| ADJECTIVE | all | prickly, bristly, splenetic, waspish | very irritable |
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| all | prickly, barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, setose, setaceous, spiny, thorny | having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. |
| Sounds | prih'kliy | |
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| Rhymes | ably ... zealously: 1543 rhymes with liy... | |
| Meaning | Very irritable. | |
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| Example | "he became prickly and spiteful" | |
| Synonyms | bristly, splenetic, waspish | |
| Broader | ill-natured | Having an irritable and unpleasant disposition |
| Spanish | iracundo, irascible, irritable | |
| Catalan | iracund, irascible, irritable | |
| Meaning | Having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.. | |
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| Synonyms | barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, setose, setaceous, spiny, thorny | |
| Broader | armed | (used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns |
| Spanish | erizado, espinoso, punzante | |
| Catalan | eriçat, espinós, punxant | |
| Nouns | prickle | a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf |
| prickliness | the quality of being covered with prickly thorns or spines | |
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