BLADELIKE Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

bladelike

adjective

as in knifelike

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Adjective

But early reactions confirm Moonshot’s model is a solid one, even if more jagged than Anthropic's Fable or OpenAI's Sol in some applications.

— Christian Catalini, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
While 2022’s Trouble the Water embraced the jagged edges of Show Me the Body’s sludgy punk-metal sound, Alone Together is a sleek and streamlined album that includes their most agreeable songs yet.

— Eli Enis, Pitchfork, 15 July 2026

Definition of jagged

Adjective

Still, even with the Justice Department approving the WBD merger late last week without any concessions, the Paramount Skydance’s CEO’s happy face masked some spikey obstacles to the merger from overseas and in state houses over Ellison’s strategic bear hug with the ex-Apprentice host.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 15 June 2026
This will be a bumper quarter for oil and gas shareholders, who have always learned to stick it out through the doldrums for spikey periods like this.

— Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 19 Mar. 2026

Definition of spiky

Adjective

The confrontation between father and daughter, in which Taylor-Joy unloads Lucky’s resentments about growing up in the life, is one of the season’s most barbed moments.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 15 July 2026
But his view of Adrian’s methods, goals, and way of life end up making the bond of mentorship both tenuous and barbed.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 10 July 2026

Definition of barbed

Adjective

When hunting species like sunfish, orcas typically rely on a three-pronged strategy.

— Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2026
This multi-pronged expansion includes the Sqale platform at the Illinois Quantum & Microelectronics Park and a new downtown innovation center, signaling a shift from research to early commercial deployment.

— Karl Freund, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of pronged

Adjective

After that, another sprawling heat dome spiked temperatures to 115 degrees in Montana, breaking yet more records.

— Ben Noll, Washington Post, 24 July 2026
In fact, this recipe has the meatballs gently spiced with a dash of cumin and cinnamon, then tossed with a pepperoncini-spiked tomato sauce.

— Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 8 July 2026

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