burrlike

Prone to clinging

Burrlike describes something resembling a burr—the prickly seed case that clings to clothing and animal fur.

The word suggests a rough, spiky texture or a tendency to stick tenaciously: burrlike hairs on the plant's stem, a burrlike attachment to old grievances.

texture

prickly

Spiny or irritable

  • spikyHaving sharp projections
  • bristlyCovered with stiff hairs
  • thornyHaving sharp protrusions

rough · scratchy · coarse · barbed · abrasive · jagged · sharp · pointed · nubby · raspy

botany

seedpod

Plant's reproductive casing

chestnut · sandbur · stickseed · beggar-ticks · cleavers · hitchhiker · spiny · hooked · dispersal · achene

adhesive

clinging

Gripping without release

hook-and-loop · fastener · gripping · attaching · catching · snagging · latching · persistent · adherent · grasping

Opposites
surface texture

burrlikesmooth

Without roughness or difficulty

silky · sleek · slippery · satiny · velvety

adhesion/attachment tendency

burrlikeslippery

Lacking friction, hard-to-grasp

non-stick · slick · frictionless · repellent · lubricious

Family

like, burr, burred, burrs, burry, burring

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G