PRICKLED Synonyms

• aroused to impatience or anger

• a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation

• a strong restless desire

• an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch

• scrape or rub as if to relieve itching

• have or perceive an itch

• cause to perceive an itch

• have a strong desire or urge to do something

• insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous

• a depression scratched or carved into a surface

• obscene terms for penis

• the act of puncturing with a small point

• make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn

• cause a stinging pain

• to stick up

• stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick

• cause a prickling sensation

• to cause a sharp emotional pain

• deliver a sting to

• a cutaneous sensation often resulting from light stroking

• the act of tickling

• touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements

• feel sudden intense sensation or emotion

• touch or stroke lightly

• an almost pleasurable sensation of fright

• a somatic sensation as from many tiny stings

• cause a stinging or tingling sensation

• a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf

• an awl for making small holes for brads or small screws

• a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf

• the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord

• any sharply pointed projection

• a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf

• the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved

• a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin

• a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf

• an adhesive label

• a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem

• a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing

• something that causes irritation and annoyance

• a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf

• a Germanic character of runic origin

• an almost pleasurable sensation of fright

• a somatic sensation as from many tiny stings

• cause a stinging or tingling sensation