Needlelike [adjective]

Definition of Needlelike:

knifelike, cutting

Synonyms of Needlelike:

● Acute

● Pointed

● Stinging

● Keen

● Salient

● Fine

● Tapering

● Barbed

● Jagged

● Peaked

● Prickly

● Serrated

● Spiked

● Thorny

● Aciculate

● Acuminate

● Cuspate

● Cuspidate

● Pointy

● Razor-sharp

● Spiny

● Acuate

● Acuminous

● Apical

● Briery

● Ground fine

● Honed

● Horned

● Keen-edged

● Knife-edged

● Needle-pointed

● Pronged

● Sharp-edged

● Spiky

● Splintery

● Tapered

● Tined

● Tipped

● Unblunted

● Whetted


Opposite/Antonyms of Needlelike:

● Tasteless

● Low

● Flat

● Bland

● Nice

● Unstylish

● Undefined

● Moderate

● Mild

● Calm

● Slow

● Dull

● Blunt

● Kind

● Benevolent

● Old-fashioned

● Boring

● Indistinct

● Indefinite

● Honest

● Frank

● Forthright

● Aboveboard

● Unintelligent

● Stupid

● Ignorant

● Lazy


Sentence/Example of Needlelike:

Several grasses have leaves which end in sharp or needlelike points.

The crystals are long and needlelike when it evaporates down.

Notice how prickly and needlelike on all sides these cedar branches are.

Every one was healthily tired, though, and all the needlelike thrusts of the insects could not keep the girls awake.

The gendarme, Durand, also sat down, twisting his mustache into needlelike points.

A hundred feet to the left was a wild thicket of ground thorns, their needlelike tips bristling.

The edges of the joints are also fringed with needlelike thorns which are dangerous to handle.

You can see the projectiles as they near the target, needlelike things that seem to flee with the speed of light.

Leaves generally very fine and needlelike, and with a central vascular bundle.

They are covered with needlelike thorns and their sting is extremely painful and annoying.