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double-edged
adjective as in ironic
Strongest matches
adjective as in ironic/ironical
Weak matches
- acrid
- alert
- arrogant
- backbiting
- biting
- bitter
- burlesque
- caustic
- chaffing
- clever
- contemptuous
- contradictory
- critical
- cutting
- cynical
- defiant
- derisive
- disparaging
- exaggerated
- implausible
- incisive
- incongruous
- jibing
- keen
- mocking
- mordant
- paradoxical
- pungent
- quick-witted
- ridiculous
- sardonic
- satiric
- satirical
- scathing
- scoffing
- sharp
- sneering
- spicy
- trenchant
- twisted
- uncomplimentary
- witty
- wry
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Example Sentences
Thanksgiving may be about family, but that comes with an intimidating collection of double-edged swords.
But this public awareness of ED has been a double-edged sword.
As a tool of social activism, plague functions as a double-edged sword.
It's also a double-edged sword that could hurt local Democrats and Republicans alike.
He can wield energy as a weapon now, but it is already proving a double-edged sword.
That afternoon I went back to my orchard, got out my shiny and sharp new double-edged pruning saw, and sawed till both arms ached.
Near by was the guard-house with its grated windows, its iron bars being an appropriate design of double-edged swords and spears.
Father Stanway said it was a double-edged weapon and that those who lived by it risked perishing by it.
But the opportunity was taken to deal a spiteful double-edged thrust at its enemies.
In his belt was stuck a long, double-edged hunting-knife, having its wooden handle neatly bound with black waxed thread.
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On this page you'll find 139 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to double-edged, such as: sarcastic, ambiguous, equivocal, sardonic, and two-edged.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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