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Showing words for PRICKLY using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Prickly

prickly

6 Letter Words for Prickly

picryl, pricky, rickly

5 Letter Words for Prickly

lyric, picky, picry, prick, pylic, pyric

4 Letter Words for Prickly

cirl, clip, crip, icky, kilp, klip, lick, lirk, pick, piky, pily, pirl, pyic, rick, ricy, yirk

3 Letter Words for Prickly

cir, cli, clk, clr, cly, cpi, cpl, cpr, crl, cry, cyl, cyp, ick, icy, ilk, ipl, ipr, irk, kil, kip, kir, kpc, kyl, lip, lir, lyc, pci, pic, pik, pil, pir, pli, ply, prc, pry, pyr, rip, rly, yip

Definitions for Prickly

[1] full of or armed with prickles.
[2] full of troublesome points: a prickly problem.
[3] prickling; smarting: a prickly sensation.
[4] having or covered with prickles
[5] stinging or tingling
[6] bad-tempered or irritable
[7] full of difficulties; knotty a prickly problem

Words related to Prickly

complicated, knotty, nettlesome, tricky, ticklish, touchy, grumpy, cantankerous, edgy, annoying, barbed, bothersome, bristly, intricate, involved, pointed, sharp, stimulating, troublesome, trying

Words nearby Prickly

pricking, prickle, prickle cell, prickle cell layer, prickleback, prickly, prickly ash, prickly heat, prickly pear, prickly poppy, prickspur

Origin of Prickly

First recorded in 1570–80; prickle + -y1

Other words from Prickly

prick·li·ness , noun
un·prick·ly , adjective

Synonyms for Prickly

complicated, knotty, nettlesome, ticklish, tricky, annoying, barbed, bothersome, brambly, briery, bristly, echinated, intricate, involved, pointed, sharp, spiny, stimulating, troublesome, trying