Prickly Synonyms and Antonyms

prĭklē
So replete with interlocking points and complications as to be painfully irritating
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. nettlesome
  2. spiny
  3. bristly
  4. thorny
  5. splenetic
  6. waspish
Antonyms:
  1. easy
  2. affable
  3. happy
  4. smooth
  5. easygoing
  6. pleasant
Synonyms:
(Noun)
  1. bramble
  2. briar
  3. burr

Words Related to Prickly

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Prickly Sentence Examples

  • I'll beat Old Prickly, all right.

  • Prickly forms of Statice and Astragalus cover the dry hills.

  • The caroub tree and the prickly pear are extensively cultivated.

  • The entire valley of the Rio Grande, from El Paso to Brownsville, grows many species of cactus, and other prickly coriaceous shrubs.

  • The flowers have an urn-shaped calyx which persists around the fruit and is strongly veined, with five stiff, broad, almost prickly lobes; these, when the soft matter is removed by maceration, form very elegant specimens when associated with leaves prepared in a similar way.

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