Definition for Spiky:

• Furnished with spikes: having a sharp point.

Synonyms for Spiky:

• adj.

  •abrasive (adjective)
  • cutting,
  • hateful,
  • caustic,
  • sharp,
  • hard to take,
  • hurtful,
  • spikier,
  • galling,
  • biting,
  • spikiest,
  • annoying,
  • unpleasant,
  • nasty,
  • rubbing the wrong way.
  •argumentative (adjective)
  • contrary,
  • belligerent,
  • contentious,
  • scrappy,
  • quarrelsome,
  • touchy,
  • having a chip on one's shoulder,
  • fire eating,
  • factious,
  • opinionated,
  • controversial,
  • polemical,
  • pugnacious,
  • litigious,
  • salty,
  • polemic,
  • fire-eating,
  • combative,
  • disputatious.
  •polemic (adjective)
  • Eristic.
  •sharp (adjective)
  • sharp-edged,
  • ground fine,
  • apical,
  • Whetted,
  • spear-like,
  • Honed,
  • sharpened,
  • aciculate,
  • bristly,
  • pointed,
  • keen,
  • cuspate,
  • salient,
  • serrated,
  • prickly,
  • splintery,
  • jagged,
  • acute,
  • razor-sharp,
  • edged,
  • knife-edged,
  • peaked,
  • stabbing,
  • keen-edged,
  • Needle-pointed,
  • Unblunted,
  • lancinating,
  • sagittal,
  • Acuminous,
  • tined,
  • tapering,
  • tipped,
  • needlelike,
  • razor-edged,
  • pointy,
  • horned,
  • needle-like,
  • briery,
  • acuminate,
  • barbed,
  • acuate,
  • spiked,
  • cuspidate,
  • tapered,
  • fine,
  • needle-point,
  • stinging,
  • pronged.
  •spiny (adjective)
  • more hispid,
  • most hispid.
  •thorny (adjective)
  • Bristling.

• n.

  •
  • coarse,
  • rugged,
  • abrasive,
  • rough,
  • irregular,
  • ragged,
  • uneven,
  • textured.
  •
  • body,
  • coiffed,
  • bushy,
  • bouffant,
  • balding,
  • bedhead,
  • close-cropped,
  • bad hair day,
  • bald.
  •high (noun)
  • high.
  •high-pitched (noun)
  • high-pitched.
  •peaky (noun)
  • peaky.

• Other synonyms:

  •adj.
  • spiny,
  • hispid,
  • spinous,
  • thorny,
  • Echinate,
  • Echinated,
  • Thistly,
  • Pricky,
  • arrowlike.
  •n.
  • scrappiness,
  • Litigiousness,
  • Contraries,
  • belligerents,
  • scrappies.

Antonyms for Spiky:

• adj.

  • abrasive
    kind, smooth, likeable, mild, nice, soothing, soft, pleasant, calm, agreeable, pleasing, moderate.
  • argumentative
    compromising, friendly, complaisant.
  • sharp
    low, benevolent, blunt, flat, old-fashioned, unstylish, indistinct, stupid, frank, ignorant, honest, bland, unintelligent, indefinite, tasteless, slow, forthright, undefined, aboveboard, lazy, boring, dull.
  • thorny
    untroublesome, unpointed, easy, solvable.
  • Other antonyms:
    low-pitched.

Spiky Sentence Examples:

• You can keep it in mind by thinking of them spiky beggars at the So - logical Gardens - porky pines - them as get their backs up when wexed and bristle.

• There was a small dense thicket of the spiky dead branches half a dozen yards to their right.

Homophones for Spiky:

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