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View definitions for spiky

spiky

adjective as in abrasive

adjective as in echinate

adjective as in pricky

adjective as in thistly

adjective as in thorny

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Example Sentences

The Toy Fair is his organisation's marquee event, drawing businesses from around the world who line New York's convention center with cheerful displays of blocks, high-contrast baby books and spiky coloured balls.

From BBC

He has built a large social media following along the way thanks largely to his crowd work, which is spiky but never mean.

Fences to keep Marines on the road have spiky pins atop each post to prevent ravens from having yet another place to perch.

Rather than a watery grave, however, a mysterious moonlit desert is where she’s adrift, a row of spiky cactuses behind her appearing to pierce her body.

"Wildfire smoke is a different animal, in that it's much spikier. There are many days where there's no wildfire smoke, and there are some days where exposure is really, really extreme."

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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