edginess

Questions about edginess

What does edginess mean?

edginess means "feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable".

How many syllables are in edginess?

edginess has 3 syllables: ed-gi-ness. The stress falls on "ed". In IPA it is /ˈɛdʒinəs/.

What is another word for edginess?

Close synonyms include uneasiness, inquietude, disquietude. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is edginess a common word?

edginess is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.