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knife-edged
adjective as in gnawing
adjective as in knifelike
Weak matches
- aciculate
- acuate
- acuminate
- acuminous
- acute
- apical
- barbed
- briery
- cuspate
- cuspidate
- edged
- fine
- gnawing
- ground fine
- honed
- horned
- jagged
- keen
- keen-edged
- lancinating
- needle-pointed
- needlelike
- peaked
- piercing
- pointed
- pointy
- prickly
- pronged
- razor-sharp
- salient
- serrated
- sharp-edged
- sharpened
- shooting
- spiked
- spiky
- spiny
- splintery
- stabbing
- stinging
- tapered
- tapering
- thorny
- tined
- tipped
- unblunted
- whetted
adjective as in lancinating
Weak matches
- aciculate
- acuate
- acuminate
- acuminous
- acute
- apical
- barbed
- briery
- cuspate
- cuspidate
- edged
- fine
- gnawing
- ground fine
- honed
- horned
- jagged
- keen
- keen-edged
- knifelike
- needle-pointed
- needlelike
- peaked
- piercing
- pointed
- pointy
- prickly
- pronged
- razor-sharp
- salient
- serrated
- sharp-edged
- sharpened
- shooting
- spiked
- spiky
- spiny
- splintery
- stabbing
- stinging
- tapered
- tapering
- thorny
- tined
- tipped
- unblunted
- whetted
Strongest matches
adjective as in stabbing
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Example Sentences
Late in the afternoon he crawled wearily over one last knife-edged ledge and hoisted himself up onto the canyon's top.
The lama was mildly surprised that any one should object to the knife-edged breezes which had cut the years off his shoulders.
They are knife-edged, and the lower fits exactly inside the upper, so that they give a very firm grip.
The first means sharp, the second narrow, both applying well to the knife-edged ridges of the desert.
We continued to ascend, sometimes along ledges, and sometimes along knife-edged ridges, having on each hand profound ravines.
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On this page you'll find 221 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to knife-edged, such as: acuminate, barbed, edged, fine, honed, and horned.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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