Prickle

/ˈpɹɪkəl/

Synonyms for "prickle" (112 found)

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Closest matches (23)

Noun(7 words)

spine thorn acanthus aculea barb bur burns

aculeus acumination adherent adhesive auger barb barnacle bit borer bramble briar brier bristle bulldog burr

Verb(1 words)

bristled

Strong matches (33)

buzz cactus catchweed cement cleavers cusp decal decalcomania drill gluegoose grassgunk itch itchiness jab leech limpet molasses mucilage mucro

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neb needle nettle nib paresthesia

Noun(7 words)

glochid itches itching jolt nettles nettling pangs

Verb(1 words)

itched

Related words (56)

pastepine needlepins and needlesplaster point prick pricking prickles prickliness prickling prong quill remora scratch smart spicule spiculum spike spikelet spine

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spur stick sticker sting stinging syrup thistle thorn thrill tine tingle tingling tip urtication yucca

Noun(15 words)

pierce pinprick prick pricker pricks puncture sandspur smarting spike stab sticker sting thorns tingle tingles

Verb(6 words)

prick pricked prickled tingle tingled twinged

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More general

15 entries

aculeus appendage feeling harm injure itch outgrowth perception pierce prick projection sensation sense sting twinge

More specific

9 entries

barb pierce pinprickpins and needlespuncture spine sting thorn tingle

Collocations

12 entries

prick at nervesprick of sensationprick the skinprick with fearprick with painprickle of fearprickle of painprickle plantprickle sensationprickling sensationsharp prickletiny prickle

Inflections

3 entries

prickled prickles prickling

Derivations

4 entries

prickleness prickler prickliness prickly

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

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Just the thought of it makes my skin prickle.

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They got a prickle on their arm.

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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

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