prickly

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Synonyms: prickle, pricky, brickly, pricily, trickly

Antonyms: prickle, pricky, brickly, pricily, trickly

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Adjective

1. Covered with [[sharp]] [[point]]s.
2. {{lb|en|figurative}} Easily [[irritated]]; [[thorny]].
3. {{lb|en|figurative}} {{U|difficult}}; [[complicated]]; [[hairy]] or [[thorny]].

Adverb

1. In a prickly manner.

Noun

1. {{lb|en|colloquial}} Something that gives a pricking sensation; a sharp object.
2. {{lb|en|US|chiefly|education|psychology}} A person who favours formal, structured, organized settings.

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