Crossword clues for prickliest
Wiktionary
a. (en-superlative of: prickly)
WordNet
adj. very irritable; "bristly exchanges between the White House and the press"; "he became prickly and spiteful"; "witty and waspish about his colleagues" [syn: bristly, splenetic, waspish]
having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers" [syn: barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, setose, setaceous, spiny, thorny]
[also: prickliest, pricklier]
See prickly
Usage examples of "prickliest".
Underville was probably the prickliest creature here, but even she wasn’t big on formalities.
He made a leap for the prickliest portion of the cactus, grimacing in half-expectation of a crotchful of needles.