Hyphenation of prickly

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word prickly? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

prick-ly

Definitions of prickly:

1.
Very irritable
Bristly exchanges between the White House and the press He became prickly and spiteful Witty and waspish about his colleagues
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

Synonyms of prickly:

adj bristly, splenetic, waspish, ill-natured
adj barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, setose, setaceous, spiny, thorny, armed

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