Related Words for prickly

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thorny
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Adjective, Adjective
spiny
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adjective
bristly
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Adjective, Adjective
bristled
/x
Adjective, Adjective
barbed
/
Adjective, Adjective
armed
/
Adjective, Adjective
prickles
/x
Noun
spiky
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Adjective
flinty
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Adjective
truculent
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Adjective
testy
/x
Noun
steely
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Adjective
stony
/x
Noun
pointy
/x
Noun
scaly
/x
Adjective
ornery
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Adjective
bitter
/x
Adjective
uncharacteristically
xxxx/xx
Adverb
strident
/x
Adjective
acrid
/x
Adjective
woolly
/x
Adjective
slimy
/x
Noun
unpleasantly
x/xx
Adverb
cantankerous
x/xx
Adjective
shrubby
/x
Adjective
scrubby
/x
Adjective
gangly
/x
Adjective
trenchant
/x
Adjective
smelly
/x
Adjective
stringy
/x
Noun
irritable
/xxx
Adjective
characteristically
xxx/xx
Adverb
thorn
/
Noun
touchy
/x
Adjective
moody
/x
Name
brash
/
Noun
wiry
/x
Adjective
brusque
/
Adjective
craggy
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Adjective
cuddly
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Adjective
knobby
/x
Noun
knotty
/x
Adjective
fiercely
/x
Adverb
vexing
/x
Adjective
ungainly
x/x
Adjective
downright
/x
Adjective
fleshy
/x
Adjective
contentious
x/x
Adjective
fraught
/
Noun
grouchy
/x
Noun
porcupine
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Noun
rocky
/x
Name
peppery
/xx
Adjective
obstinate
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Adjective
gruff
/
Adjective
spindly
/x
Adjective
overly
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Adverb
disdainful
x/x
Adjective
ticklish
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Adjective
starchy
/x
Noun
diffident
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Adjective
itchy
/x
Adjective
stubborn
/x
Adjective
sensitive
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Adjective
rubbery
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Noun
pungent
/x
Adjective
tangle
/x
Noun
feathery
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Noun
sticky
/x
Adjective
slippery
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Adjective
fearsome
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Adjective
delicate
/xx
Adjective
combative
x/x
Adjective
cactus
/x
Noun
pricked
/
Verb
spinous
/x
Noun
pointed
/x
Verb
spiked
/
Adjective
scratchy
/x
Adjective
punctate
/x
Noun
sharp
/
Adjective
picked
/
Verb
sharpened
/x
Adjective
serrated
/xx
Adjective
whiskered
/x
Adjective
rugged
/x
Adjective
feathered
/x
Adjective
pear
/
Noun
sida
/x
Name
gorse
/
Noun
briars
/x
Noun
poppy
/x
Noun
acacia
x/x
Noun
acclimation
xx/x
Noun
acclimatization
/xxx/x
Noun
adieu
x/
Noun
afterglow
/xx
Noun
allegories
/xxx
Noun
arid
/x
Adjective
bit
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bivouac
/x
Noun, Verb
broadly
/x
Adverb
bush
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective
call
/
Verb, Noun
carrots
/x
Noun
cola
/x
Noun
cold
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
cool
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
crypts
/
Noun
cucumber
/xx
Noun
dark
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
deciduous
x/xx
Adjective
downy
/x
Adjective, Noun
dwarfed
/
Verb
hair
/
Noun, Verb
heat
/
Noun, Verb
leafed
/
Adjective
legs
/
Noun
matted
/x
Adjective
ouch
/
Noun, Verb
pain
/
Noun, Verb
pickle
/x
Noun, Verb
pin
/
Noun, Verb
rose
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
scraggly
/x
Adjective
smooth
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
soft
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
stunted
/x
Adjective
succulent
/xx
Adjective, Noun
withered
/x
Adjective
gloss
/
Noun, Verb
pidgin
/x
Noun
bundle
/x
Noun, Verb
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
butt
/
Noun, Verb
bog
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
dicky
/x
Name, Adjective
closet
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
fall
/
Verb, Noun
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb