Prickly Meaning

There are 2 meaning(s) for word Prickly

Meaning 1 : having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

    Synonyms : barbed,  barbellate,  briary,  briery,  bristled,  bristly,  burred,  burry,  setaceous,  setose,  spiny,  thorny
Meaning 2 : very irritable

    Example : he became prickly and spiteful

    Synonyms : bristly,  splenetic,  waspish