prickly English

Meaning prickly meaning

What does prickly mean?

prickly

— adjective (= bristly, waspish) very irritable bristly exchanges between the White House and the press he became prickly and spiteful witty and waspish about his colleagues

— adjective (= barbed, bristly, burred, setaceous) having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc a horse with a short bristly mane bristly shrubs burred fruits setaceous whiskers

Synonyms prickly synonyms

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prickly English » English

thorny

spiny

barbed

bristly

touchy

spinous

bristled

waspish

spiky

setaceous

sensitive

burred

briery

briary

barbellate

thistly

susceptible

splenetic

spinose

setose

burry

aculeate

tree

testy

tangy

stinging

sticking out

spiked

sharp

scratchy

rough

rank

pungent

piercing

petulant

permeating

peevish

passionate

nippy

itchy

horrent

hirsute

grass

fulgurating

excitable

edgy

cutting

bristling

astringent

aloof

Topics prickly topics

What do people use prickly to talk about?

Person Sense, perceive

Sense of touch

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  irritating itchy prickly scratchy ticklish tingly

States Quality

Texture

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  texture surface (to have a) feel (it) feels (rough) quality grain prickly