Tense vs. Edgy — What's the Difference?

Tightly stretched; taut.

Nervous or irritable

In a state of nervous tension or mental strain

Having a sharp or biting edge

Causing or characterized by nervous tension or mental strain

Daring, provocative, or trend-setting

(Linguistics) Enunciated with taut muscles, as the sound (ē) in keen.

Nervous, apprehensive.

To make or become tense.

Creatively challenging; cutting edge; leading edge.

A property of verbs in which the time of the action or state, as well as its continuance or completion, is indicated or expressed.

On the edge between acceptable and offensive; pushing the boundaries of good taste; risqué.

A category or set of verb forms that indicate or express the time, such as past, present, or future, of the action or state.

(dated) Irritable.

Any of the forms of a verb which distinguish when an action or state of being occurs or exists.

(art) Having some of the forms, such as drapery or the like, too sharply defined.

An inflected form of a verb that indicates tense.

Sharp; having prominent edges.

The property of indicating the point in time at which an action or state of being occurs or exists.

(slang) Cool by virtue of being tough, dark, or badass.

To apply a tense to.

(Internet slang) Exhibiting behavior that is disconcerting or alarming, sometimes in an effort to impress or to troll others.

(transitive) To make tense.

Easily irritated; sharp; as, an edgy temper.

(intransitive) To become tense.

Having some of the forms, such as drapery or the like, too sharply defined.

Showing signs of stress or strain; not relaxed.

Being in a tense state

Pulled taut, without any slack.

One of the forms which a verb takes by inflection or by adding auxiliary words, so as to indicate the time of the action or event signified; the modification which verbs undergo for the indication of time.

Stretched tightly; strained to stiffness; rigid; not lax; as, a tense fiber.

A grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time

Stretch or force to the limit;

Increase the tension on;

Become tense or tenser;

Make tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious;

In or of a state of physical or nervous tension

Pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat')

Taut or rigid; stretched tight;