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prickly
- IPA[ˈprɪkli]
英式
- adj.
  
  covered in prickles；resembling prickles
- 釋義
adj.
形容詞
1. covered in prickles masses of prickly brambles 同義詞 spiky, spiked, thorny, barbed, spiny, ... 更多pronged, bristled, bristly, briary, brambly, burry, rough, scratchy, sharp, technicalspiculate, spicular, aculeate, barbellate, spinose, spinous, muricate, setaceous
▪ resembling prickles his hair was prickly and short 同義詞 spiky, spiked, thorny, barbed, spiny, ... 更多pronged, bristled, bristly, briary, brambly, burry, rough, scratchy, sharp, technicalspiculate, spicular, aculeate, barbellate, spinose, spinous, muricate, setaceous
▪ having or causing a tingling or itching sensation prickly velvet seats my skin feels prickly 同義詞 tingly, tingling, prickling, stinging, smarting, ... 更多itching, itchy, creeping, crawling
2. (of a person) ready to take offence she came across as prickly and generally difficult 同義詞 irritable, irascible, peevish, fractious, fretful, ... 更多cross, crabbed, crabby, crotchety, cantankerous, curmudgeonly, disagreeable, miserable, morose, petulant, pettish, peppery, on edge, edgy, impatient, complaining, querulous, bitter, moody, huffy, grumpy, scratchy, ill-tempered, bad-tempered, ill-natured, ill-humoured, sullen, surly, sulky, sour, churlish, touchy, testy, tetchy, grouchy, snappish, waspish, crusty, bilious, liverish, dyspeptic, splenetic, choleric, informalsnappy, chippy, cranky, narky, ratty, eggy, stroppy, shirty, whingy, whingeing, peckish, soreheaded, snaky, informal, datedmiffy, waxy反義詞 affable, easy-going
▪ (of a subject, issue, etc.) likely to cause offence or controversy this is a prickly subject 同義詞 problematic, awkward, ticklish, tricky, delicate, ... 更多sensitive, difficult, hard, baffling, perplexing, knotty, thorny, tough, troublesome, bothersome, trying, taxing, irksome, vexatious, worrying, concerning, complicated, complex, intricate, convoluted, involved, informalsticky, dodgy