单词 | two edged |
释义 | (adjective) Definition (of a remark) having both a favourable and an unfavourable interpretation, such as she looks nice when she smiles The effect of the laws was two-edged. Synonyms ambiguous His remarks clarify an ambiguous statement given earlier this week. ambivalent The actor has an ambivalent attitude to fame. backhanded a backhanded compliment double-edged equivocal Her equivocal response gave nothing away. Additional synonymsin the sense of ambivalent The actor has an ambivalent attitude to fame. Synonyms undecided, mixed, conflicting, opposed, uncertain, doubtful, unsure, contradictory, wavering, unresolved, fluctuating, hesitant, inconclusive, debatable, equivocal, vacillating, warring, irresolute, in two minds in the sense of backhanded Definition ambiguous or implying criticism a backhanded compliment Synonyms ambiguous, ironic, indirect, sarcastic, oblique, sardonic, double-edged, equivocal, with tongue in cheek in the sense of equivocal Definition of doubtful character or sincerity Her equivocal response gave nothing away. Synonyms ambiguous, uncertain, misleading, obscure, suspicious, vague, doubtful, dubious, questionable, ambivalent, indefinite, evasive, oblique, indeterminate, prevaricating, oracularNearby words of |
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