prickly, adj.
(pricklier, prickliest)
freq. cnt. 1
(pricklier, prickliest)
freq. cnt. 1
very irritable
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
bristly prickly splenetic waspish
sample sentences
"bristly exchanges between the White House and the press""he became prickly and spiteful"
"witty and waspish about his colleagues"
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having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
<adj.all>
barbed barbellate briary briery bristled bristly burred burry prickly setaceous setose spiny thorny
sample sentences
"a horse with a short bristly mane""bristly shrubs"
"burred fruits"
"setaceous whiskers"
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derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
similar to