Spiny

/ˈspaɪni/

Synonyms for "spiny" (101 found)

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Adjective(8 words)

bristly prickly thorny barbed barbellate briary briery bristled

abstruse acanthoid acanthous acicular acuate aculeate aculeiform acuminate acute arduous barbed brutal

Noun(1 words)

aculeus

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Adjective(5 words)

burred burrlike burry complicated difficult

complex cornuted critical cusped cuspidate delicate demanding difficile difficult exacting formidable hairy hardhard earnedhard foughthard-earned hard-fought herculean hispid horned

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horny intricate jawbreaking knotted knotty

Related words (50)

laborious mean mucronate needle-pointed needle-sharp nettlesomeno picnicnot easyoperose pointed prickly pronged rigorous rough ruggedset with thornssevere sharp-pointed spiculate spiked

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spiky spined spinous steep strenuous tapered tapering thorny ticklish tined toilsome toothed tough tricky unbated uphill wicked

Noun(2 words)

pricking spinus

Verb(1 words)

prickled

Adjective(10 words)

pricklier prickliest setaceous setose spikiestspined animalspinier spinose spinous thornier

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More general

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descriptive termlinguistic attributemorphological traitphysical property

More specific

5 entries

difficult situationprickly plantspiny cactusthorny issuethorny shrub

Collocations

6 entries

spiny cactusspiny defensespiny leavesspiny plantspiny projectionspiny shrub

Inflections

2 entries

spinier spinniest

Derivations

3 entries

spininess spinose spinous

similar

1 entries

armed

Sample sentences

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I'm allergic to spiny lobster.

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I'm allergic to Japanese spiny lobster.

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I want you to take me to a restaurant where you can eat delicious spiny lobster.

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Among New Zealand’s endangered insects is the iconic Wētā. They are one of the South Pacific nation’s most recognizable creatures with their large bodies, spiny legs, and curved tusks.

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