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(prik′lē)

adjective pricklier, prickliest

full of prickles
stinging; smarting; tingling

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prickliness noun

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adjective prick·li·er, prick·li·est

Having prickles.
Prickling or tingling or smarting: a prickly sensation in my foot.
a. Causing trouble or vexation; thorny: a prickly situation.
b. Bristling or irritable: “In consequence, he became rebarbative, prickly, spiteful” (Robert Craft).

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prickˈli·ness noun

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