Antonyms for prickly

Grammar : Adj

Spell : prik-lee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈprɪk li

Definition of prickly

Origin : 1570s, "spiny, armed with prickles" (originally of holly leaves), from prickle (n.) + -y (2). Figurative sense of "irritable" first recorded 1862. Prickly heat is from 1736, so called for the sensation; prickly pear is from 1760 (earlier prickle pear, 1610s). Related: Prickliness.

adj thorny or difficult
adj irritable, bad-tempered

Example sentences :

The hair was wet and matted and prickly leaves were stuck in it.
Extract from : « Pee-wee Harris » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh

It had no gate but a gap in the fence, and no fence but a hedge of the prickly pear and the aloe.
Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine

The prickly threads are quite characteristic; the spinules are 3–5 mic.
Extract from : « The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio » by A. P. Morgan

The very sound of those words gives me a sort of prickly feeling.
Extract from : « Gigolo » by Edna Ferber

This is the region where the cacao-tree and prickly sarsaparilla grow.
Extract from : « The Western World » by W.H.G. Kingston

It was because Pekan is almost the only one Prickly Porky has reason to fear.
Extract from : « The Burgess Animal Book for Children » by Thornton W. Burgess

"I don't think he has any; if he has, I've never seen it," said Prickly Porky.
Extract from : « The Burgess Animal Book for Children » by Thornton W. Burgess

He was just about the size of one of Prickly Porky's babies.
Extract from : « The Burgess Animal Book for Children » by Thornton W. Burgess

This and the prickly pear suggest the climate of the tropics.
Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 » by Various

Sleep is out of the question, "prickly heat" is careful of that.
Extract from : « In Eastern Seas » by J. J. Smith

Synonyms for prickly

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