prickly

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adjective

1. Full of sharp needlelike protuberances: briery, echinate, pricky, spiny, thistly, thorny. See sharp/dull.
2. So replete with interlocking points and complications as to be painfully irritating: nettlesome, spiny, thorny. See easy/hard, pain/pleasure.

adj

Definition: difficult; thorny
Antonyms: easy, smooth

adj

Definition: irritable, bad-tempered
Antonyms: affable, easygoing, happy, pleasant

Many sharp spines protrude.

• p. black rolypoly — sclerolaena muricata.
• p. jack — emex australis.
• p. lettuce — lactuca serriola.
• p. paddymelon — cucumis myriocarpus.
• p. pear — opuntia spp.
• p. poppy — argemone spp.
• p. roly-poly — sclerolaena muricata.

For a list of words related to prickly, see:

• Troublesome, Negative, Irresponsible, or Unpleasant

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - tornet, prikkende

idioms:

• prickly heat    hedeknopper
• prickly pear    figenkaktus

Nederlands (Dutch)
stekelig

Français (French)
adj. - épineux, armé de piquants, piquant (un buisson), qui gratte, irritable (à propos de)

idioms:

• prickly heat    fièvre miliaire
• prickly pear    figue de Barbarie, figuier de Barbarie

Deutsch (German)
adj. - stachelig, dornig, kratzig

idioms:

• prickly heat    (Med.) rote Frieseln
• prickly pear    Feigenkaktus

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ακανθώδης, αγκαθωτός, τσουχτερός, δύσκολος, ευερέθιστος, μυγιάγγιχτος

idioms:

• prickly heat    (παθολ.) ιδρώα
• prickly pear    (φυτολ.) φραγκοσυκιά, φραγκόσυκο

Italiano (Italian)
spinoso

idioms:

• prickly heat    bruciore della pelle, irritazione cutanea
• prickly pear    fico d'India

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - espinhoso

idioms:

• prickly heat    calor escaldante
• prickly pear    figo-da-Índia

Русский (Russian)
колючий, колкий, обидчивый

idioms:

• prickly heat    сыпь, тропическая сыпь
• prickly pear    опунция

Español (Spanish)
adj. - espinoso, delicado, quisquilloso

idioms:

• prickly heat    sarpullido causado por exceso de calor
• prickly pear    higo chumbo, nopal, chumbera, tuna

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - taggig, stickande, lättirriterad, retlig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
多刺的, 针刺般扎痛的, 满是针的

idioms:

• prickly heat    痱子
• prickly pear    仙人掌果

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 多刺的, 針刺般紮痛的, 滿是針的

idioms:

• prickly heat    痱子
• prickly pear    仙人掌果

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 가시가 많은, 비늘투성이의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - とげのある, 刺すような, ちくちくする, 怒りっぽい, とげだらけの

idioms:

• prickly heat    あせも
• prickly pear    サボテンの一種オプンチア

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) شائك‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮דוקרני, דוקר, רגיש, עצבני‬

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