PRICKLY Synonyms

• having spines

• having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

• bristling with perplexities

• having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

• capable of wounding

• having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

• having a sharply uneven surface or outline

• having an irregularly notched or toothed margin as though gnawed

• having or caused by an irregular surface

• of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped

• causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements

• not shaped by cutting or trimming

• the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short

• with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')

• with rough motion as over a rough surface

• (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse

• not quite exact or correct

• full of hardship or trials

• violently agitated and turbulent

• unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound

• ready and able to resort to force or violence

• not carefully or expertly made

• not perfected

• unpleasantly stern

• unkind or cruel or uncivil

• prepare in preliminary or sketchy form

• causing abrasion

• easily irritated or annoyed

• lacking consistency

• unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound

• keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point

• having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing

• (of a musical note) raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone

• a musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note named

• a long thin sewing needle with a sharp point

• changing suddenly in direction and degree

• (of something seen or heard) clearly defined

• ending in a sharp point

• having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions

• marked by practical hardheaded intelligence

• harsh

• having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones

• dangerously steep

• very sudden and in great amount or degree

• quick and forceful

• having or as if having especially high-pitched spots

• a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf

• cause a prickling sensation

• cause a stinging or tingling sensation

• make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn

• having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

• having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

• having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

• having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

• having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

• having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

• having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

• having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

• of or relating to the spleen

• very irritable

• very irritable