prickly
11prickly — prick|ly [ prıkli ] adjective 1. ) covered with sharp points that cut or sting: prickly branches/bushes 2. ) rough and making your skin feel uncomfortable: a prickly shirt 3. ) INFORMAL tending to become angry very quickly: He s always been very… …
12prickly — adjective 1) a prickly hedgehog Syn: spiky, spiked, thorny, barbed, spiny; briery, brambly; rough, scratchy; technical spiculate, spicular, aculeate, spinose 2) my skin feels prickly Syn …
13prickly — adjective (pricklier; est) Date: 1578 1. full of or covered with prickles; especially distinguished from related kinds by the presence of prickles 2. marked by prickling ; stinging < a prickly sensation > 3. a. troublesome, vexatious …
14prickly — prickliness, n. /prik lee/, adj., pricklier, prickliest. 1. full of or armed with prickles. 2. full of troublesome points: a prickly problem. 3. prickling; smarting: a prickly sensation. [1570 80; PRICKLE + Y1] * * * …
15prickly — adjective a) Covered with sharp points. Prickly pear is a cactus, you have to peal it before eating it to remove the spines and the tough skin. b) Easily irritated. He has a prickly personality. He doesnt get along with people because he is… …
16prickly — [ˈprɪkli] adj 1) covered with prickles 2) informal a prickly person becomes angry very quickly 3) informal a prickly issue makes people disagree …
17prickly — prick•ly [[t]ˈprɪk li[/t]] adj. li•er, li•est 1) full of or armed with prickles 2) full of troublesome points: a prickly problem[/ex] 3) prickling; smarting: a prickly sensation[/ex] 4) irritable; touchy • Etymology: 1570–80 prick′li•ness, n …
18prickly — /ˈprɪkli/ (say priklee) adjective (pricklier, prickliest) 1. full of or armed with prickles. 2. full of troublesome points: *She seems to me lacking entirely in human warmth, and prickly with moral principles –patrick white, 1976. 3. prickling;… …
19prickly — adj. Prickly is used with these nouns: ↑bush, ↑character …
20prickly — adjective (pricklier, prickliest) 1》 covered in or resembling prickles. ↘having or causing a prickling sensation. 2》 ready to take offence. ↘liable to cause someone to take offence: a prickly subject. Derivatives prickliness noun …
