PRICKLES Synonyms
There are 9 hypernyms of the word prickles. (close relations)
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| barbs | nounn | |||||
noun • an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect • the pointed part of barbed wire • a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove • one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather verb • provide with barbs | ||||||
| prickers | nounn | |||||
noun • a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf • an awl for making small holes for brads or small screws | ||||||
| spines | nounn | |||||
noun • the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord • any sharply pointed projection • a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf • the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved • a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin | ||||||
| thorns | nounn | |||||
noun • something that causes irritation and annoyance • a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf • a Germanic character of runic origin | ||||||
| pricker | nounn | |||||
noun • a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf • an awl for making small holes for brads or small screws | ||||||
| spikelet | nounn | |||||
noun • a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf | ||||||
| spine | nounn | |||||
noun • the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord • any sharply pointed projection • a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf • the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved • a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin | ||||||
| sticker | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf • an adhesive label • a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem • a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing | ||||||
| thorn | nounn | |||||
noun • something that causes irritation and annoyance • a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf • a Germanic character of runic origin | ||||||
| tingle | verbv | |||||
noun • an almost pleasurable sensation of fright • a somatic sensation as from many tiny stings verb • cause a stinging or tingling sensation | ||||||
