sharp-edged

[ shahrp-ejd ]

adjective

1. having a fine edge or edges.
2. acute and caustic:

   a sharp-edged wit.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sharp-edged¹

before 1000; Old English scearpecgede (not recorded in ME); sharp, edge, -ed ³

Example Sentences

But as is often the case from “South Park” creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the episode’s sharp-edged satire is laced with deep sentimentality, rendering Casa Bonita almost mythical, a place so ludicrous in its artifice that it becomes a cultural touchstone.

From Salon

His sharp-edged 2018 mommy comedy “Tully” demonstrated that the filmmaker of “Young Adult” still lives.

From Los Angeles Times

Lindsey Hoell, founder of a reusable container logistics company called Dispatch Goods and a member of PR3’s standards panel, has forgone sharp-edged takeout food containers in favor of ones with smoother edges that “feel fancier.”

From Salon

“Every day, we’re dying,” said Marta Tomakhiv, 33, standing in a sharp-edged shadow in Kyiv’s main Independence Square, mourning a friend from her western Ukrainian hometown who was killed in battle days earlier in the east.

From Los Angeles Times

“It’s a sharp-edged weapon capable of causing great bodily injury or death to the civilians who were inside the store at the time and the officers,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times

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