What is another word for prickly?
538 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ pɹˈɪkli], [ pɹˈɪkli], [ p_ɹ_ˈɪ_k_l_i]
The word prickly can be substituted with several synonyms to create a more diversified description. Alternatives like spiky, thorny, bristly, barbed, or spiny can be used to describe the same characteristics, which denote the presence of sharp objects or protrusions. For instance, a cactus can be referred to as spiny or prickly, while a hedgehog can be described as having a spiky or bristly exterior. Similarly, a plant with thorns can be termed thorny or prickly. Therefore, the use of synonyms helps writers to convey their intended message more precisely while ensuring that they do not use repetitive language.
Synonyms for Prickly:
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adj.
• irritable- acerbic ,
- acid ,
- acrimonious ,
- bellicose ,
- bitchy ,
- bitter ,
- caustic ,
- churlish ,
- crabbed ,
- cranky ,
- cross ,
- easily offended ,
- huffy ,
- irascible ,
- irritable ,
- out of humor ,
- peevish ,
- petty ,
- petulant ,
- snappish ,
- sour ,
- spiteful ,
- surly ,
- tart ,
- touchy ,
- Fretting ,
- grumbling .
- Acuminous ,
- Needle-pointed ,
- Unblunted ,
- acuate ,
- acute ,
- apical ,
- barbed ,
- bristly ,
- cutting ,
- ground fine ,
- horned ,
- jagged ,
- keen ,
- keen-edged ,
- knife-edged ,
- needle-like ,
- needle-point ,
- needlelike ,
- pointed ,
- pointy ,
- pronged ,
- razor-edged ,
- razor-sharp ,
- sagittal ,
- sharp ,
- spear-like ,
- spiked ,
- spikier ,
- spikiest ,
- spiky ,
- spiny ,
- tined ,
- sharp-edged ,
- splintery .
- bad tempered ,
- badtempered ,
- dis agreeable ,
- dis-agreeable ,
- ill humored ,
- ill natured ,
- ill-humored ,
- illhumored ,
- illnatured ,
- more bearish ,
- more ill humored ,
- more ill-humored ,
- more illhumored ,
- more vinegarish ,
- more vinegary ,
- morose ,
- most bearish ,
- most ill humored ,
- most ill-humored ,
- most illhumored ,
- most vinegarish ,
- most vinegary ,
- obstinate .
- gloomy ,
- ill tempered ,
- illtempered ,
- mis anthropic ,
- mis-anthropic ,
- more difficult ,
- more nasty tempered ,
- more nasty-tempered ,
- more nastytempered ,
- more splenetic ,
- most crabbed ,
- most nasty tempered ,
- most nasty-tempered ,
- most nastytempered ,
- most splenetic ,
- nasty tempered ,
- nastytempered ,
- un sociable ,
- un-sociable .
Other synonyms:
- Echinate ,
- Pricky ,
- bumpy ,
- chunky ,
- coarsely ,
- crinkly ,
- grainy ,
- granular ,
- grooved ,
- knobbly ,
- knobby ,
- knotted ,
- leathery ,
- lumpy ,
- ragged ,
- rough-hewn ,
- rugged ,
- rustic ,
- textured ,
- wrinkled .
- abrasive ,
- coarse ,
- fine ,
- nettlesome ,
- ticklish .
- Cobbled ,
- armor-plated ,
- foamy ,
- frothy ,
- furry ,
- gift-wrapped ,
- gilded ,
- gilt ,
- gold-plated ,
- grass .
Other relevant words:
- Acanaceous ,
- Aciform ,
- Acrimoniously ,
- Aculeolate ,
- Agitable ,
- Arrowheaded ,
- Arrowy ,
- Asperous ,
- Bristling ,
- Cornute ,
- Cornuted ,
- Crinite ,
- Crinose ,
- Denticulated ,
- Dentiform ,
- Digitated ,
- Fimbriated ,
- High-mettled ,
- Knurly ,
- Malignly ,
- Mordantly ,
- Mucronate ,
- Mucronated ,
- Muricate ,
- Muricated ,
- Odontoid ,
- Pappous ,
- Passible ,
- Pectinated ,
- Perturbable ,
- Pileous ,
- Plumigerous ,
- Rancorously ,
- Rugous ,
- Salebrous ,
- Setaceous ,
- Setiferous ,
- Setigerous ,
- Setose ,
- Setous ,
- Snaggy ,
- Snippety ,
- Spicular ,
- Spiculate ,
- Spinulose ,
- Splenetically ,
- Spurred ,
- Startlish ,
- Stellated ,
- Stelliform ,
- Two-edged ,
- Villous ,
- Waspishly ,
- acanthoid ,
- acicular ,
- aciculate ,
- aculeate ,
- aculeated ,
- acuminated ,
- adverse ,
- allergic ,
- anaphylactic ,
- and Irish cranky ,
- angrily ,
- annoying ,
- anxious ,
- apprehensive ,
- arborescent ,
- armed ,
- atingle ,
- awkward ,
- bad ,
- barbellate ,
- bearded ,
- befringed ,
- biting ,
- bitterly ,
- blade ,
- bothersome ,
- brambly ,
- brand ,
- briary ,
- briery ,
- bristled ,
- bristlelike ,
- broadsword ,
- burred ,
- burry ,
- catchy ,
- caustically ,
- choleric ,
- ciliated ,
- complex ,
- complicated ,
- conical ,
