prickly
prick
ˈprÉĒk
prik
ly
li
li
/pɚˈÉĒkli/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "prickly"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ•āϰ, āϏāĻ‚āĻŦ⧇āĻĻāύāĻļā§€āϞ

having a tendency to become easily irritated or offended
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He became prickly when the topic of his past mistakes came up in conversation.
āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ⧇āϰ āϭ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ āωāĻ āϞ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ–āĻŋāϟāĻ–āĻŋāĻŸā§‡ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āωāĻ āϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ•āĻžāρāϟāĻžāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ, āϧāĻžāϰāĻžāϞ⧋

having a texture that feels sharp, spiky, or rough to the touch
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The thistle plant had prickly leaves that deterred animals from grazing on it.
āĻĨāĻŋāϏāϞ āĻ—āĻžāϛ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāρāϟāĻžāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻĒāĻžāϤāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰāϕ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϚāϰāϤ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§ā§ŽāϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤāĨ¤
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āĻ•āĻžāρāϟāĻžāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ, āĻāĻŋāρāĻāĻŋāρ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­ā§‚āϤāĻŋ āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀

causing a stinging or tingling sensation
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After falling into the bushes, he felt a prickly pain from the thorns.
āϗ⧁āĻ˛ā§āĻŽā§‡ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāρāϟāĻžāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĢ⧁āϟāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻž āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­āĻŦ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ•āĻžāρāϟāĻžāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ, āϏāĻ‚āĻŦ⧇āĻĻāύāĻļā§€āϞ

causing difficulty or discomfort
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Navigating the prickly issue of layoffs required careful communication.
āĻ›āĻžāρāϟāĻžāχāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāρāϟāĻžāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧāϟāĻŋ āύ⧇āĻ­āĻŋāϗ⧇āϟ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ• āϝ⧋āĻ—āĻžāϝ⧋āϗ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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