Prickly example sentences

Related (10): Cactus, Porcupine, Thorn, Hedgehog, Needles, Spiny, Burrs, Quills, Prickle, Sticker

prick·ly

adjective

prickly (adjective) · pricklier (comparative adjective) · prickliest (superlative 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, Legal

"Prickly" Example Sentences

1. The cactus had prickly spines all over it.
2. She rubbed against the prickly thorns and winced in pain.
3. The hedgehog was covered in prickly quills.
4. The sensation of the prickly carpet underfoot was uncomfortable.
5. The feeling of the prickly sweater made her itch.
6. The porcupine's prickly defense mechanism worked well against predators.
7. The fence was lined with prickly wire to keep intruders out.
8. The surface of the kiwi fruit was slightly prickly to the touch.
9. His prickly personality made it hard to get along with him.
10. The bee landed on the prickly surface of the echinacea flower.
11. He gingerly stepped through the prickly bushes to reach the river.
12. The porcupine's prickly coat bristled in warning when it felt threatened.
13. The sensation of walking across the prickly carpet was like walking on pins and needles.
14. The plant's leaves were soft to the touch, but the stem was prickly with thorns.
15. She recoiled from the prickly sensation of the towel against her skin.
16. The cactus garden was dense with prickly greenery.
17. The cat licked its paw, trying to remove the prickly thorn stuck in it.
18. The little girl hesitated before hugging the prickly porcupine.
19. The sensation of the prickly wool sweater made his skin crawl.
20. The hedge wall provided a prickly barrier between the houses.
21. The man's prickly attitude was a result of a bad day at work.
22. The prickly sensation of the sand in his shoes made him uncomfortable.
23. The barbed wire was prickly to the touch, warning any intruders.
24. The little boy's hugs were always full of prickly tickles.
25. The feeling of the prickly grass on his bare feet made him smile.
26. The stickerburrs in the grass were horribly prickly and hard to remove.
27. The barnacles in the tide pool were small and prickly to the touch.
28. The sensation of the prickly feathers on his skin made him shiver.
29. The rosebush was covered in prickly thorns, but the flowers were worth it.
30. The sensation of the prickly straw in his hat made him feel like a cowboy.

Common Phases

1. The prickly sensation on my skin made me feel uncomfortable;
2. The cactus was covered in prickly thorns that made it difficult to handle;
3. I cautiously touched the prickly surface of the sea urchin;
4. The heat made me feel prickly all over my body;
5. The little girl was scared to touch the prickly hedgehog.

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