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spiky [ˈspaɪkɪ] adj spikier, spikiest
1. resembling a spike 2. having a spike or spikes 3. Brit informal ill-tempered 4. characterized by violent or aggressive methods spiky protestors spikily adv spikiness n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms Translations spiky [ˈspaɪkɪ] ADJ (spikier (compar) (spikiest (superl))) 1. (= sharp, pointed) → puntiagudo; (= thorny) → cubierto de púas (Zool) → erizado; [hair] → de punta 2. (Brit) (= irritable) [person] → quisquilloso, susceptible spiky adj (+er) (= having spikes) railings, top of wall → mit Metallspitzen; bush, animal → stach(e)lig; branch → dornig (= like spikes) grass → spitz, stach(e)lig; flower → mit spitzen Blütenblättern; plant → spitzblättrig; leaf → spitz; hair → hochstehend; writing → steil (fig) person → empfindlich, leicht eingeschnappt (inf) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| At fast, he slept heavily, but, by degrees, began to roll and surge in bed, until he rose above the surface, with his spiky hair looking as if it must tear the sheets to ribbons. A spiky green plant filled each pot, and below the verandah ran a wide border of blue hydrangeas edged with more red geraniums. While they were dressing their wounds, I tried to make a hole in the thing with the spiky end of the hitcher, and the hitcher slipped and jerked me out between the boat and the bank into two feet of muddy water, and the tin rolled over, uninjured, and broke a teacup. |
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