Definition of prickly

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  • prickly is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 18
  • prickly is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 18
  • prickly is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 20

Definition of prickly

  • having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. (adjective)

    Synonyms

    1. barbed
    2. barbellate
    3. briary
    4. briery
    5. bristled
    6. bristly
    7. burred
    8. burry
    9. setaceous
    10. setose
    11. spiny
    12. thorny
  • very irritable (adjective)

    Examples

    1. he became prickly and spiteful

    Synonyms

    1. bristly
    2. splenetic
    3. waspish

See definition of prickly in Merriam Webster