Synonyms for spiky
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : spahy-kee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈspaɪ ki |
Top 10 synonyms for spiky Other synonyms for the word spiky
- aciculate
- acuate
- acuminate
- acuminous
- apical
- arrowlike
- barbed
- briery
- bristling
- bristly
- combativeness
- contentiousness
- contrary
- controversial
- cuspate
- cuspidate
- cutting
- disputatious
- disputatiousness
- echinate
- echinated
- edged
- eristic
- factious
- fine
- fire-eating
- galling
- gnawing
- ground fine
- hard to take
- hateful
- having a chip on one's shoulder
- honed
- horned
- hurtful
- jagged
- keen
- keen-edged
- knife-edged
- knifelike
- lancinating
- litigious
- needle-pointed
- needlelike
- peaked
- piercing
- pointy
- polemic
- polemical
- prickly
- pricky
- pronged
- pugnacious
- quarrelsome
- razor-sharp
- rough
- rubbing the wrong way
- salient
- salty
- scrappiness
- scrappy
- serrated
- sharp
- sharp-edged
- sharpened
- shooting
- spiked
- spiky
- spinous
- spiny
- splintery
- stabbing
- stinging
- tapered
- tapering
- thistly
- thorny
- tined
- tipped
- touchy
- unblunted
- unpleasant
- whetted
Définition of spiky
Origin :- 1720, from spike (n.1) + -y (2). Related: Spikiness.
- As in argumentative : adj wanting to quarrel
- As in sharp : adj knifelike, cutting
- As in thorny : adj sharp, pointed
- As in echinate : adj thorny
- As in knifelike : adj sharp
- As in lancinating : adj sharp
- As in polemic : adj argumentative
- As in polemical : adj argumentative
- As in pricky : adj thorny
- As in scrappy : adj argumentative
- As in stabbing : adj sharp
- As in thistly : adj thorny
- As in abrasive : adj irritating in manner
- As in litigiousness : noun argumentativeness
Antonyms for spiky
- aboveboard
- agreeable
- benevolent
- bland
- blunt
- boring
- calm
- complaisant
- compromising
- dull
- easy
- flat
- forthright
- frank
- friendly
- honest
- ignorant
- indefinite
- indistinct
- kind
- lazy
- likeable
- low
- mild
- moderate
- nice
- old-fashioned
- pleasant
- pleasing
- slow
- smooth
- soft
- solvable
- soothing
- stupid
- tasteless
- undefined
- unintelligent
- unpointed
- unstylish
- untroublesome
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