spikyadjective
uk/ˈspaɪ.ki/us/ˈspaɪ.ki/spiky adjective (POINTED)
covered with spikes or having that appearance:
a spiky cactus
spiky leaves
spiky hair
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Sharp and blunt
- blunt
- hone
- jaggy
- keen
- point
- pointed
- pointy
- prickly
- razor-sharp
- sharp
- sharpen
- sharply
- spike
- spiked
- spiny
- whet
spiky adjective (BAD MOOD)
informal easily annoyed and not polite:
a spiky teenager
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Bad-tempered
- argumentative
- bad-tempered
- be hell on wheels idiom
- be like a bear with a sore head idiom
- be spoiling for a fight idiom
- bilious
- dyspeptic
- fractious
- get out of bed (on) the wrong side idiom
- grouchy
- grumpy
- have a short fuse idiom
- peppery
- petulant
- pugnacious
- quarrelsome
- quick temper
- surly
- truculent
- wear thin idiom
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