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prick·ly

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–adjective, -li·er, -li·est.

1.	full of or armed with prickles.

2.	full of troublesome points: a prickly problem.

3.	prickling; smarting: a prickly sensation.

[Origin: 1570–80; prickle + -y¹

]

—Related forms

prick·li·ness, noun

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prick·ly Audio Help (prĭk'lē) Pronunciation Key
adj. prick·li·er, prick·li·est

Having prickles.
Prickling or tingling or smarting: a prickly sensation in my foot.
1. Causing trouble or vexation; thorny: a prickly situation.
2. Bristling or irritable: "In consequence, he became rebarbative, prickly, spiteful" (Robert Craft).

prick'li·ness n.

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prickly
adjective
1.	very irritable; "bristly exchanges between the White House and the press"; "he became prickly and spiteful"; "witty and waspish about his colleagues" [syn: bristly]
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"

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ˈprickly1 adjective

covered with prickles
Example: Holly is a prickly plant.

Arabic:	شائِك، شَوْكي
Chinese (Simplified):	多刺的
Chinese (Traditional):	多刺的
Czech:	trnitý
Danish:	stikkende
Dutch:	stekelig
Estonian:	ogaline
Finnish:	piikikäs
French:	épineux, hérissé
German:	stachelig
Greek:	αγκαθωτός
Hungarian:	tüskés
Icelandic:	þyrnóttur; broddóttur
Indonesian:	penuh duri
Italian:	spinoso

Japanese:	とげのある
Korean:	가시 투성이의
Latvian:	dzeloņains; ērkšķains; adatains
Lithuanian:	dygliuotas, spygliuotas
Norwegian:	tornet, pigget
Polish:	kolczasty
Portuguese (Brazil):	espinhoso
Portuguese (Portugal):	espinhoso
Romanian:	cu ghimpi, *spini
Russian:	колючий
Slovak:	tŕnistý
Slovenian:	bodičast
Spanish:	espinoso; con púas
Swedish:	taggig
Turkish:	dikenli, iğneli

ˈprickly2 adjective

pricking; stinging
Example: a prickly rash

Arabic:	مُسَبِّبٌ للوَخْز
Chinese (Simplified):	刺痛的
Chinese (Traditional):	刺痛的
Czech:	palčivý
Danish:	prikkende; stikkende
Dutch:	stekelig
Estonian:	kipitav
Finnish:	kirvelevä
French:	cuisant
German:	prickelnd
Greek:	κνησμώδης, που προκαλεί τσούξιμο
Hungarian:	szúrós
Icelandic:	stingandi; svíðandi
Indonesian:	menyengat
Italian:	(che dà il prurito)

Japanese:	ちくちくする
Korean:	따끔따끔하는
Latvian:	dzelošs; niezošs
Lithuanian:	dygus, dilgus, dirginantis
Norwegian:	prikkende, stikkende
Polish:	piekący
Portuguese (Brazil):	pruriginoso
Portuguese (Portugal):	pruriente
Romanian:	înţepător
Russian:	жгучий
Slovak:	ostrý, pálčivý
Slovenian:	ščemeč
Spanish:	pruriginoso, que pica
Swedish:	stickande, svidande
Turkish:	karıncalandıran, iğne gibi batan