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- DictionaryPrick·ly/ˈprik(ə)lē/
adjective
- 1. covered in prickles: "masses of prickly brambles" Similar spikyspikedthornybarbedspinyprongedbristledbristlybriarybramblyburryroughscratchysharptechnical:spiculatespicularaculeatebarbellatespinosespinousmuricatesetaceous
- ▪ resembling or feeling like prickles: "his hair was prickly and short" Similar spikyspikedthornybarbedspinyprongedbristledbristlybriarybramblyburryroughscratchysharptechnical:spiculatespicularaculeatebarbellatespinosespinousmuricatesetaceous
- ▪ having or causing a tingling or itching sensation: "my skin feels prickly" Similar tinglytinglingpricklingstingingsmartingitchingitchycreepingcrawling
- 2. (of a person) ready to take offense: "she came across as prickly and generally difficult" Similar irritableirasciblepeevishfractiousfretfulcrosscrabbedcrabbycrotchetycantankerouscurmudgeonlydisagreeablemiserablemorosepetulantpettishpepperyon edgeedgyimpatientcomplainingquerulousbittermoodyhuffygrumpyscratchyill-temperedbad-temperedill-naturedill-humoredsullensurlysulkysourchurlishtouchytestytetchygrouchysnappishwaspishcrustybiliousliverishdyspepticspleneticcholericinformal:snappychippycrankynarkyrattyeggystroppyshirtywhingywhingeingpeckishsoreheadedsnakyinformal, dated:miffywaxyOpposite affableeasygoing
- ▪ liable to cause someone to take offense: "this is a prickly subject" Similar problematicawkwardticklishtrickydelicatesensitivedifficulthardbafflingperplexingknottythornytoughtroublesomebothersometryingtaxingirksomevexatiousworryingconcerningcomplicatedcomplexintricateconvolutedinvolvedinformal:stickydodgy
Derivatives
- 1. prickliness noun
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