Definition of prickly
English to English adjective - Full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered with prickles; as, a prickly shrub.
source: Webster 1913 adjective satellite - very irritable
Bristly exchanges between the White House and the press. He became prickly and spiteful. Witty and waspish about his colleagues.
source: WordNet 3.0 - having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
A horse with a short bristly mane. Bristly shrubs. Burred fruits. Setaceous whiskers.
source: WordNet 3.0 English to Tagalog adj - [príkli] Maraming tibò; matinik
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
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