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prickly
- IPA[ˈprik(ə)lē]
美式
- adj.
  
  covered in prickles；resembling or feeling like prickles
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adj.
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1. covered in prickles masses of prickly brambles 同義詞 spiky, spiked, thorny, barbed, spiny, ... 更多pronged, bristled, bristly, briary, brambly, burry, rough, scratchy, sharp, technicalspiculate, spicular, aculeate, barbellate, spinose, spinous, muricate, setaceous
▪ resembling or feeling like prickles his hair was prickly and short 同義詞 spiky, spiked, thorny, barbed, spiny, ... 更多pronged, bristled, bristly, briary, brambly, burry, rough, scratchy, sharp, technicalspiculate, spicular, aculeate, barbellate, spinose, spinous, muricate, setaceous
▪ having or causing a tingling or itching sensation my skin feels prickly a dress that was prickly around the neck 同義詞 tingly, tingling, prickling, stinging, smarting, ... 更多itching, itchy, creeping, crawling
2. (of a person) ready to take offense she came across as prickly and generally difficult 同義詞 irritable, irascible, peevish, fractious, fretful, ... 更多cross, crabbed, crabby, crotchety, cantankerous, curmudgeonly, disagreeable, miserable, morose, petulant, pettish, peppery, on edge, edgy, impatient, complaining, querulous, bitter, moody, huffy, grumpy, scratchy, ill-tempered, bad-tempered, ill-natured, ill-humored, sullen, surly, sulky, sour, churlish, touchy, testy, tetchy, grouchy, snappish, waspish, crusty, bilious, liverish, dyspeptic, splenetic, choleric, informalsnappy, chippy, cranky, narky, ratty, eggy, stroppy, shirty, whingy, whingeing, peckish, soreheaded, snaky, informal, datedmiffy, waxy反義詞 affable, easygoing
▪ liable to cause someone to take offense this is a prickly subject 同義詞 problematic, awkward, ticklish, tricky, delicate, ... 更多sensitive, difficult, hard, baffling, perplexing, knotty, thorny, tough, troublesome, bothersome, trying, taxing, irksome, vexatious, worrying, concerning, complicated, complex, intricate, convoluted, involved, informalsticky, dodgy
prickly pear
n.
a cactus with jointed stems and oval flattened segments, having barbed bristles and large ...
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prickly pear
n.
a cactus with jointed stems and oval flattened segments, having barbed bristles and large ...
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prickly ash
n.
a spiny North American shrub or tree with prickly branches and bark that can be used medicinally.
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prickly-ash
n.
a spiny North American shrub or tree with prickly branches and bark that can be used medicinally.
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prickly poppy
n.
a Central American plant with prickly leaves and large scented yellow flowers. It has become a ...
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prickly poppy
n.
a Central American plant with prickly leaves and large scented yellow flowers. It has become a ...
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prickly heat
n.
an itchy inflammation of the skin, typically with a rash of small vesicles, common in hot moist ...
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prickly heat
n.
an itchy inflammation of the skin, typically with a rash of small vesicles, common in hot, ...
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prickly
IPA[ˈprɪkli]
英式
adj.
covered in prickles: masses of prickly brambles
Oxford Dictionary