- contentious ,
- controversial ,
- crabby ,
- cragged ,
- craggy ,
- crawling ,
- crisp ,
- critical ,
- crossly ,
- crotchety ,
- crude ,
- curmudgeonly ,
- cusped ,
- cuspidate ,
- cuspidated ,
- cutlass ,
- delicate ,
- despitefully ,
- difficult ,
- disruptive ,
- dodgy ,
- dyspeptic ,
- edge ,
- edgy ,
- embarrassing ,
- emotional ,
- empathetic ,
- empathic ,
- ensiform ,
- eruptive ,
- excitable ,
- explosive ,
- falchion ,
- feathery ,
- fidgety ,
- fiery ,
- filamentous ,
- firebrand ,
- fraught ,
- fretful ,
- fringed ,
- fusiform ,
- gnarled ,
- goosy ,
- grouchy ,
- gruff ,
- grumpy ,
- hairy ,
- hard ,
- harsh ,
- high-spirited ,
- high-strung ,
- hirsute ,
- hispid ,
- hostilely ,
- hyperesthetic ,
- hypersensitive ,
- ill at ease ,
- ill-humoured ,
- ill-natured ,
- ill-tempered ,
- impatient ,
- incisive ,
- inflammable ,
- intelligent ,
- intense ,
- intricate ,
- invidious ,
- involved ,
- irregular ,
- irritably ,
- irritating ,
- knifelike ,
- knotty ,
- laciniate ,
- laciniform ,
- lancinating ,
- leafy ,
- lienal ,
- malevolently ,
- maliciously ,
- mark ,
- marque ,
- mettlesome ,
- miffy ,
- mordacious ,
- morosely ,
- nasty ,
- nervous ,
- nipping ,
- on edge ,
- on tenterhooks ,
- overrefined ,
- oversensitive ,
- pain ,
- painful ,
- pappose ,
- peaked ,
- perverse ,
- pettish ,
- pilose ,
- pilous ,
- pindling ,
- piquant ,
- plumose ,
- poisonously ,
- pricking ,
- prickling ,
- problematic ,
- pungent ,
- pyramidal ,
- quarrelsome ,
- quick-tempered ,
- rapier ,
- raspy ,
- ratty ,
- refined ,
- responsive ,
- restive ,
- restless ,
- roughhewn ,
- rugose ,
- saber ,
- sabre ,
- sagittate ,
- sagittiform ,
- salient ,
- scabrous ,
- scaly ,
- scraggy ,
- scratchy ,
- sensitive ,
- shagged ,
- shaggy ,
- short-tempered ,
- shrewd ,
- skittish ,
- snappy ,
- snarky ,
- snippy ,
- sore ,
- spiculose ,
- spinose ,
- spitefully ,
- splenetic ,
- splenic ,
- stabbing ,
- stain ,
- starlike ,
- steel ,
- sticky ,
- stigma ,
- studded ,
- stuffy ,
- sullenly ,
- supersensitive ,
- sword ,
- sympathetic ,
- tactful ,
- tangled ,
- tapering ,
- tender ,
- tense ,
- testy ,
- tetchy ,
- thin-skinned ,
- tingling ,
- toothed ,
- tough ,
- trichoid ,
- tricksy ,
- troublesome ,
- tufted ,
- uneven ,
- unfinished ,
- unpolished ,
- unrefined ,
- unsmooth ,
- uptight ,
- vane ,
- venomously ,
- vexatious ,
- viciously ,
- virulently ,
- volcanic ,
- waspish ,
- well-wooded ,
- worrying .
- Chuffy ,
- Echinated ,
- Mumpish ,
- Thistly ,
- arrowlike ,
- bearish ,
- cantankerous ,
- crusty ,
- nasty-tempered ,
- spinous ,
- thorny ,
- vinegarish ,
- vinegary .
- abrupt ,
- aloof ,
- antagonism ,
- antagonistic ,
- antisocial ,
- asocial ,
- austere ,
- belligerent ,
- blunt ,
- brutal ,
- chilly ,
- clinical ,
- cold ,
- cold fish ,
- cold-eyed ,
- cold-shoulder ,
- coldly ,
- cool ,
- coolly ,
- coolness ,
- dagger ,
- defriend ,
- distance ,
- distant ,
- distantly ,
- dour ,
- estrange ,
- estranged ,
- forbidding ,
- friend ,
- frigid ,
- frostily ,
- frosty ,
- funny ,
- glacial ,
- hone ,
- hostile ,
- icy ,
- impersonal ,
- inhospitable ,
- mixer ,
- offhand ,
- offish ,
- out ,
- point ,
- remote ,
- reserve ,
- reserved ,
- saturnine ,
- self-contained ,
- sharpen ,
- sharply ,
- spike ,
- standoffish ,
- sullen ,
- time ,
- unapproachable ,
- unfriendly ,
- unsmiling ,
- unsociable ,
- unwelcoming ,
- whet ,
- wintry ,
- withdraw ,
- withdrawal .
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How to use "Prickly" in context?
Prickly plants are a type of succulent that often have pointed leaves and spines. Spines can be erect or recurved and can range in length from a few millimeters to several centimeters. Prickly plants are widespread in North America and Eurasia. They are found in a wide variety of habitats, from prairies and deserts to maritime forests and tundra. They are particularly common in rocky areas, where their sharp spines make them difficult to move.
The flowers of prickly plants are small and inconspicuous. The fruits are also small, pollinated by flies.
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