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Synonyms for prickly

Grammar : Adj
Spell : prik-lee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈprɪk li

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Définition 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

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