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There is an edginess in my work that people don't always recognize.
Bob Newhart

Meaning of "edginess" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF EDGINESS

edginess  [ˈedʒɪnɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EDGINESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Edginess is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES EDGINESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of edginess in the English dictionary

The definition of edginess in the dictionary is irritability.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EDGINESS


bulkiness
ˈbʌlkɪnɪs
caginess
ˈkeɪdʒɪnɪs
dinginess
ˈdɪndʒɪnɪs
dizziness
ˈdɪzɪnɪs
dryness
ˈdraɪnɪs
finis
ˈfɪnɪs
friendliness
ˈfrɛndlɪnɪs
Guinness
ˈɡɪnɪs
happiness
ˈhæpɪnɪs
holiness
ˈhəʊlɪnɪs
manginess
ˈmeɪndʒɪnɪs
podginess
ˈpɒdʒɪnɪs
readiness
ˈrɛdɪnɪs
splodginess
ˈsplɒdʒɪnɪs
sponginess
ˈspʌndʒɪnɪs
staginess
ˈsteɪdʒɪnɪs
stinginess
ˈstɪndʒɪnɪs
stodginess
ˈstɒdʒɪnɪs
timeliness
ˈtaɪmlɪnɪs
Virginis
ˈvɜːdʒɪnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EDGINESS

edge
edge tool
edgebone
edged
Edgehill
edgeless
edger
edgeways
edgewise
Edgeworth
edgier
edgiest
edgily
edging
edging shears
edgy
edh
EDI
Ediacaran
edibility

WORDS THAT END LIKE EDGINESS

agribusiness
big business
business
cleanliness
cleanliness is next to godliness
core business
craziness
do the business
drowsiness
e-business
emptiness
family business
fitness
hairiness
laziness
loneliness
loveliness
retail business
rough-and-readiness
show business
trustworthiness

Synonyms and antonyms of edginess in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «EDGINESS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «edginess» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of edginess

Translation of «edginess» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EDGINESS

Find out the translation of edginess to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of edginess from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «edginess» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

急躁
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

nerviosismo
570 millions of speakers

English

edginess
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

edginess
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الحدة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

нервозность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

edginess
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

edginess
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

nervosité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Edginess
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Nervosität
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

イライラ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

날카로움
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Edginess
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

edginess
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

edginess
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सुदूरपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

edginess
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

edginess
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

edginess
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нервозність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

edginess
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

edginess
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

edginess
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

edginess
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

edginess
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of edginess

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EDGINESS»

The term «edginess» is quite widely used and occupies the 46.780 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EDGINESS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about edginess

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3 QUOTES WITH «EDGINESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word edginess.
1
Michael Birch
Myspace was always a bit edgy. People identified it with edginess and music.
2
Bob Newhart
There is an edginess in my work that people don't always recognize.
3
Niki de St. Phalle
Most people don't see the edginess in my work. They think it's all fantasy and whimsy.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EDGINESS»

