What is another word for pricks?

Pronunciation: [pɹˈɪks] (IPA)

The word "pricks" is a slang term used to refer to someone who is annoying or irritating, usually in a mildly insulting or playful way. Some synonyms for "pricks" include "jerks," "asses," "idiots," "fools," "blockheads," "numskulls," "dorks," "schmucks," and "wimps." These words can be used in a similar context to "pricks," but they may carry slightly different connotations depending on the situation and the speaker's intent. Alternatively, one can use more polite terms such as "difficult person", "trying personality", or "challenging individual".

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Usage examples for Pricks

All this being somewhat commonplace, you may wish to get closer to this subject, and your friend at last, driven to bay, comes to the real point that pricks and distresses him.
"In the Border Country"
W. S. (William Shillinglaw) Crockett
Bismarck was renewing his policy of pin-pricks.
"A History of the Third French Republic"
C. H. C. Wright
How it pricks my fingers!
"Girls of the Forest"
L. T. Meade

Famous quotes with Pricks

  • If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.
    Napoleon Bonaparte
  • I have learned the difference between a cactus and a caucus. On a cactus, the pricks are on the outside.
    Mo Udall
  • Men are not so weak as you think. They can always leave anybody or any place without a pang - if they find another person or another place they like better. If they feel pricks and scruples it is merely because they cannot make up their mind that the change will be absolutely to their advantage.
    John Oliver Hobbes
  • The only thing dumber than a Democrat or a Republican is when those pricks work together. You see, in our two-party system, the Democrats are the party of no ideas and the Republicans are the party of bad ideas. It usually goes something like this. A Republican will stand up in Congress and say, "I've got a really bad idea." And a Democrat will immediately jump to his feet and declare, "And I can make it shittier."
    Lewis Black
  • Christians... get Christmas under control. Seriously. It won't stop! It doesn't stop, does it? It's always Christmas now! Make it the whole year! It's the only time you pricks are happy!
    Lewis Black

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