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What is the adjective for spikinesses?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb spike which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

spiked

(of a beverage) Containing alcohol or drugs, often without the informing those who partake.
Having spikes.
Of a graph or trend that has rapidly reached a maximum.
Synonyms:

sharpened, sharp, knifelike, barbed, lancinating, honed, whetted, edged, pointed, jagged, serrated, keen, peaked, unblunted, tipped, pointy, acuate, pronged, cuspidate, razor-sharp, sharp-edged, knife-edged, keen-edged, acute, cuspate, briery, horned, needlelike, prickly, thorny, splintery, tined, spiny, needle-pointed, stropped, cutting, trenchant, edgy, acuminate, aciculate, spired, acuminous, fine, apical, piercing, razor-edged, gnawing, stinging, shooting, stabbing … more

Examples:

“The spiked edges of the broken glass were a constant reminder of the danger that lurked in that abandoned building.”

“The spiked wire fence provided a strong deterrent for trespassers.”

“She admired the spiked fins of the exotic fish in the aquarium.”

spiky

Having spikes, spiny.
hostile; standoffish
Synonyms:

prickly, barbed, thorny, brambly, spiny, bristly, pointed, sharp, jagged, briery, serrated, pointy, sawtooth, sawtoothed, spiked, scratchy, spinous, thistly, briary, bristled, spinose, bristling, pronged, spiculate, spicular, stinging, barbellate, echinate, pricky, spined, aculeate, echinated, setaceous, muricate, burry, rough, bristling with thorns, stiff, setiferous, chaetophorous, setigerous, spiniferous, sticky, jaggy, toothed, notched, bristlelike, spinelike, aciculate, snaggy … more

Examples:

“They clambered up the jagged stones and tried not to slide down on spiky ones on the ways down.”

“It's all spiky and jaggy and it should be off-putting, but it strangely isn't because it has this antenna-like thing about it.”

“Light blue to chartreuse, adaxially glabrous or scarcely, with appressed hairs, abaxially with densely accumbent, minimally spiky, silky hairs.”

spikeproof

Resistant to damage from spikes (such as those on certain kinds of shoe).

spikelike

Resembling a spike or some aspect of one.
Synonyms:

conical, pointed, pronged, sharp, spiky

Examples:

“The spikelike thorns on the cactus served as a formidable defense mechanism against any potential threat.”

“Quillworts are spore-bearing lycophytes with grassy, spikelike leaves and are native mostly to swampy, cooler parts of North America and Eurasia.”

“Occurring simultaneously with the slow-wave electrical activity may be fast, spikelike electrical charges.”

spikeless

Without a spike or spikes.

spikey

Alternative form of spiky
Examples:

“Some viruses may also be protected by an outer spikey layer called an envelope.”

“Having experienced unspoilt forest and encountered proboscis monkeys, I found myself face-to-face with a green wall of spikey fronged oil palms.”

“The creature scavenges spikey structures from sea sponges and builds a shell out of them.”

spiking

present participle of spike
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