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prickly
adjective
(prick-ly)
having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
Synonyms:
barbed
,
barbellate
,
briary
,
briery
,
bristled
,
bristly
,
burred
,
burry
,
setaceous
,
setose
,
spiny
,
thorny
,
prickly
adjective
(prick-ly)
very irritable
Synonyms:
bristly
,
splenetic
,
waspish
,
Examples:
He became prickly and spiteful.
Words Related to
prickly
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thorny
,
bristly
,
barbed
,
waspish
,
splenetic
,
bristled
,
spiny
,
briary
,
burred
,
armed
,
burry
,
briery
,
barbellate
,
ill-natured
,
pear
,
sculpin
,
lappaceous
,
touchy
,
testy
,
spiky
,
cantankerous
,
bitter
,
pungent
,
troublesome
,
acanaceous
,
tetchy
,
contentious
,
snippy
,
combative
,
knotty
,
brusque
,
tempestuous
,
ticklish
,
snappish
,
fingrigo
,
standoffish
,
irascible
,
nettlesome
,
feisty
,
aculeated
,
temperamental
,
fractious
,
vexed
,
acrimonious
,
brusk
,
spiniferous
,
antagonistic
,
truculent
,
acerbic
,
awkward
,
chummy
,
frosty
,
rancorous
,
unforthcoming
,
rocky
,
confrontational
,
abrasive
,
delicate
,
pugnacious
,
caustic
,
wild rose
,
barrel cactus
,
brittle
,
surly
,
diffident
,
argumentative
,
maladroit
,
ornery
,
peevish
,
grumpy
,
recalcitrant
,
genial
,
amiable
,
jocular
,
perplexing
,
garambulla
,
quarrelsome
,
tricky
,
querulous
,
intractable
,
dicey
,
obstinate
,
messy
,
cranky
,
irritating
,
uneasy
,
disagreeable
,
sticky
,
stalky
,
snarly
,
strident
,
curt
,
frayed
,
irksome
,
spinigerous
,
mercurial
,
stormy
,
pyracanth
,
disharmonious
,
stubborn
,
prickly
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