Prickly - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈprɪklɪ|
Brit.
|ˈprɪklɪ|
adjective
- very irritable (syn: bristly, splenetic, waspish)
he became prickly and spiteful
- having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. (syn: barbed, briery, bristly, setaceous, setose, spiny, thorny)Extra examples
The plant's leaves are prickly.
...she tried to ignore the feel of the prickly grass against her skin...
His skin felt painful and prickly.
The base of my neck was prickly with sweat.
She was prickly and sharp with me.
As she got older, she became more prickly and forgetful.
We finally turned to the prickly question of who was going to pay.
Word forms
adjective
comparative: pricklier
superlative: prickliest
comparative: pricklier
superlative: prickliest
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