What does prickly mean?
Prickly means Covered with sharp points..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Covered with sharp points..
The prickly pear is a cactus; you have to peel it before eating it to remove the spines and the tough skin.
He has a prickly personality. He doesn't get along with people because he is easily set off.
It was a prickly situation.
People who are prickly can’t be hurt any more. They’ve had it. So we just have to be prickly to make sure nobody’s going to come in and grab us.
Striding across stage in his bright white jacket, his voice soaring and cracking – like Charlie Parker’s – he was nervous but prickly eloquent, caustic yet encouraging.
Below, way out on the flat, Blue had seen a light green that could be graze but up here was nothing 'cept all kinds of prickly bushes, and too many of them. Ground-spreading pricklies that reached out to jump at a horse's belly […]
Dad, I need to ride on your shoulders because the pricklies hurt my feet.
Use prickly when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Prickly means Covered with sharp points..
Common synonyms include thorny, spiny, bristly, barbed.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The prickly pear is a cactus; you have to peel it before eating it to remove the spines and the tough skin.
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