Prickly Common

Prickly has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Noun

Something that gives a pricking sensation; a sharp object.

Adjective

very irritable

"bristly exchanges between the White House and the press"

"he became prickly and spiteful"

"witty and waspish about his colleagues"

bristly prickly splenetic waspish

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"

barbed barbellate briary briery bristled bristly burred burry prickly setose setaceous spiny thorny

Covered with sharp points.

Adverb

In a prickly manner.

Example Sentences

"bristly exchanges between the White House and the press" adjective

"he became prickly and spiteful" adjective

"witty and waspish about his colleagues" adjective

"a horse with a short bristly mane" adjective

"bristly shrubs" adjective

"burred fruits" adjective

"setaceous whiskers" adjective