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Definition of Prickly
1. Adjective. Very irritable. "Witty and waspish about his colleagues"
2. Adjective. Having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.. "Setaceous whiskers"
Exact synonyms: Barbed, Barbellate, Briary, Briery, Bristled, Bristly, Burred, Burry, Setaceous, Setose, Spiny, Thorny
Similar to: Armed
Derivative terms: Barbel, Briar, Bristle, Bristliness, Burr, Prickle, Prickliness, Seta, Spininess, Thorn, Thorniness
Similar to: Armed
Derivative terms: Barbel, Briar, Bristle, Bristliness, Burr, Prickle, Prickliness, Seta, Spininess, Thorn, Thorniness
Definition of Prickly
1. a. Full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered with prickles; as, a prickly shrub.
Definition of Prickly
1. having many sharp points [adj -LIER, -LIEST]