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Meaning of prickly in English

  1. Pronunciation

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    prickly

    Definitions

    1. very irritable

    Examples

    • « bristly exchanges between the White House and the press »
    • « he became prickly and spiteful »
    • « witty and waspish about his colleagues »

    Synonyms

    • ill-natured
  2. 2. having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

    Examples

    • « a horse with a short bristly mane »
    • « bristly shrubs »
    • « burred fruits »
    • « setaceous whiskers »

    Synonyms

    • armed

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