prickly
Meaning of prickly
noun
Something that gives a pricking sensation; a sharp object.
adjective- Covered with sharp points.
The prickly pear is a cactus; you have to peel it before eating it to remove the spines and the tough skin.
- Easily irritated.
He has a prickly personality. He doesn't get along with people because he is easily set off.
- Difficult; complicated; (figuratively) hairy or thorny.
It was a prickly situation.
adverb
In a prickly manner.
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Hyphenation of prickly
prickly
- It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
- prickly is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
prickly synonyms
Meaning bristly:
Meaning barbed:
barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, setose, setaceous, spiny, thorny
Words that rhyme with prickly
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