prickly

prickly

1. pistelevä, piikikäs, okainen, pistävä

Synonyymisanakirja

prickly

puolustuskykyinen, väkäpäinen, piikikäs, karvainen, harjas-, karhea, nukkainen, okainen, pistelevä, pistävä, harjaksinen, sukamainen, piikkinen, häijy, pureva, pisteliäs, kärkeväkielinen.

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prickly rimmaa näiden kanssa:

hely, viljely, osa-aikaviljely, kuokkaviljely, lavaviljely, parvekeviljely, kasvihuoneviljely, koeviljely, kateviljely, kotitarveviljely...

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Englannin sanakirja

prickly englanniksi

1. Covered with sharp points.

Prickly pear is a cactus, you have to peel it before eating it to remove the spines and the tough skin.

2. Easily irritated.

He has a prickly personality. He doesnt get along with people because he is easily set off.''

3. difficult, hairy, complicated

4. In a prickly manner

5. 2016, David Thomson, Biggest lesson of the 2016 Oscars? The Academy should be scrapped (in The Guardian, 3 March 2016)http://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2016/mar/03/biggest-lesson-of-the-2016-oscars-the-academy-should-be-scrapped

Striding across stage in his bright white jacket, his voice soaring and cracking – like Charlie Parker’s – he was nervous but prickly eloquent, caustic yet encouraging.

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