Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic)Tense, nervous; consequently irritable.

    Waiting to see who had been chosen, we were all on edge.

    gespannt, nervös, aufgeregt

    на взводеna vzvode

    напру́женоnaprúženo

Examples

192 sentences

  1. I was on edge.

    Я був на межі. — deniko

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  2. I've been on edge all day.

    ruЯ весь день был как на иголках. — odexed

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  3. Tom appears to be on edge.

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  4. You do seem a little on edge.

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  5. Tom is a little on edge today.

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Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
tense, nervous with fear:
Русский
By meaning 1
tense, nervous with fear:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
tense, nervous with fear:

Word family

1 related words
Relatededgy

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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