Antonyms for knife-edged
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : nahyf-ejd |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈnaɪfˌɛdʒd |
Definition of knife-edged
- As in sharp : adj knifelike, cutting
- As in gnawing : adj sharp
- As in knifelike : adj sharp
- As in lancinating : adj sharp
- As in stabbing : adj sharp
- When the soldiers reached the knife-edged passage, he was prompted to warn them.
- Extract from : « The House of Pride » by Jack London
- And again the knife-edged passage was disputed, and again they fell back to the beach.
- Extract from : « The House of Pride » by Jack London
- Other forms are saw-like with straight edges or knife-edged.
- Extract from : « Men of the Old Stone Age » by Henry Fairfield Osborn
- It took all the Indian's grit to hold on to that knife-edged war club.
- Extract from : « Rolf In The Woods » by Ernest Thompson Seton
- The lama was mildly surprised that any one should object to the knife-edged breezes which had cut the years off his shoulders.
- Extract from : « Kim » by Rudyard Kipling
- From the knife-edged ridge above our eagles eyrie (height 5500 feet) we enjoyed a memorable view.
- Extract from : « Unexplored Spain » by Abel Chapman
- Others cling to the knife-edged back of some difficult spur.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 6 » by Various
- The first means sharp, the second narrow, both applying well to the knife-edged ridges of the desert.
- Extract from : « Tent Work in Palestine » by Claude Reignier Conder
- By her side the little Spaniard with his knife-edged trousers and thin-waisted coat appeared comic.
- Extract from : « Dust of the Desert » by Robert Welles Ritchie
- They are knife-edged, and the lower fits exactly inside the upper, so that they give a very firm grip.
- Extract from : « The Woodpeckers » by Fannie Hardy Eckstorm
Synonyms for knife-edged
- aciculate
- acuate
- acuminate
- acuminous
- acute
- apical
- barbed
- briery
- cuspate
- cuspidate
- edged
- fine
- gnawing
- ground fine
- honed
- horned
- jagged
- keen
- keen-edged
- knife-edged
- knifelike
- lancinating
- needle-pointed
- needlelike
- peaked
- piercing
- poin
- 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
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