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whetted
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
- knife-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
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
- knife-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
Strongest matches
adjective as in stabbing
Strong matches
Example Sentences
Who knows, maybe Project Runway whetted our appetites for the drama contained within the construction of a sleeve after all.
But this one swift achievement only whetted the famished appetite to more creative ardor.
Between them, it was agreed that there should be no recalling of the past, but the very embargo whetted his appetite.
This whetted afresh the resentment of the thirty tyrants, who caused him now to be condemned to death.
It wud make a nourishin' dish whin ye have whetted ye'er face on a piece iv cuttle fish bone.
At the evening meal the appetite is again whetted: and a good appetite always means good gastric juice to digest the369 meal.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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