two-edgedadjective
uk/ˌtuːˈedʒd/us/ˌtuːˈedʒd/UKtwo-edged adjective (BLADE)
having two sharp edges for cutting:
a two-edged sword
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Hand weapons
- battleaxe
- bayonet
- blackjack
- blowgun
- blowpipe
- bludgeon
- boomerang
- catapult
- dirk
- flick knife
- harpoon
- hilt
- jackknife
- rapier
- sabre
- scabbard
- scimitar
- shanghai
- sheath
- sheath knife
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two-edged adjective (TWO MEANINGS)
A two-edged remark can be understood in two very different ways, one of them positive and one of them negative:
"That was amazingly generous of you!" "Well, that was a two-edged comment - are you saying I'm usually mean?"
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double-edged
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Difficult to understand
- (as) clear as mud idiom
- abstruse
- ambiguity
- ambiguous
- arcane
- blurred
- diffuse
- equivocal
- esoteric
- fathomless
- garble
- get it into your thick head idiom
- obscure
- opaque
- oracular
- over your head idiom
- paradox
- puzzler
- puzzling
- veiled
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