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Meanings of
prickly
in English
Having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
barbed
thorny
bristled
bristly
spiny
burry
briery
burred
briary
setose
Related terms
armed
Very irritable.
waspish
splenetic
Related terms
ill-natured
Usage of
prickly
in English
1
However, given the
prickly
undercurrent, today may not be the best day!
2
Government and business relations between Singapore and Indonesia have historically been
prickly
.
3
For a similar reason, the actual
prickly
pears themselves are attractively coloured.
4
Any mention of her former colleagues is bound to make her
prickly
.
5
My body is mostly numb, but I'm beginning to feel
prickly
sensations.
6
So tell me how you'd approach it. Okay, I was feeling
prickly
.
7
Even animals were wary of penetrating the dense morass of
prickly
bushes.
8
The same treatment may be used in nettle rash or
prickly
heat.
9
Fish were reduced to stealthy shadows slithering among the
prickly
coral branches.
10
Preventive measures range from putting lights on timers to planting
prickly
hedges.
11
I shall miss the
prickly
cactus and the delicious dry heat, too.
12
Xanthe made her way to a seat next to the
prickly
Hun.
13
Which is a strange version of a sort of chronic
prickly
heat.
14
De Gaulle, comrade, is a most antagonistic and
prickly
sort of person.
15
Here, three rocky outcrops lie among a sea of thick,
prickly
plants.
16
At the end of the
prickly
tube stood a small red door.
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prickly
Adjective
Frequent collocations
prickly pear
prickly feeling
prickly bushes
prickly sensation
feel prickly
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Prickly
through the time
Prickly
across language varieties
South Africa
Common
United States of America
Less common
United Kingdom
Less common
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