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spiked

spiked

4.1
With long sharp points that can hurt
  • adjective
  • /spaɪkt/
translation icon : con picos
  • He decorated his jacket with spiked studs to create a punk look.

They're drawing things that look like, you know, a dinosaur cousin, but cool that can breathe fire and has wacky wings and a spiked tail.

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Examples

  • She carefully chose a spiked collar for her dog to give it a tougher appearance.

  • We got the Bond Green Giant spiked shoes.

  • Right now I'm going to use my Mac eyebrows styler in spiked and let me just brush this up.

  • So we're going to take spiked eyebrow pencil and then lightly brush it through the brows.

  • Christian Louboutin Isolde 20ans Rose Gold Spiked Heels

    Blog text (11)
  • Like like the spiked, like the witch's hat, the spiked tetrahedron that probably has a vertex unfolding.

  • ANGLE ON: Two URUK-HAI carry a SPIKED BALL towards the SLUICE GATE of HELM'S DEEP. They place it within; two more follow and place a second SPIKED BALL within. The URUK-HAI make a clear path for another URUK-HAI, armed with a sparkling torch, to make a clear run for the SLUICE GATE.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • The spiked fence was designed to keep intruders out.

Synonyms

pointy
vsspiked
71 1.0

A thing with a sharp tip

refers more to longer thin tips rather than simply narrow short tips
sharp-pointed
vsspiked
1 3.2

Having a very thin end that can prick or cut

is longer and emphasizes a long thin tip rather than only sharpness
pointed
vsspiked
1 1.8

Ending in a small sharp tip

is longer and stresses a long sharp projection rather than mere tapering
spikelike
vsspiked
5.9

Long, thin and pointed like a sharp stick

often describes having actual long sharp points rather than just resembling one

Antonyms

256 1.0

A surface that is even and not rough

109 1.0

An object with a dull edge or tip that does not cut well

Compounds

A marsh plant with tall spikes of purple flowers

How Pointed

barbed
6 4.4
spiked
4.1
sharp
301 1.0
pointed
1 1.8
tapered
1 4.5

Surface Forms

spiked positive

Morphology

spiked = spike (transparent) = spike + ed

Meaning 'having spikes' is directly derived from the noun 'spike' with a standard adjectival '-ed' suffix.

Etymology

Spiked comes from the noun spike, which means a 'sharp point'. Picture a metal spike on a fence or the tall heel of a shoe; when something is spiked it has sharp points like that. So, spiked means 'having a long, sharp point or points'.