prickly - Meaning in Marathi

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prickly - Meaning in Marathi

prickly Word Forms & Inflections

Definitions and Meaning of prickly in English

prickly adjective

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

   Synonyms

   barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, setaceous, setose, spiny, thorny, thorny

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   Examples

   • "a horse with a short bristly mane"
   • "bristly shrubs"
   • "burred fruits"
   • "setaceous whiskers"
2. very irritable

   Synonyms

   bristly, splenetic, waspish

   Examples

   • "bristly exchanges between the White House and the press"
   • "he became prickly and spiteful"
   • "witty and waspish about his colleagues"

Synonyms of prickly

• barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, setaceous, setose, spiny, thorny
• bristly, splenetic, waspish

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