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Prickly

Synonyms for "prickly" (123 found)

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Informal (15)

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, noun, slang(3 words)

delicate explosive goosy

Name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, adv, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, slang(8 words)

touchy edgy scratchy spiky high-strung startlish pettish miffy

General use (108)

Adj, adv, noun, verb(1 words)

Adj, noun, verb(4 words)

complex refined stinging annoying

Adjective(61 words)

coarse nervous cranky responsive irritable fractious skittish petulant knotty tactful ticklish troublesome temperamental itchy irascible fretful thorny mettlesome contentious testy

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Adj, noun(10 words)

sensitive sympathetic emotional allergic spiny volcanic inflammable eruptive aculeate briery

Noun, verb(4 words)

crawling tingling pricking prickling

Adj, adv(1 words)

Adj, verb(6 words)

difficult intricate complicated overrefined barbed spiculate

Adjective(14 words)

splenetic thorny spiny barbed waspish bristly bristled burred burry briery barbellate setaceous setose briary

high spirited high strung thin skinned hyperpathic emotionally unstable high-mettled highly emotional

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