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prickly:
- voller Stacheln; sarkastisch; schneidend; stoppelig; scharf; anzüglich; ätzend; bissig; gehässig; stachlig; beißend
Wiktionary:
- prickly → stachelig, dornig, Stachel, reizbar, gereizt, heikel, borstig

English

Detailed Translations for prickly from English to German

prickly:

prickly adj

prickly (thorny)
voller Stacheln
- voller Stacheln adj
prickly (sarcastic; stinging; thorny)
sarkastisch; schneidend; stoppelig; scharf; anzüglich; ätzend; bissig; gehässig; stachlig; beißend
- sarkastisch adj
- schneidend adj
- stoppelig adj
- scharf adj
- anzüglich adj
- ätzend adj
- bissig adj
- gehässig adj
- stachlig adj
- beißend adj

Translation Matrix for prickly:

Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	bristly; splenetic; waspish
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
anzüglich	prickly; sarcastic; stinging; thorny	brutal; inhuman; pityless; ruthless; shrill
beißend	prickly; sarcastic; stinging; thorny	biting; brutal; corroding; corrosive; cutting; dead sharp; dire; embittered; exasperated; fierce; grinding; inhuman; piercing; pityless; ruthless
bissig	prickly; sarcastic; stinging; thorny	acrid; biting; brusque; brutal; catty; corroding; corrosive; currish; curt; cutting; embittered; exasperated; fierce; inhuman; nipping; pityless; querulous; ruthless; snappish; snappy
gehässig	prickly; sarcastic; stinging; thorny	angry; cunning; enraged; false; hateful; invidious; irate; livid; low; malicious; mean; nasty; pedestrian; seething; sharp; shrewd; slippery; sly; snide; spiteful; underhand; vicious; vile
sarkastisch	prickly; sarcastic; stinging; thorny	biting; corroding; corrosive
scharf	prickly; sarcastic; stinging; thorny	abominable; acrid; agressive; appetising; appetizing; barbaric; biting; bitty; broiling; brusque; brutal; burning; corroding; corrosive; cruel; curt; cutting; dead sharp; fierce; garish; glaring; gruesome; heinous; huge; inhuman; inhumane; nipping; offensive; peppered; peppery; piquant; scalding; seasoned; sharp; sharp-edged; shrill; snappish; snappy; spiced; spicy; staring; terrible; tremendous; uncontrolled; violent; well cutting
schneidend	prickly; sarcastic; stinging; thorny	biting; corroding; corrosive; crossing; cutting; sharp; sharp-edged; stinging
stachlig	prickly; sarcastic; stinging; thorny	cutting; spinous; stinging; thorny
stoppelig	prickly; sarcastic; stinging; thorny	agressive; bristly; bushy; offensive; stubbly; unshaved; unshaven; violent
voller Stacheln	prickly; thorny
ätzend	prickly; sarcastic; stinging; thorny	biting; corroding; corrosive; dense; dull; obtuse; stupid

Related Words for "prickly":

prickliness, pricklier, prickliest

Synonyms for "prickly":

bristly; splenetic; waspish; ill-natured
barbed; barbellate; briary; briery; bristled; burred; burry; setose; setaceous; spiny; thorny; armed

Related Definitions for "prickly":

very irritable¹
- he became prickly and spiteful¹

Wiktionary Translations for prickly:

prickly

adjective

covered with sharp points
- prickly → stachelig; dornig; Stachel
easily irritated
- prickly → reizbar; gereizt
difficult, hairy
- prickly → heikel

prickly

adjective

mit Borsten versehen
- borstig → prickly; setaceous; bristly; hirsute; horrent

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¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University