prickly

prick·ly

P0553800 (prĭk′lē)adj. prick·li·er, prick·li·est 1. Having prickles.2. Prickling or tingling or smarting: a prickly sensation in my foot.3. a. Causing trouble or vexation; thorny: a prickly situation.b. Bristling or irritable: "In consequence, he became rebarbative, prickly, spiteful" (Robert Craft).

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prick′li·ness n.

prickly

(ˈprɪklɪ) adj, -lier or -liest1. (Botany) having or covered with prickles2. stinging or tingling3. bad-tempered or irritable4. full of difficulties; knotty: a prickly problem. ˈprickliness n

prick•ly

(ˈprɪk li)

adj. -li•er, -li•est. 1. full of or armed with prickles. 2. full of troublesome points: a prickly problem. 3. prickling; smarting: a prickly sensation. 4. irritable; touchy. [1570–80] prick′li•ness, n.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	prickly - very irritable; "bristly exchanges between the White House and the press"; "he became prickly and spiteful"; "witty and waspish about his colleagues"bristly, waspish, spleneticill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition
	2.	prickly - having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers"barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, burred, burry, setaceous, setose, spiny, thorny, bristly, barbedarmed - (used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns

prickly

adjective1. spiny, barbed, thorny, bristly, brambly, briery The grass was prickly and damp.2. itchy, sharp, smarting, stinging, crawling, pricking, tingling, scratchy, prickling a hot prickly feeling at the back of her eyes3. irritable, edgy, grumpy, touchy, bad-tempered, fractious, petulant, stroppy (Brit. slang), cantankerous, tetchy, ratty (Brit. & N.Z. informal), chippy (informal), waspish, shirty (slang, chiefly Brit.), peevish, snappish, liverish, pettish You know how prickly she can be.4. difficult, complicated, tricky, trying, involved, intricate, troublesome, thorny, knotty, ticklish The issue is likely to prove a prickly one.

prickly

adjective1. Full of sharp needlelike protuberances:briery, echinate, pricky, spiny, thistly, thorny.2. So replete with interlocking points and complications as to be painfully irritating:nettlesome, spiny, thorny.

Translations

刺痛的多刺的

prickle

(ˈprikl) noun1. a sharp point growing on a plant or animal. A hedgehog is covered with prickles. (動植物的)皮刺 （动植物的）皮刺 2. a feeling of being pricked. a prickle of fear. 針刺般的感覺 针刺般的感觉ˈprickly adjective1. covered with prickles. Holly is a prickly plant. 多刺的 多刺的2. pricking; stinging. a prickly rash. 刺痛的 刺痛的ˈprickliness noun 易怒 易怒