prickly
How many syllables in prickly?
There are 2 syllables in the word prickly.How to pronounce prickly:
Synonyms for prickly:
barbed
brambly
briery
bristly
harsh
irritating
itchy
rough
scratchy
spiny
splenetic
thorny
waspish
Antonyms for prickly:
aboveboard
accepted
basic
blunt
breezy
certain
clear
convenient
direct
dull
easy
easy-peasy
effortless
elementary
facile
frank
happy
healthy
helpful
imprecise
inexact
insensitive
noncontroversial
obvious
painless
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