Synonyms of the word

prickle

• n. A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn.
• n. A tingling sensation of mild discomfort.
• n. A kind of willow basket.
• n. (Britain, obsolete) A sieve of hazelnuts, weighing about fifty pounds.
• v. (intransitive) To feel a prickle.
• v. (transitive) To cause someone to feel a prickle.

aculeus

• n. (botany) A prickle growing on the bark, as in some brambles and roses.
• n. A sting.

itch

• n. A sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch.
• n. A desire or want.
• v. (intransitive) To feel itchy; to feel a need to be scratched.
• v. (intransitive) To want or desire.
• v. (transitive) To cause to feel an itch.
• v. (transitive, colloquial) To scratch or rub so as to relieve an itch.

pierce

• v. (transitive) to puncture; to break through.
• v. (transitive) to create a hole in the skin for the purpose of inserting jewelry.
• v. (transitive) to break or interrupt abruptly.
• v. (figuratively) To penetrate; to affect deeply.

prick

• n. A small hole or perforation, caused by piercing.
• n. An indentation or small mark made with a pointed object.
• n. (obsolete) A dot or other diacritical mark used in writing; a point.
• n. (obsolete) A tiny particle; a small amount of something; a jot.
• n. A small pointed object.
• n. The experience or feeling of being pierced or punctured by a small, sharp object.
• n. (slang, vulgar) The penis.
• n. (slang, pejorative) Someone (especially a man or boy) who is unpleasant, rude or annoying.
• n. (now historical) A small roll of yarn or tobacco.
• n. The footprint of a hare.
• n. (obsolete) A point or mark on the dial, noting the hour.
• n. (obsolete) The point on a target at which an archer aims; the mark; the pin.
• v. (transitive) To pierce or puncture slightly.
• v. (transitive) To form by piercing or puncturing.
• v. (obsolete) To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark.
• v. (transitive, chiefly nautical) To mark the surface of (something) with pricks or dots; especially, to…
• v. (nautical, obsolete) To run a middle seam through the cloth of a sail.
• v. To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing.
• v. (intransitive, dated) To be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture.
• v. To make sharp; to erect into a point; to raise, as something pointed; said especially of the ears of an…
• v. (horticulture) Usually in the form prick out: to plant (seeds or seedlings) in holes made in soil at regular…
• v. (transitive) To incite, stimulate, goad.
• v. (intransitive, archaic) To urge one's horse on; to ride quickly.
• v. To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse.
• v. (transitive) To make acidic or pungent.
• v. (intransitive) To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine.
• v. To aim at a point or mark.
• v. (obsolete) Usually as prick up: to dress; to prink.

pricker

• n. One who pricks.
• n. A tool for pricking.
• n. A prickle or thorn.
• n. One who spurs forward; a light horseman.
• n. A priming wire; a priming needle, used in blasting and gunnery.
• n. (nautical) A small marlinespike used in sailmaking.

spikelet

• n. (botany) A small, or secondary spike, especially one of many in the inflorescence of a grass or sedge.

spine

• n. The series of bones situated at the back from the head to the pelvis of a person, or from the head to…
• n. Something resembling a backbone, such as a ridge, or a long, central structure from which other structures…
• n. A pointed, fairly rigid protuberance or needle-like structure on an animal, shell, or plant.
• n. (figuratively) Courage or assertiveness.
• n. The stiffness of an arrow.

sticker

• n. something that sticks.
• n. an adhesive label or decal.
• n. a brand, label, or company, especially one making and distributing records.
• n. a price tag.
• n. the listed price (also sticker price).
• n. (informal) a burr or seed pod that catches in fur or clothing.
• n. a wooden strip placed between courses of lumber to allow air circulation. (also 'kiln sticker').
• n. (colloquial, dated) That which causes one to stick; that which puzzles or poses.
• n. (music) A small wooden rod in an organ which connects (in part) a key and a pallet, so as to communicate…
• n. (US, politics) A paster.
• n. (Internet) A picture that is a detailed illustration of a character that represents an emotion or action…
• v. To apply one or more stickers to (something).
• v. To mark as the sticker price.
• adj. (nonstandard, informal) comparative form of stick: more stick (stickier).

sting

• n. A bump left on the skin after having been stung.
• n. A bite by an insect.
• n. A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack.
• n. A sharp, localised pain primarily on the epidermis.
• n. (botany) A sharp-pointed hollow hair seated on a gland which secretes an acrid fluid, as in nettles.
• n. The thrust of a sting into the flesh; the act of stinging; a wound inflicted by stinging.
• n. (law enforcement) A police operation in which the police pretend to be criminals in order to catch a criminal.
• n. A short percussive phrase played by a drummer to accent the punchline in a comedy show.
• n. A brief sequence of music used in films, TV, and video games as a form of punctuation in a dramatic or…
• n. A support for a wind tunnel model which extends parallel to the air flow.
• n. (figuratively) The harmful or painful part of something.
• n. A goad; incitement.
• n. The point of an epigram or other sarcastic saying.
• v. (transitive) To hurt, usually by introducing poison or a sharp point, or both.
• v. (transitive, of an insect) To bite.
• v. (intransitive, sometimes figurative) To hurt, to be in pain.
• v. (figuratively) To cause harm or pain to.

thorn

• n. A sharp protective spine of a plant.
• n. Any shrub or small tree that bears thorns.
• n. (figuratively) That which pricks or annoys; anything troublesome.
• n. A letter of the Latin alphabet (capital: Þ, small: þ), borrowed by Old English from the futhark to represent…
• v. To pierce with, or as if with, a thorn.

tingle

• v. To ring.
• v. To cause to ring.
• v. To have a prickling or mildly stinging sensation.
• v. To make ringing sounds, to twang.
• n. A prickling or stinging sensation.

twinge

• n. A pinch; a tweak; a twitch.
• n. A sudden sharp pain.
• v. (transitive) To pull with a twitch; to pinch; to tweak.
• v. (transitive) To affect with a sharp, sudden pain; to torment with pinching or sharp pains.
• v. (intransitive) To have a sudden, sharp, local pain, like a twitch; to suffer a keen, darting, or shooting…