Just the thought of it makes my skin prickle.
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Prickle
//ˈpɹɪkəl//
Synonyms for "prickle" (81 found)
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Closest matches (17)
Strong matches (24)
Related words (40)
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11 entriesderived from
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2 entriesrelated to
10 entriesTranslations
65 translations across 24 languages.
Albanian
3 entries- ferrë noun (A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn)
- gjëmb noun (A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn)
- spirr (gheg) noun (A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn)
Bulgarian
4 entries- бодил noun (A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn)
- пробождане noun (A tingling sensation of mild discomfort)
- трън noun (A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn)
- шип noun (A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 刺 noun (A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn)
- 刺痛 noun (A tingling sensation of mild discomfort)
- 皮刺 noun (A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn)
- 芒刺 noun (A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn)
Czech
4 entries- bodlina noun (A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn)
- brnění noun (A tingling sensation of mild discomfort)
- mravenčení noun (A tingling sensation of mild discomfort)
- osten noun (A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn)
Danish
1 entries- pig noun (A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn)
Dutch
4 entries- dorentje noun (A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn)
- prikkel noun (A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn)
- stekel noun (A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn)
- prikkelen verb (to cause someone to feel a prickle)
Estonian
2 entries- oga noun (A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn)
- okas noun (A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn)
Finnish
3 entries- oka noun (A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn)
- piikki noun (A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn)
- pistely noun (A tingling sensation of mild discomfort)
French
1 entries- épine noun (A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn)
Galician
3 entries- espiña noun (A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn)
- espiño noun (A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn)
- pico noun (A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn)
Georgian
1 entries- ეკალი noun (A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn)
German
3 entries- Dorn noun (A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn)
- Stachel noun (A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn)
- prickeln verb (to cause someone to feel a prickle)
Irish
1 entries- colg noun (A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn)
Japanese
1 entries- とげ noun (A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn)
Low German
4 entries- Angel noun (A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn)
- Prickel noun (A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn)
- Steker noun (A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn)
- Stickel noun (A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn)
Māori
3 entries- ngita noun (A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn)
- pūngitangita noun (A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn)
- pūtangitangi noun (A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- ایكنه noun (A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn)
Polish
1 entries- kolec noun (A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn)
Portuguese
1 entries- ferrão noun (A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn)
Romanian
1 entries- spin noun (A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn)
Russian
4 entries- колотьё noun (A tingling sensation of mild discomfort)
- колю́чка noun (A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn)
- пока́лывание noun (A tingling sensation of mild discomfort)
- шип noun (A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- dealg noun (A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn)
Spanish
3 entries- aguijón noun (A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn)
- espina noun (A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn)
- púa noun (A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn)
Vietnamese
1 entries- gai noun (A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
They got a prickle on their arm.
Source: tatoeba (11536022)
The plants that have prickles are, thorns, black and white, briar, rose, lemon-trees,[…]
Source: wiktionary
If I had but a pottle of Sacke, like a sharp prickle, / To knock my nose against when I am nodding
Source: wiktionary
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.