| Main Entry: | spiny |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pointed |
Synonyms: |
barbed, pointy, sharp, spiked, spiky, spinous, thorny |
| Main Entry: | spiny |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pointed |
Synonyms: |
hispid, prickly, sharp, spiked, thorny |
| Main Entry: | prickly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thorny or difficult |
Synonyms: |
annoying, barbed, bothersome, brambly, briery, bristly, complicated, echinated, intricate, involved, knotty, nettlesome, pointed, sharp, spiny, stimulating, ticklish, tricky, troublesome, trying |
Antonyms: |
smooth |
| Main Entry: | sharp |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | knifelike, cutting |
Synonyms: |
aciculate, acuate, acuminate, acuminous, acute, apical, barbed, briery, cuspate, cuspidate, edged, fine, ground fine, honed, horned, jagged, keen, keen-edged, knife-edged, needle-pointed, needlelike, peaked, pointed, pointy, prickly, pronged, razor-sharp, salient, serrated, sharp-edged, sharpened, spiked, spiky, spiny, splintery, stinging, tapered, tapering, thorny, tined, tipped, unblunted, whetted |
Antonyms: |
blunt, dull |
| Main Entry: | thorny |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sharp, pointed |
Synonyms: |
arrowlike, barbed, briery, bristling, bristly, prickly, spiked, spiky, spinous, spiny, stinging, thistly |
Antonyms: |
dull, smooth, unpointed |
| Main Entry: | bristly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | with stiff hairs |
Synonyms: |
aristate, barbellate, chaetophorous, echinate, hispid, setaceous, setal, setarious, setiferous, setose, spiny |
Antonyms: |
clean-shaven, smooth |
| Main Entry: | echinate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thorny |
Synonyms: |
barbed, briery, bristling, echinated, prickly, pricky, spiked, spiky, spiny, thistly |
| Main Entry: | knifelike |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sharp |
Synonyms: |
aciculate, acuate, acuminate, acuminous, acute, apical, barbed, briery, cuspate, cuspidate, edged, fine, gnawing, ground fine, honed, horned, jagged, keen, keen-edged, knife-edged, lancinating, needle-pointed, needlelike, peaked, piercing, pointed, pointy, prickly, pronged, razor-sharp, salient, serrated, sharp-edged, sharpened, shooting, spiked, spiky, spiny, splintery, stabbing, stinging, tapered, tapering, thorny, tined, tipped, unblunted, whetted |
| Main Entry: | lancinating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sharp |
Synonyms: |
aciculate, acuate, acuminate, acuminous, acute, apical, barbed, briery, cuspate, cuspidate, edged, fine, gnawing, ground fine, honed, horned, jagged, keen, keen-edged, knife-edged, knifelike, needle-pointed, needlelike, peaked, piercing, pointed, pointy, prickly, pronged, razor-sharp, salient, serrated, sharp-edged, sharpened, shooting, spiked, spiky, spiny, splintery, stabbing, stinging, tapered, tapering, thorny, tined, tipped, unblunted, whetted |
| Main Entry: | pricky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thorny |
Synonyms: |
barbed, briery, bristling, bristly, echinate, prickly, spiked, spiky, spinous, spiny, stinging, thistly |