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What is the adjective for prickliness?

What's the adjective for prickliness? Here's the word you're looking for.

Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs prick and prickle which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

prickly
  1. Covered with sharp points.
  2. Easily irritated.
  3. difficult, hairy, complicated
  4. Synonyms:
      5. thorny, barbed, brambly, spiny, scratchy, bristled, bristly, pronged, spiked, spiky, aculeate, briary, burry, echinated, rough, sharp, spicular, spiculate, thistly, barbellate, briery, muricate, setaceous, spinose, spinous, pointed, bristling, stinging, jagged, pricky, echinate, spined, pointy, sticky, spiniferous, toothed, jaggy, serrated, notched, bristling with thorns, snaggy, sawtooth, sawtoothed, setiferous, chaetophorous, stiff, setigerous, bristlelike, spinelike, aciculate … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “I liked the stealthy hiding part, often choosing the excellent cover provided by a set of prickly Pyracantha bushes in a neighboring yard.”
      “It's this so-called bronchial constriction that creates the tight, prickly sensation in your chest, and aerobic exercise only compounds the problem.”
      “Perhaps movie-makers see it as a prickly subject, limp as a film theme, a let-down for audiences.”
pricked
  1. punctured by small holes
  2. Synonyms:
      3. pierced, punctured, perforated, needled, dented, tapped, imprinted, stamped, bored, embossed, dinted, punched … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The pricked balloon slowly deflated as it hung from the ceiling.”
pricky
  1. Stiff and sharp; prickly.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. prickly, barbed, bristly, spiny, spiky, spiked, spinous, briery, bristling, stinging, echinate, thistly, thorny, brambly, scratchy, echinated, sharp, briary, pointed, spinose, bristled, pronged, spiculate, spicular, aculeate, barbellate, setaceous, muricate, rough, burry, spined, bristling with thorns, spiniferous, sticky, jaggy, pointy … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “She rubbed her hand over his back to push him away and something rough and pricky scratched her.”
      “After class, I always had a fair rendez-vous with the first and last love of my life, a pricky witty little girl whose name is Freedom.”
pricklier
  1. comparative form of prickly: more prickly
  2. Synonyms:
      3. thornier, bramblier, spinier, scratchier, bristlier, spikier, rougher, sharper, more barbed, more bristled, more pronged, more spiked, more aculeate, more briary, more burry, more spicular, more thistly, more barbellate, more briery, more setaceous, more spinose, more spinous, more pointed, more bristling, more stinging, jaggeder, more echinate, prickier, more spined, pointier, more sawtoothed, more notched, stickier, more spiniferous, snaggier, jaggier, stiffer, more chaetophorous, more setiferous, more setigerous, more spinelike, more aciculate, more bristlelike, more aculeated, itchier, tinglier, ticklier … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Nolde became a pricklier character when he ventured into town and the art world, however.”
      “His spikes are soft and furry for now, but experts warned they will soon get much pricklier.”
      “Failure to change, meet or manage their expectations is sure to make US' clients pricklier, less secure, and, as a consequence, less cooperative.”
prickliest
  1. superlative form of prickly: most prickly
  2. Synonyms:
      3. thorniest, brambliest, spiniest, scratchiest, bristliest, spikiest, roughest, sharpest, most barbed, most bristled, most pronged, most spiked, most aculeate, most briary, most burry, most spicular, most thistly, most barbellate, most briery, most setaceous, most spinose, most spinous, most pointed, most bristling, most stinging, jaggedest, prickiest, most echinate, most spined, pointiest, most sawtoothed, most notched, most spiniferous, stickiest, snaggiest, jaggiest, most setiferous, most chaetophorous, stiffest, most setigerous, most spinelike, most aciculate, most bristlelike, most aculeated, itchiest, tingliest, tickliest … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “He made a leap for the prickliest portion of the cactus, grimacing in half-expectation of a crotchful of needles.”
      “Leicester's manager seems to relish having taken over Sir Alex Ferguson's former mantle as the prickliest boss in this showbiz league.”
      “Onions will surely be restored to the front line but to recall Harmison, England must grasp the prickliest thorn in the nettlebed.”
prickier
  1. comparative form of pricky: more pricky
  2. Synonyms:
      3. pricklier, bristlier, spinier, spikier, more barbed, more spiked, more spinous, more briery, more bristling, more stinging, more echinate, more thistly, thornier, bramblier, scratchier, sharper, more briary, more pointed, more spinose, more bristled, more pronged, more spicular, more aculeate, more setaceous, more barbellate, rougher, more burry, more spined, stickier, more spiniferous, pointier, jaggier … more
prickiest
  1. superlative form of pricky: most pricky
  2. Synonyms:
      3. prickliest, bristliest, spiniest, spikiest, most barbed, most spiked, most spinous, most briery, most bristling, most stinging, most echinate, most thistly, thorniest, brambliest, scratchiest, sharpest, most briary, most pointed, most spinose, most bristled, most pronged, most aculeate, most spicular, most barbellate, most setaceous, most burry, roughest, most spined, most spiniferous, stickiest, pointiest, jaggiest … more
pricking
  1. present participle of prick
  2. Synonyms:
      3. piercing, puncturing, stabbing, boring, perforating, punching, pinking, jabbing, nicking, penetrating, riddling, rupturing, slitting, spearing, incising, pinning, skewering, spiking, spitting, sticking, impaling, jagging, knifing, lancing, needling, transpiercing, drilling, entering, making a hole in, putting a hole in, goring, transfixing, harpooning, pecking, running through, picking, cutting, wounding, holing, bayoneting, bayonetting, thrusting, boring through, probing, gashing, stinging, poking, slashing, slicing, gouging … more
prickled
  1. simple past tense and past participle of prickle
  2. Synonyms:
      3. pricked, stung, jabbed, nicked, irritated, tickled, stuck into, made something itch, made something smart, made something tingle, tingled, itched, smarted, smort, smorten, twitched, had goosebumps, had gooseflesh, had goose pimples, had a creeping sensation, had pins and needles, creeped, crept, crawled, burned, burnt, titillated, scratched, felt tickled, had goose bumps, got excited, gotten excited, bristled, rose, risen, horripilated, stood up, stiffened, poked out, stuck out, stood on end, became erect, become erect, hurt, ached, oke, aken … more
prickling
  1. present participle of prickle
  2. Synonyms:
      3. pricking, stinging, jabbing, nicking, irritating, tickling, sticking into, making something itch, making something smart, making something tingle, tingling, itching, smarting, twitching, having goosebumps, having gooseflesh, having goose pimples, having a creeping sensation, having pins and needles, creeping, crawling, scratching, titillating, burning, getting excited, feeling tickled, having goose bumps, bristling, rising, horripilating, standing up, stiffening, poking out, sticking out, standing on end, becoming erect, hurting, aching, pounding, throbbing, cramping, twingeing, twinging … more
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