Synonyms of prickly

1 Syllable

sharp, trying

2 Syllables

stabbing, pricky, briery, thorny, crabbier, mumpish, horned, tricky, crusty, annoying, spiny, crabby, tined, bushy, thornier, crustier, chuffier, spinous, barbed, pointed, bushier, knotty, chuffy, brambly, bristly, thistly, ticklish, sharpest

3 Syllables

involved, apical, splintery, acuate, keen-edged, sharp-edged

4 Syllables

knifelike, lancinating, intricate, bothersome, irritable, troublesome, knife-edged, needle-pointed, complicated, cantankerous, needlelike, stimulating, nettlesome, echinated, echinate, ill-humored

6 Syllables

oversensitive