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. 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.

2. Sanjay Gupta:

   The cold weather is a double edged sword. On the one hand, it makes it very difficult, it is below freezing right now… On the other hand, it may reduce the demands for water. Perhaps that is playing into this, there is not a lot of data on how long people could survive in these situations but we are seeing those rescues 200 hours out.

3. Steven Fielding:

   If you look at it rationally, none of the two main parties would want to win the next election, it is more than a double-edged sword.

4. Claudia Mendez:

   It's a double-edged sword just because Sara Cromer never want to be in this place, but to hear that it's even being acknowledged is, in a sense, a relief.

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.