Definitions for prickly
ˈprɪk liprick·ly

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bristly, prickly, splenetic, waspishadjective

   very irritable

   "bristly exchanges between the White House and the press"; "he became prickly and spiteful"; "witty and waspish about his colleagues"

2. barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny, thornyadjective

   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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. pricklyadjective

   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.

2. pricklyadjective

   Easily irritated.

   He has a prickly personality. He doesn't get along with people because he is easily set off.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pricklyadjective

   Full of sharp points.

   Etymology: from prick.

   Artichoaks will be less prickly and more tender, if the seeds have their tops grated off upon a stone. Francis Bacon.

   I no more
   Shall see you browzing, on the mountain’s brow,
   The prickly shrubs. Dryden.

   How did the humbled swain detest
   His prickly beard, and hairy breast! Jonathan Swift, Miscel.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. prickly

   Prickly generally refers to something covered in sharp pointed spikes or thorns. This term can also be used in a figurative sense to describe a person who easily gets annoyed or irritated.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pricklyadjective

   full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered with prickles; as, a prickly shrub

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1. Alex

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   Mia

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   Karen

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How to say prickly in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of prickly in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of prickly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of prickly in a Sentence

1. T.S. Eliot:

   Here we go round the prickly pear Prickly pear prickly pear Here we go round the prickly pear At five o'clock in the morning.

2. Wendy Suzuki:

   Anxiety is a prickly friend, but sometimes prickly friends are useful.

3. Tom Cech:

   If you don't have irrigation in Colorado -- in the West -- all you're going to grow is probably prickly pear cactus and sagebrush, water is key to that economic growth, not only in Colorado or Western Nebraska, but in California and the West in general.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=prickly
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Prickly
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=prickly
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prickly