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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