Pricks

/pɹɪks/

Synonyms for "pricks" (19 found)

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Closest matches (4)

Noun(4 words)

alert arouse awaken barb

Strong matches (6)

Noun(6 words)

cad irritate jerk perforate pierce pinprick

Related words (9)

Noun(9 words)

prickle puncture rascal scoundrel smart spike stab sting thorn

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

12 entries

attention shiftbeing individual injury lesionobject featurepain sensationpenetrate personplant featuresharp pointwound

More specific

19 entries

alerting signalattention cueballoon puncturebarbbee stingblood prickear cuegooninoculation punctureneedle prickpinprick prickle rascal scoundrelskin puncturespine

Showing 16 of 19 words.

Collocations

12 entries

balloon puncturedespicable prickneedle prickneedle prickspinprickpinprick sensationpinprick testprick a fingerprick conscienceprick marksprick up earssharp pricks

Inflections

2 entries

pricked pricking

Derivations

5 entries

pinprick prick prickliness prickly prickness

Sample sentences

7 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

He felt the pricks of conscience.

Source: tatoeba (304764)

Oh, you're pricks!

Source: tatoeba (908586)

That guy is really a nutjob, don't kick against the pricks.

Source: tatoeba (2889461)

What a bunch of pricks!

Source: tatoeba (6626423)

Showing 4 of 7 available sentences.

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