Synonyms for double-edged
dou·ble-edged

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1. double-edgedadjective

   Antonyms:
   single-edged

2. double-edgedadjective

   Antonyms:
   single-edged

3. double-edgedadjective

   Slander is a double-edged weapon: you can hurt the reputation of another but it diminishes your own reputation that you debase yourself so much.

   Antonyms:
   single-edged

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1. double-edgedadjective

   capable of being interpreted in two usually contradictory ways

   "double-edged praise"

   Antonyms:
   unambiguous

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1. List of paraphrases for "double-edged":

   two-edged, ambivalent

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1. Eric Trump:

   You know testing is a double-edged sword.

2. Wu Ting-Fang:

   Education is like a double-edged sword. It may be turned to dangerous uses if it is not properly handled.

3. John Carey:

   The big story is the dollar, and it continues to strengthen. That is a double-edged kind of development in that it will lead to more investor interest in the United States, but on the other hand it hampers the ability of U.S. multinationals to compete overseas.

4. Dylan Sprouse:

   Working from that young of an age is definitely a double-edged sword.

5. Des Barres:

   I mean, who wouldn’t? i think she had to maintain the stardom she achieved. It was a double-edged sword… [But] she could have been anything she wanted to be.