edge
noun (ANGER/NERVOUSNESS) /edʒ/Definition
› [U] a small but noticeable amount of anger in someone's voice: There's a definite edge to/in her voice when she talks to her husband.Talking angrily on edge C2 nervous and not relaxed: Is something wrong? You seem a bit on edge this morning.Anxious and worried
(Definition of edge noun (ANGER/NERVOUSNESS) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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edge noun (ADVANTAGE)
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edge noun (ALMOST)
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edge noun (BLADE)
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edge noun (OUTER POINT)
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edge verb
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edged adjective
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-edged suffix
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Synonyms and related words:
- (all) hot and bothered idiom
- a bundle of nerves idiom
- aflutter adjective
- anxious adjective (WORRIED)
- apprehensive adjective
- fret verb
- fretful adjective
- frightened adjective
- fuss verb (GIVE ATTENTION TO)
- get in a sweat idiom
- nervy adjective
- never fear idiom
- oppressed adjective (FEELINGS)
- overwrought adjective
- perturbed adjective
- twitchy adjective
- uncomfortable adjective
- uneasy adjective
- unquiet adjective
- unsettled adjective (WORRIED)
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Anxious and worried
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