quilled
- adjective
- /kwɪld/
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espinoso
- There was an odd-shaped bush that was as quilled as the Splinterscat, needles pointing in every direction.
Examples
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Head held up, her hair pierced, quills fixed to her back and her right thigh rising to her face.
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The quilled body bristled meaningfully and smoothed out again.
Fiction book (1992) -
His quilled body bunched as his legs inched together.
Fiction book (1992) -
The artist created a sculpture of a porcupine, highlighting its quilled body with sharp spines.
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She wore a necklace made of quilled beads that resembled the spines of a cactus.
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The bush in the garden had a quilled appearance, with stiff, sharp points protruding from its branches.
Synonyms
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3.3
Covered with sharp points like thorns that can hurt to touch
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4.2
Covered with sharp points like those on rose bushes
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4.4
A thing with sharp points like wire or animal spines that can hurt and catch on things
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3.9
Covered with sharp points or thorns that can hurt you
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9.0
Having sharp pointed parts like thorns that protect a plant or animal
Having sharp, pointed parts like quills or thorns on the body
Having leaves covered in sharp points that can hurt
Having leaves with sharp points that can hurt you
Having leaves with sharp points that can hurt you
A plant with a stem covered in sharp spines or thorns
Having sharp spines or points like a stinger
How Spiny
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Quilled comes from quill, a word for a bird 'feather' that is stiff and hollow and was often compared to the sharp spines of animals like porcupines. So quilled means 'covered with quills' — those sharp, needle-like spines that help protect the animal.