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dagger-like

dagger-like

5.9
Shaped like a small, sharp knife with a pointed end
  • adjective
translation icon : en forma de daga
  • The artist's painting featured elongated, dagger-like shapes, creating a sense of tension.
  • long dagger-like

Examples

  • The creature had dagger-like fangs that gleamed menacingly in the light.

  • I personally don't like the way Moss acts, and I really didn't like his dagger-like looks at JJ when he won HOTY.

    Blog text (18)

  • Suddenly, a long snout with dagger-like teeth pushes past the cockpit seats, opens wide, and clamps down on Nash's legs.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • His dagger-like eyebrows furrowed in concentration as he listened to the discussion.

Synonyms

knifelike
vsdagger-like
5.7

A thing with a very thin, sharp edge or shape

is smaller and more narrowly pointed rather than broadly edged
bladelike
vsdagger-like
6.3

Narrow and flat, getting thinner at the end like a knife

is more compact and pointed rather than broadly flat and tapering

How Pointed

dagger-like
5.9
pointed
1 1.8
blunt
109 1.0

Surface Forms

dagger-like positive

Morphology

dagger-like = dagger (transparent) = dagger + like

The productive English suffix '‑like' means 'resembling', so the adjective directly derives from the noun 'dagger'.

Etymology

Dagger-like comes from dagger, a small, sharp knife used 'to stab', and the ending -like meaning 'similar to'. Think of a quick, sharp stare or a pointed beak like a little knife, and you'll see why dagger-like means 'looking like a dagger'.