Discover the use of edginess in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to edginess and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Photographic Encounters: The Edges and Edginess of Reading ...
PhotoGraphic Encounters offers a compelling perspective on questions of literacy in a postmodern culture. Artists, writers, scholars, and critics alike will want this volume in their libraries.
William Francis Garrett-Petts, Donald Lawrence, 2000
2
From Edginess to Eagerness
I am a witness to this paradigm shift, and my personal experience is highlighted in this book. An eager person with a winning attitude accounts for 80 percent of the results in this country today.
Tobe Momah, 2012
3
Multimedia Content Representation, Classification and ...
Template matching is performed using edginess-based representation of face images. The edginess-based representation of face images is computed using one- dimensional (1-D) processing of images. An approach is proposed based on ...
Bilge Gunsel, 2006
4
The Wormwood Archive
edginess. November. 25,. 2006. dear Professor sluBgog, In my last letter, I mentioned how easy it is for a small church worker to engender a sense of dissatisfaction within his congregation. This applies particularly well to youth programs in ...
T. G. Brown, 2009
5
From Revolution to Fads: The Progress of Modernity
The "edginess" of postmodern life is not like the angst of the post-War years. Although the angst was not a fundamental of identity, it had a depth and repercussions which are not found with the postmodern edginess. Whereas the angst was a ...
Henry Berry, 2001
6
Saigon's Edge: On the Margins of Ho Chi Minh City
This concept of edginess unifies the social categories of spatial order with the experiential ethos of life on the imagined edge of a rapidly expanding city. In particular, this edginess itself emerges out of the material transformation of space and ...
Erik Harms, 2011
7
Anthropologica
Insofar as edginess is the opposite of complacency, it is not necessarily a bad thing. We can be on edge in the way that a coin is, not concealing what lies beneath us, and ready to roll. I take edginess to be a sign, albeit ironic, of some kind of ...
8
Creating Images and the Psychology of Marketing Communication
This personality trait provided the perfect match to the edginess of the razors. He also projected an image of physical attractiveness, a goal re- lated to shaving for many consumers. The campaign was a huge success. McEnroe, incidentally ...
Lynn R. Kahle, Chung-Hyun Kim, 2006
9
Machine Learning for Multimodal Interaction: Second ...
... 10 -1 10 Number of training faces per person P r o b a b PCA edginess PCAw/ o3 PCAw/o3 edginess LDA LDA edginess (a) 80 Probabilit y o f m i s c l a s s i f i c a t i o n ( % ) LDA PCA edginess LDA edginess (b) 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 Fig.
Samy Bengio, Steve Renals, 2006
10
Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns: 13th International ...
Encoding process for channel L. Color, uniformity and edginess are encoded by means of α and the normalized ˆs1 =(λ1 −λ 2)/λ1 and ˆs2 = λ2/λ1 saliencies respectively. respectively. Thus, a pixel located at a completely uniform region is  ...
Xiaoyi Jiang, Nicolai Petkov, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EDGINESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term edginess is used in the context of the following news items.
1
'Proof' adds up to witty family drama in Grand Ledge
... actor She captures Catherine's intelligence, her strengths and also the edginess. She just brings a lot of intelligence and nuance to the role.”. «Lansing State Journal, Jul 15»
2
28 Kate Middleton Dresses That Made Us Royally Jealous
Getty Images. The pleats gave this basic frock some soft edginess. Kate Middleton. Getty Images. A pop of color in the necklace works wonders. «MTV.com, Jul 15»
3
Why Archie comics always mattered
But the first three years of the dailies are beautifully drawn and very funny, with hints of the slight edginess and dark humour that comics lost in ... «Macleans.ca, Jul 15»
4
Week ahead: Music, theater, art, and more
Devoted to edginess and to classical beauty, fashion photographers have a duty to shock and awe. This show features 20th-century luminaries ... «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
5
UDOT Puts Humorous Messages On Freeways
Gleason said “Message Mondays” generally have more creative messages that vary in edginess. He said the signs take a more serious tone on ... «Utah Public Radio, Jul 15»
6
Brec Bassinger Shows Off a Spooky-Inspired Outfit
... transform her look when it comes to fashion, but recently she revealed a dark new look on her Instagram and we actually love the edginess! «Twist Magazine, Jul 15»
7
How The Dairy became a cult hit
The restaurant also emits an aura of unforced edginess that few other top-end places in the capital are capable of generating. On the last ... «BigHospitality.co.uk, Jul 15»
8
Tony's story
Now let's face it, parents are in an unremitting state of edginess hoping that in every transition phase their children will have made another step ... «Malta Independent Online, Jul 15»
9
Your Complete Guide To Everything You Must See At Comic-Con …
Keep YA Weird - 2pm, Room 9 - The weirdness and edginess of Young Adult novels is championed by several prominent authors. Outcast TV ... «io9, Jul 15»
10
Stanley Johnson begins Pistons' career with chip on his shoulder
Joel Brigham of BasketballInsiders.com writes that Johnson has demonstrated an edginess and self-confidence that should serve him well in ... «FOXSports.com, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Edginess [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/edginess>. Apr 2024 ».
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