Synonyms for prickly
Similarity of adj prickly
2 senses of prickly
Sense 1:
bristly, prickly, splenetic, waspishill-natured (vs. good-natured)
Sense 2:
barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny, thornyarmed (vs. unarmed)
