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THRISTLES Synonyms

There are 3 synonyms of the word thristles. (exact relations)
There is 0 hypernym of the word thristles. (close relations)

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barbs
nounn
noun

• an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect

• the pointed part of barbed wire

• a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove

• one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather

verb

• provide with barbs

prickles
nounn
noun

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

verb

• cause a prickling sensation

• cause a stinging or tingling sensation

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

spines
nounn
noun

• 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

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