pricking Antonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- enflamed
- damaging
- chafing
- harmful
- detrimental
- cramping
- severe
- festering
- tender
- grievous
- wounding
- pernicious
- threatening
- injurious
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Meaning of pricking
Wordnet
pricking (n)
the act of puncturing with a small point
pricking Sentence Examples
- The sharp thorns pricked her finger, leaving behind a painful welt.
- The icy wind pricked her skin, sending shivers down her spine.
- The needle's point pricked her vein, drawing a small drop of blood.
- The guilt of her actions pricked her conscience, leaving her restless and unfulfilled.
- The pungent smell of smoke pricked her nostrils, triggering a coughing fit.
- The high-pitched sound of a mosquito pricked her ears, making her jump.
- The sting of the insect's bite pricked her skin, causing an itchy irritation.
- The piercing gaze of her accuser pricked her heart like a thousand needles.
- The sharp edges of the rocks pricked her bare feet as she stumbled across the rugged terrain.
- The thorns of the rose pricked her gently, reminding her of the beauty and pain that nature can offer.
FAQs About the word pricking
the act of puncturing with a small point
itching, prickling, burning, inflamed, pinching, nagging, swollen, bleeding, smarting,stinging
remedial,helping, helping, healing, painless, indolent, indolent, remedial, painless, healing
The sharp thorns pricked her finger, leaving behind a painful welt.
The icy wind pricked her skin, sending shivers down her spine.
The needle's point pricked her vein, drawing a small drop of blood.
The guilt of her actions pricked her conscience, leaving her restless and unfulfilled.
