prickly

adjective

/ˈprɪkli/

(comparative pricklier, superlative prickliest)

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covered with prickles
- a prickly bush
- The hedgehog curled up in a prickly ball.
causing you to feel as if your skin is touching something that is covered with prickles
- a prickly feeling
- The sweat made my skin feel all prickly.
(informal) (of a person) easily annoyed or offended synonym touchy
- He can be very prickly.
- She’s still a bit prickly about the whole incident.
Extra Examples
- a rather prickly personality
- My remarks produced a prickly response from the Australian coach (= showing that he was annoyed).
(of a decision, an issue, etc.) difficult to deal with because people have very different ideas about it synonym thorny
- Let's move on to the prickly subject of taxation reform.

单词	prickly
释义	prickly adjective /ˈprɪkli/ /ˈprɪkli/ (comparative pricklier, superlative prickliest) jump to other results covered with prickles a prickly bush The hedgehog curled up in a prickly ball. causing you to feel as if your skin is touching something that is covered with prickles a prickly feeling The sweat made my skin feel all prickly. (informal) (of a person) easily annoyed or offended synonym touchy He can be very prickly. She’s still a bit prickly about the whole incident. Extra Examples a rather prickly personality My remarks produced a prickly response from the Australian coach (= showing that he was annoyed). (of a decision, an issue, etc.) difficult to deal with because people have very different ideas about it synonym thorny Let's move on to the prickly subject of taxation reform.
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