917)
"It must, however, be observed, that twilight, while it takes off the edginess of
those objects which are below the horizon, more sensibly marks the outline ..."
6. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"... acute, and definite without that edginess and inelasticity which is so
conspicuous in Macaulay's criticisms, alike in their matter and their form. ..."
7. Critical Miscellanies by John Morley (1908)
"... acute, and definite, without that edginess and inelasticity which is so
conspicuous in Macaulay's criticisms, alike in their matter and their form. ..."
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