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
- 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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