All needlelike synonyms
neeΒ·dle
N n adjective needlelike
- sharp-edged β having a fine edge or edges.
- spiky β having a spike or spikes.
- spiny β abounding in or having spines; thorny, as a plant.
- splintery β a small, thin, sharp piece of wood, bone, or the like, split or broken off from the main body.
- tapered β to become smaller or thinner toward one end.
- thorny β abounding in or characterized by thorns; spiny; prickly.
- tined β a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork.
- blunt β If you are blunt, you say exactly what you think without trying to be polite.
- whetted β to sharpen (a knife, tool, etc.) by grinding or friction.
- sharp β having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing: a sharp knife.
- piercing β loud or shrill, as the quality of a voice.
- lancinating β to stab or pierce.
- gnawing β the act of a person or thing that gnaws.
- shooting β to hit, wound, damage, kill, or destroy with a missile discharged from a weapon.
- stabbing β penetrating; piercing: a stabbing pain.
- cutting β A cutting is a piece of writing which has been cut from a newspaper or magazine.
- knifelike β Resembling a knife or its effects.
- acute β An acute accent is a symbol that is placed over vowels in some languages in order to indicate how that vowel is pronounced or over one letter in a word to indicate where it is stressed. You refer to a letter with this accent as, for example, e acute. For example, there is an acute accent over the letter 'e' in the French word 'cafΓ©'.
- pointed β having a point or points: a pointed arch.
- fine β of superior or best quality; of high or highest grade: fine wine.
- keen β finely sharpened, as an edge; so shaped as to cut or pierce substances readily: a keen razor.
- salient β prominent or conspicuous: salient traits.
- tapering β to become smaller or thinner toward one end.
- aciculate β having aciculae
- acuate β to sharpen
- acuminate β narrowing to a sharp point, as some types of leaf
- acuminous β keen insight; shrewdness: remarkable acumen in business matters.
- apical β of, at, or being the apex
- barbed β A barbed remark or joke seems polite or humorous, but contains a cleverly hidden criticism.
- briar β A briar is a wild rose with long, prickly stems.
- cuspate β having a cusp or cusps
- cuspidate β having a cusp or cusps
- edged β having an edge or edges (often used in combination): dull-edged; a two-edged sword.
- honed β a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools.
- horned β made of horn.
- jagged β having ragged notches, points, or teeth; zigzag: the jagged edge of a saw; a jagged wound.
- knife-edged β having a thin, sharp edge.
- peaked β Also, on-peak. being at the point of maximum frequency, intensity, use, etc.; busiest or most active: Hotel rooms are most expensive during the peak travel seasons.
- pointy β having a comparatively sharp point: The elf had pointy little ears.
- prickly β full of or armed with prickles.
- pronged β having prongs (often used in combination): a four-pronged fork.
- serrated β Chiefly Biology. notched on the edge like a saw: a serrate leaf.