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Summary

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prickly:
- épineux; piquant; sarcastiquement; mordant; avec sarcasme; incisif; d'une façon mordante
Wiktionary:
- prickly → épineux, irritable, susceptible
- prickly → hirsute, hérissé, poilu, poilue

English

Detailed Translations for pricklier from English to French

prickly:

prickly adj

prickly (thorny)
épineux; piquant
- épineux adj
- piquant adj
prickly (sarcastic; stinging; thorny)
sarcastiquement; piquant; mordant; avec sarcasme; incisif; d'une façon mordante
- sarcastiquement adj
- piquant adj
- mordant adj
- avec sarcasme adj
- incisif adj
- d'une façon mordante adj

Translation Matrix for prickly:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
mordant		bitingness; bityness; sharpness
piquant		acrimony; boost; drive; impetus; impulse; incentive; malice; maliciousness; momentum; sarcasm; scorn; scornful tone; spiteful remark; spitefulness; spur; stimulus
Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	bristly; splenetic; waspish
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
avec sarcasme	prickly; sarcastic; stinging; thorny	derisive; scornful; sneering
d'une façon mordante	prickly; sarcastic; stinging; thorny
incisif	prickly; sarcastic; stinging; thorny	biting; corroding; corrosive; razor-sharp; sharp
mordant	prickly; sarcastic; stinging; thorny	biting; bitty; corroding; corrosive; cutting; injurious; insulting; offending; offensive; shrill
piquant	prickly; sarcastic; stinging; thorny	appetising; appetizing; cutting; exciting; nipping; peppered; peppery; piquant; razor-sharp; seasoned; sexy; sharp; snappy; spiced; spicy; stinging
sarcastiquement	prickly; sarcastic; stinging; thorny
épineux	prickly; thorny	awkward; critical; hard; inflamed; painful; perilous; precarious; review; spinous; thorny; worrisome

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 → épineux
easily irritated
- prickly → irritable

prickly

adjective

Capable de recevoir certaine qualités
- susceptible → susceptible; prickly; sensitive; touchy
Qui s’offense aisément
- susceptible → susceptible; prickly; sensitive; touchy
Qui a des épines, des piquants.
- épineux → thorny; prickly

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• prickly	→ hirsute; hérissé; poilu; poilue	↔ borstig — mit Borsten versehen

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¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University