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Translate pricklier from English to Spanish

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prickly:
- espinoso; mordaz; sarcástico; acerbo; punzante; cáustico
Wiktionary:
- prickly → espinoso, espinudo, con espinas, irritable, malhumorado, difícil, peliagudo
- prickly → setáceo, erizado, hirsuto, setácea

English

Detailed Translations for pricklier from English to Spanish

prickly:

prickly adj

prickly (thorny)
espinoso
- espinoso adj
prickly (sarcastic; stinging; thorny)
mordaz; sarcástico; acerbo; punzante; cáustico
- mordaz adj
- sarcástico adj
- acerbo adj
- punzante adj
- cáustico adj

Translation Matrix for prickly:

Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	bristly; splenetic; waspish
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
acerbo	prickly; sarcastic; stinging; thorny
cáustico	prickly; sarcastic; stinging; thorny	avaricious; biting; catty; corroding; corrosive; cutting; embittered; exasperated; fierce; miserly; niggardly; querulous; razor-sharp; sharp; stingy; suppressed
espinoso	prickly; thorny	awkward; bony; critical; emaciated; gaunt; hard; inflamed; not bright; not clear; painful; perilous; precarious; review; spinous; thorny; turbid; worrisome
mordaz	prickly; sarcastic; stinging; thorny	biting; cutting; embittered; exasperated; fierce; grim; nipping; razor-sharp; sharp; snappy; sullen; suppressed
punzante	prickly; sarcastic; stinging; thorny	acute; biting; clever; cutting; dead sharp; keen; razor-sharp; sharp; sharp-minded; sharpwitted; stinging
sarcástico	prickly; sarcastic; stinging; thorny	bitter; derisive; hateful; invidious; malicious; scornful; sneering; snide; sour; spiteful

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 → espinoso; espinudo; con espinas
easily irritated
- prickly → irritable; malhumorado
difficult, hairy
- prickly → espinoso; difícil; peliagudo

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• prickly	→ setáceo; erizado; hirsuto; setácea	↔ borstig — mit Borsten versehen

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¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University