English-Thai Dictionary

prickly

ADJ ซึ่ง เต็มไปด้วย ผด  thorny spiny sueng-tem-pai-duai-pod

 

prickly

ADJ มี หนาม  me-nam

 

prickly

ADJ เหมือน หนาม  thorny spiny muan-nam

 

prickly heat

N ผด  ตุ่ม คัน บน ผิวหนัง ที่ เกิดขึ้น เนื่องจาก อากาศ ร้อน  pod

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PRICKLY

a.Full of sharp points or prickles; armed with prickles; as a prickly shrub.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PRICKLY

PRICKLY Prick "ly, a.

 

Defn: Full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered with prickles; as, a prickly shrub. Prickly ash (Bot. ), a prickly shrub (Xanthoxylum Americanum ) with yellowish flowers appearing with the leaves. All parts of the plant are pungent and aromatic. The southern species is X. Carolinianum. Gray. -- Prickly heat (Med. ), a noncontagious cutaneous eruption of red pimples, attended with intense itching and tingling of the parts affected. It is due to inflammation of the sweat glands, and is often brought on by overheating the skin in hot weather. -- Prickly pear (Bot. ), a name given to several plants of the cactaceous genus Opuntia, American plants consisting of fleshy, leafless, usually flattened, and often prickly joints inserted upon each other. The sessile flowers have many petals and numerous stamens. The edible fruit is a large pear-shaped berry containing many flattish seeds. The common species of the Northern Atlantic States is Opuntia vulgaris. In the South and West are many others,and in tropical America more than a hundred more. O. vulgaris, O. Ficus-Indica, and O. Tuna are abundantly introduced in the Mediterranean region, and O. Dillenii has become common in India. -- Prickly pole (Bot. ), a West Indian palm (Bactris Plumierana ), the slender trunk of which bears many rings of long black prickles. -- Prickly withe (Bot. ), a West Indian cactaceous plant (Cereus triangularis ) having prickly, slender, climbing, triangular stems. -- Prickly rat (Zoöl.), any one of several species of South American burrowing rodents belonging to Ctenomys and allied genera. The hair is usually intermingled with sharp spines.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

prickly

prick ly |ˈprik (ə )lē ˈprɪk (ə )li | ▶adjective ( pricklier, prickliest ) 1 covered in prickles: masses of prickly brambles. • resembling or feeling like prickles: his hair was prickly and short. • having or causing a tingling or itching sensation: a dress that was prickly around the neck | my skin feels prickly. 2 (of a person ) ready to take offense. • liable to cause someone to take offense: this is a prickly subject. DERIVATIVES prick li ness noun

 

prickly-ash

prick ly-ash ▶noun a spiny North American shrub or tree with prickly branches and bark that can be used medicinally. [Genus Zanthoxylum, family Rutaceae: the northern prickly-ash (Z. americanum ) (also called toothache tree ), and the southern prickly-ash (see Hercules-club ). ] • a medicinal preparation of the bark of these trees.

 

prickly heat

prick ly heat |ˈprɪk (ə )li hit | ▶noun an itchy inflammation of the skin, typically with a rash of small vesicles, common in hot moist weather. Also called miliaria.

 

prickly pear

prick ly pear |ˈprɪk (ə )li pɛ (ə )r | ▶noun a cactus with jointed stems and oval flattened segments, having barbed bristles and large pear-shaped, prickly fruits. [Genus Opuntia, family Cactaceae: several species, in particular O. humifusa of North America and O. ficus-indica, which is cultivated for its fruit and has become naturalized in the Mediterranean. ] • the edible orange or red fruit of this plant.

 

prickly poppy

prick ly pop py ▶noun a Central American plant with prickly leaves and large scented yellow flowers. It has become a weed in many tropical regions, but is cultivated in cooler regions as an ornamental. [Argemone mexicana, family Papaveraceae. ]

 

Oxford Dictionary

prickly

prick ¦ly |ˈprɪkli | ▶adjective ( pricklier, prickliest ) 1 covered in prickles: masses of prickly brambles. • resembling prickles: his hair was prickly and short. • having or causing a tingling or itching sensation: prickly velvet seats | my skin feels prickly. 2 (of a person ) ready to take offence. • (of a subject, issue, etc. ) likely to cause offence or controversy: this is a prickly subject. DERIVATIVES prickliness noun

 

prickly ash

prick ¦ly ash ▶noun a spiny North American shrub or tree with prickly branches and bark that can be used medicinally. ●Genus Zanthoxylum, family Rutaceae: the northern Z. americanum and the southern Z. clava-herculis (also called Hercules' club ). • [ mass noun ] a medicinal preparation made from the bark of the prickly ash.

 

prickly heat

prick ¦ly heat ▶noun [ mass noun ] an itchy inflammation of the skin, typically with a rash of small vesicles, common in hot, humid weather. Also called miliaria.

 

prickly pear

prick ¦ly pear ▶noun a cactus with jointed stems and oval flattened segments, having barbed bristles and large pear-shaped prickly fruits. ●Genus Opuntia, family Cactaceae: several species, in particular O. ficus-indica, which has become naturalized in the Mediterranean. • the edible orange or red fruit of the prickly pear.

 

prickly poppy

prick ¦ly poppy ▶noun a Central American plant with prickly leaves and large scented yellow flowers. It has become a weed in many tropical regions, but is cultivated in cooler regions as an ornamental. ●Argemone mexicana, family Papaveraceae.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

prickly

prickly adjective 1 a prickly hedgehog: spiky, spiked, thorny, barbed, spiny; briery, brambly; rough, scratchy; technical spiculate, spicular, aculeate, spinose. 2 my skin feels prickly: tingly, tingling, prickling. 3 a prickly character. See irritable. 4 the prickly question of the refugees: problematic, awkward, ticklish, tricky, delicate, sensitive, difficult, knotty, thorny, irksome, tough, troublesome, bothersome, vexatious.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

prickly

prickly adjective 1 the hedgehog curled up into a prickly ball: spiky, spiked, thorny, barbed, spiny, pronged, bristled, bristly; briary, brambly, burry, rough, scratchy, sharp; technical spiculate, spicular, aculeate, barbellate, spinose, spinous, muricate, setaceous. 2 my skin feels all prickly: tingly, tingling, prickling, stinging, smarting, itching, itchy, creeping, crawling. 3 Mr Griffith was a prickly character: irritable, irascible, peevish, fractious, fretful, cross, crabbed, crabby, crotchety, cantankerous, curmudgeonly, disagreeable, miserable, morose, petulant, pettish, peppery, on edge, edgy, impatient, complaining, querulous, bitter, moody, huffy, grumpy, scratchy, ill-tempered, bad-tempered, ill-natured, ill-humoured, sullen, surly, sulky, sour, churlish, touchy, testy, tetchy, grouchy, snappish, waspish, crusty, bilious, liverish, dyspeptic, splenetic, choleric; informal snappy, chippy, cranky, whingeing, whingy; Brit. informal narky, ratty, eggy, stroppy, shirty; N. Amer. informal peckish, soreheaded; Austral. /NZ informal snaky; informal, dated miffy, waxy. ANTONYMS affable, easy-going. 4 the prickly question of compensation: problematic, awkward, ticklish, tricky, delicate, sensitive, difficult, hard, baffling, perplexing, knotty, thorny, tough, troublesome, bothersome, trying, taxing, irksome, vexatious, worrying; complicated, complex, intricate, convoluted, involved; informal sticky; Brit. informal dodgy.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

prickly

pr í ck ly 形容詞 1 とげだらけの .2 ｟くだけて ｠〈人が 〉気にしやすい, 傷つきやすい (touchy ); 怒りっぽい .3 ちくちくする .4 〈問題などが 〉やっかいな (thorny ).～̀ h é at あせも .～̀ p é ar 〘植 〙ヒラウチワサボテン ; その実 .pr í ck li ness 名詞