Synonyms of pricking

pricking 1 of 2

adjective

as in stinging

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stinging
• bleeding
• prickling
• nagging
• pinching
• burning
• smarting
• itching
• swollen
• inflamed
• cramping
• festering
• chafing
• damaging
• severe
• injurious
• threatening
• enflamed
• harmful
• grievous
• wounding
• tender
• detrimental
• pernicious
• raw
• noxious
• painful
• deleterious
• hurting
• hurtful
• aching
• sore
• agonizing
• excruciating
• torturous
• afflictive
• achy
• nasty

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• helping
• painless
• healing
• indolent
• remedial
• curative

• helping
• painless
• healing
• indolent
• remedial
• curative

pricking

2 of 2

verb

present participle of prick

as in prickling

Synonyms & Similar Words

• prickling
• perforating
• poking
• puncturing
• itching
• drilling
• piercing
• tapping
• tingling
• stinging
• punching
• tickling
• boring
• penetrating
• holing
• riddling
• excavating
• gouging
• broaching
• grooving
• hollowing
• burrowing (into)