n. |
[1] |
brink
,
border
,
verge
,
border
,
side
,
rim
,
lip
,
brim
,
fringe
,
margin
,
boundary
,
bound
,
limit
,
bourn
,
perimeter
,
periphery
|
[2] |
acuteness
,
boundary
,
bound
,
sharpness
,
keenness
|
[3] |
harshness
,
sharpness
,
acrimony
,
pungency
,
force
,
urgency
,
effectiveness
,
incisiveness
,
causticity
,
virulence
,
vehemence
|
[4] |
advantage
,
sharpness
,
head start
,
superiority
,
lead
,
upper hand
|
[5] |
on edge
,
on tenterhooks
,
nervous
,
touchy
,
sensitive
,
prickly
,
itchy
,
tense
,
irascible
,
crabbed
,
irritable
,
peevish
,
apprehensive
,
with one's heart in one's mouth
,
edgy
,
anxious
,
ill at ease
,
restive
,
restless
,
fidgety
,
(Colloq) uptight
,
like a cat on a hot tin roof
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