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Spiny

🔄 Synonyms of "Spiny"

11 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
bristly	Covered with bristles.
barbed	Having barbs.
bristled	Having bristles
thorny	(figuratively) Troublesome or vexatious.
pricklynoun	Covered with sharp points.
brierynoun	A place where briars grow.
burrynoun	(of speech, or other produced sound) Characterized by a burr.
armed	(sometimes in combination) Equipped, especially with a weapon.
burred	having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
barbellate	(botany) Having a covering of fine barbs, quills, spines or thorns.
briary	Like a briar; thorny.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
thorny	(figuratively) Troublesome or vexatious.
barbellate	(botany) Having a covering of fine barbs, quills, spines or thorns.
burry	(of speech, or other produced sound) Characterized by a burr.
bristledverb	Having bristles
bristly	Covered with bristles.
briarynoun	Like a briar; thorny.
briery	Alternative spelling of briary. [Like a briar; thorny.]
barbed	Having barbs.
prickly	Covered with sharp points.
armed	(sometimes in combination) Equipped, especially with a weapon.
burred	having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
softshell	(zoology) Having a relatively soft shell.
anteaternoun	Any of several animals of South and Central America, in the suborder Vermilingua, which are noted for eating ants and termites which they catch with their long sticky tongues, including giant anteater and lesser anteater (also known as collared anteater).
dogfishnoun	Any of various small sharks
knotty	(figuratively) Complicated or tricky; complex, difficult.
delicate	Easily damaged or requiring careful handling.
sensitive	(of a person) Easily offended, upset, or hurt.
tricky	Hard to deal with, complicated.
vexing	Causing annoyance or pain; irritating.
acute	Intense; sensitive; sharp.