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2
easily irritated or annoyed
- she dreaded having to deal with her prickly boss
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- bearish,
- bilious,
- cantankerous,
- cross-grained,
- curmudgeonly,
- disagreeable,
- dyspeptic,
- ill-humored,
- ill-natured,
- ill-tempered,
- off-color
- (or off-colored),
- ornery,
- querulous,
- snarly,
- surly
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Near Antonyms for prickly
- affable,
- companionable,
- cordial,
- extroverted
- (also extraverted),
- friendly,
- genial,
- gregarious,
- outgoing,
- sociable
4
requiring exceptional skill or caution in performance or handling
- a prickly issue that will outrage at least one special interest if not handled delicately
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“Prickly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prickly. Accessed 27 Sep. 2021.
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The first known use of prickly was in 1578
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