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Audio Help [prik-lee] Pronunciation Key –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. |
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| prick·ly
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adj. prick·li·er, prick·li·est
prick'li·ness n. |
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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" |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
ˈprickly1 adjective
covered with prickles
Example: Holly is a prickly plant.
ˈprickly2 adjectiveExample: Holly is a prickly plant.
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pricking; stinging
Example: a prickly rash
See also: prickleExample: a prickly rash
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Prickly
Prick"li*ness\, n. [From Prickly.] The quality of being prickly, or of having many prickles.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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