Could it be that her prickly attitude is just because she has period pains? No, couldn't be.
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Prickly
Synonyms for "prickly" (131 found)
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Closest matches (27)
Strong matches (39)
Related words (65)
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Synonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
28 entriesShowing 16 of 28 words.
derived from
2 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
63 translations across 20 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀκάνθινος adj (covered with sharp points)
Bulgarian
4 entries- бодлив adj (covered with sharp points)
- обидчив adj (easily irritated)
- трънлив adj (covered with sharp points)
- щекотлив adj (difficult, hairy)
Catalan
2 entries- espinós adj (covered with sharp points)
- malhumorós adj (easily irritated)
Czech
1 entries- pichlavý adj (covered with sharp points)
French
3 entries- irascible adj (easily irritated)
- irritable adj (easily irritated)
- épineux adj (covered with sharp points)
German
4 entries- Stachel adj (covered with sharp points)
- dornig adj (covered with sharp points)
- gereizt adj (easily irritated)
- heikel adj (difficult, hairy)
Greek
2 entries- αγκαθερός adj (covered with sharp points)
- αγκαθερός adj (easily irritated)
Hindi
1 entries- कटीला adj (covered with sharp points)
Irish
3 entries- colgach adj (covered with sharp points)
- colgach adj (easily irritated)
- drisíneach adj (easily irritated)
Italian
2 entries- permaloso adj (easily irritated)
- suscettibile adj (easily irritated)
Latin
1 entries- spinifer adj (covered with sharp points)
Māori
4 entries- koikoi adj (covered with sharp points)
- korotiotio adj (covered with sharp points)
- kōtaratara adj (covered with sharp points)
- pūtiotio adj (covered with sharp points)
Portuguese
2 entries- espinhoso adj (covered with sharp points)
- irritadiço adj (easily irritated)
Quechua
1 entries- t'uksi adj (covered with sharp points)
Romanian
4 entries- dificil adj (difficult, hairy)
- ghimpos adj (covered with sharp points)
- irascibil adj (easily irritated)
- iritabil adj (easily irritated)
Russian
1 entries- колю́чий adj (covered with sharp points)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- deilgneach adj (covered with sharp points)
- droighneach adj (covered with sharp points)
Sicilian
4 entries- gnestu adj (easily irritated)
- ntricatu adj (difficult, hairy)
- siḍḍijatu adj (easily irritated)
- spinatu adj (covered with sharp points)
Spanish
4 entries- con espinas adj (covered with sharp points)
- difícil adj (difficult, hairy)
- espinoso adj (covered with sharp points)
- espinoso adj (difficult, hairy)
Swedish
2 entries- taggig adj (covered with sharp points)
- taggig adj (easily irritated)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
The question of free will is a prickly conundrum to religion.
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Orangutans have been observed using sticks to pry nutritious seeds from prickly plants.
Source: tatoeba (4105133)
There's no plant more prickly than a thistle.
Source: tatoeba (5712826)
Showing 4 of 17 available sentences.
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