Advertisement

View definitions for edged

edged

adjective as in acuminate

adjective as in outlined

Discover More

Example Sentences

Like 2019’s Leave No Trace—or even earlier dad-daughter films such as 2011’s Hanna—the father’s meticulous training of his female charge to become his clone-with-two-x-chromosomes proves to be a double-edged sword.

From Time

That sediment also contained chipped and sharp-edged stones regarded as tools by the site’s lead excavator.

That may explain why, in the four episodes provided for review, HBO Max’s Made for Love feels a bit duller than the sharp-edged critiques of tech culture and heterosexual romance in the book.

From Time

The case to reform Section 230The legal protections afforded by Section 230 have helped to foster the double-edged sword of online content distribution.

From Digiday

The increased resources and reach argument is one that just about every acquired company CEO makes, but being pulled into a company the size of SAP can be a double-edged sword.

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.

The sky is pale-blue now, with pink-edged clouds, and old men and women have come out to sit on the porches.

It's also a double-edged sword that could hurt local Democrats and Republicans alike.

Whatever you do, don't write a word to that Carr friend of yours; he's as sharp as a two-edged sword.

Marcus and Farringdon's pure badger, two shillings—gilt-edged badger half-a-crown.

Chumru edged nearer his master while their new acquaintance walked towards the ekka.

It was all crimson and white, with a fur-edged velvet cap that it really took courage to wear, and fur-topped boots.

With twenty-five dollars in his hand, Henry felt like a millionaire as he edged through the crowd to the gate.

Advertisement

Synonym of the Day

Which one is a synonym for cuddle?Get the answer

Start each day with the Synonym of the Day in your inbox!

By clicking "Sign Up", you are accepting Dictionary.com Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policies.

On this page you'll find 413 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to edged, such as: fine, tapering, acicular, aciculated, acute, and cuspated.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement