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prickliest

a. (en-superlative of: prickly)

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prickly
  1. 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]

  2. 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]

  3. [also: prickliest, pricklier]

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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.