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pricklier

pricklier


 
  Overview  of  adj  prickly 
 
  The  adj  prickly  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  bristly,  prickly,  splenetic,  waspish  --  (very  irritable;  "bristly  exchanges  between  the  White  House  and  the  press";  "he  became  prickly  and  spiteful";  "witty  and  waspish  about  his  colleagues") 
  2.  barbed,  barbellate,  briary,  briery,  bristled,  bristly,  burred,  burry,  prickly,  spiny,  thorny  --  (having  or  covered  with  protective  barbs  or  quills  or  spines  or  thorns  etc.;  "a  horse  with  a  short  bristly  mane";  "bristly  shrubs";  "burred  fruits") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  prickly 
 
  2  senses  of  prickly 
 
  Sense  1 
  bristly,  prickly,  splenetic,  waspish 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  ill-natured)  ->  good-natured 
 
  Sense  2 
  barbed,  barbellate,  briary,  briery,  bristled,  bristly,  burred,  burry,  prickly,  spiny,  thorny 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  armed)  ->  unarmed 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  prickly 
 
  2  senses  of  prickly 
 
  Sense  1 
  bristly,  prickly,  splenetic,  waspish 
  =>  ill-natured  (vs.  good-natured) 
 
  Sense  2 
  barbed,  barbellate,  briary,  briery,  bristled,  bristly,  burred,  burry,  prickly,  spiny,  thorny 
  =>  armed  (vs.  unarmed) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  prickly 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  prickly 
 
  prickly  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  prickly 
  prickly 
 
  Overview  of  adj  prickly 
 
  The  adj  prickly  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  bristly,  prickly,  splenetic,  waspish  --  (very  irritable;  "bristly  exchanges  between  the  White  House  and  the  press";  "he  became  prickly  and  spiteful";  "witty  and  waspish  about  his  colleagues") 
  2.  barbed,  barbellate,  briary,  briery,  bristled,  bristly,  burred,  burry,  prickly,  spiny,  thorny  --  (having  or  covered  with  protective  barbs  or  quills  or  spines  or  thorns  etc.;  "a  horse  with  a  short  bristly  mane";  "bristly  shrubs";  "burred  fruits")