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1. (adj.) prickly
full of or armed with prickles.
2. prickly
full of troublesome points:
a prickly problem.
3. prickly
prickling; smarting:
a prickly sensation.
4. prickly
irritable; touchy.
Etymology: (1570–80)
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| Definition of 'prickly' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) bristly, prickly, splenetic, waspish
very irritable
"bristly exchanges between the White House and the press"; "he became prickly and spiteful"; "witty and waspish about his colleagues"
2. (adj) barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny, thorny
having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
"a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers"
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1. (adjective) prickly
covered with sharp points
a fruit with a prickly skin
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) prickly
full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered with prickles; as, a prickly shrub
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Sense: covered with prickles
Holly is a prickly plant.
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 Afrikaans: stekelrig |
 Arabic: شائِك، شَوْكي |
 Bulgarian: бодлив |
 Brazilian: espinhoso |
 Czech: trnitý |
 German: stachelig |
 Danish: stikkende |
 Greek: αγκαθωτός |
 Spanish: espinoso; con púas |
 Estonian: ogaline |
 Farsi: خار دار |
 Finnish: piikikäs |
 French: épineux, hérissé |
 Hebrew: קוֹצָנִי |
 Hindi: कांटेदार |
 Croatian: bodljikav, trnovit |
 Hungarian: tüskés |
 Indonesian: penuh duri |
 Icelandic: þyrnóttur; broddóttur |
 Italian: spinoso |
 Japanese: とげのある |
 Korean: 가시가 많은 |
 Lithuanian: dygliuotas, spygliuotas |
 Latvian: dzeloņains; ērkšķains; ad |
 Malay: berduri |
 Dutch: stekelig |
 Norwegian: tornet, pigget |
 Polish: kolczasty |
 Persian: خار دار |
 Pashto: اغزي لرونكي |
 Portuguese: espinhoso |
 Romanian: cu ghimpi/spini |
 Russian: колючий |
 Slovak: tŕnistý |
 Slovenian: bodičast |
 Serbian: bodljikav |
 Swedish: taggig |
 Thai: เต็มไปด้วยหนาม |
 Turkish: dikenli, iğneli |
 Taiwanese: 多刺的 |
 Ukrainian: такий, що має шипи |
 Urdu: کٹيلا، خاردار |
 Vietnamese: có gai |
 Chinese: 多刺的 |
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