prick·ly
adjective
pricklier (comparative adjective)
- covered in prickles:
- resembling or feeling like prickles:
- having or causing a tingling or itching sensation:
- (of a person) ready to take offense:
- liable to cause someone to take offense:
Synonyms
spiky,
spiked,
thorny,
barbed,
spiny,
pronged,
bristled,
bristly,
briary,
brambly,
burry,
rough,
scratchy,
sharp,
spiculate,
spicular,
aculeate,
spinose,
spinous,
muricate,
setaceous,
spiky,
spiked,
thorny,
barbed,
spiny,
pronged,
bristled,
bristly,
briary,
brambly,
burry,
rough,
scratchy,
sharp,
spiculate,
spicular,
aculeate,
spinose,
spinous,
muricate,
setaceous,
tingly,
tingling,
prickling,
stinging,
smarting,
itching,
itchy,
creeping,
crawling,
irritable,
irascible,
peevish,
fractious,
fretful,
cross,
crabbed,
crabby,
crotchety,
cantankerous,
curmudgeonly,
disagreeable,
miserable,
morose,
petulant,
pettish,
peppery,
edgy,
impatient,
complaining,
querulous,
bitter,
moody,
huffy,
grumpy,
scratchy,
sullen,
surly,
sulky,
sour,
churlish,
touchy,
testy,
tetchy,
grouchy,
snappish,
waspish,
crusty,
bilious,
liverish,
dyspeptic,
splenetic,
choleric,
snappy,
chippy,
cranky,
ratty,
eggy,
stroppy,
shirty,
whingy,
whingeing,
peckish,
snaky,
waxy,
affable,
easygoing,
problematic,
awkward,
ticklish,
tricky,
delicate,
sensitive,
difficult,
hard,
baffling,
perplexing,
knotty,
thorny,
tough,
troublesome,
bothersome,
trying,
taxing,
irksome,
vexatious,
worrying,
concerning,
complicated,
complex,
intricate,
convoluted,
involved,
sticky,
dodgy