Meaning & Definition of Prickly in English
English⟶
Prickly
/prɪkli/
adjective
1. Very irritable
- "Bristly exchanges between the white house and the press"
- "He became prickly and spiteful"
- "Witty and waspish about his colleagues"
synonym:
- bristly,
- prickly,
- splenetic,
- waspish
2. 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"
synonym:
- barbed,
- barbellate,
- briary,
- briery,
- bristled,
- bristly,
- burred,
- burry,
- prickly,
- setose,
- setaceous,
- spiny,
- thorny