Nervously irritable (4 letters)

{ Answer }

EDGY

{ Related Clues }

Fidgeting
Irritable
Jittery
Jumpy
Nervous
Skittish
Snappish
Tense
On tenterhooks
All nerves
Apt to snap
Avant-garde
Daring, in a way
On pins and needles
Pushing the envelope
Raw-nerved
Stressed out
Unconventionally provocative
Up-tight
Like hip ads
Exploring the bounds of propriety, as humor
Like some modern filmmaking

{ Tags }

anxious, edgy, envelope, humor, impatient, irritable, jittery, like, needles, nervous, nervously, out, pins, provocative, pushing, tense, tenterhooks, tight, unconventionally, up, wired

{ Notes }

The answer EDGY is seen frequently, appearing about once every 150 puzzles.

{ Definition }

EDGY as an adjective:

1. (edgy, high-strung, highly strung, in suspense, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, restive, uptight) = being in a tense state