NEEDLE-SHAPED Synonyms

• capable of wounding

• having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

• (of a leaf shape) shaped like a lance head; narrow and tapering to a pointed apex

• having a point

• direct and obvious in meaning or reference; often unpleasant

• strong and sharp

• capable of wounding

• keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point

• having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing

• (of a musical note) raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone

• a musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note named

• a long thin sewing needle with a sharp point

• changing suddenly in direction and degree

• (of something seen or heard) clearly defined

• ending in a sharp point

• having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions

• marked by practical hardheaded intelligence

• harsh

• having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones

• dangerously steep

• very sudden and in great amount or degree

• quick and forceful

• having or as if having especially high-pitched spots

• Terminating in a mucro (an abruptly tapering point or a sharp spine) such as at the end of a leaf.

• narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves

• narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves