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prickly

How many syllables in prickly?

  789465132 syllables

Divide prickly into syllables:   prick-ly
Stressed syllable in prickly:   prick-ly
How to pronounce prickly:   prik-lee
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Synonyms for prickly


1 syllable
  • barbed
  • sharp
2 syllables
  • bristly
  • itchy
  • smarting
  • spiny
  • thorny
  • tingling
  • touchy
  • edgy
  • scratchy
  • spiky
  • stinging
  • tickly
  • tingly
3 syllables
  • acerbic
4 syllables
5 syllables
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    What rhymes with prickly

    2 syllables
    • quickly
    • slickly
    • sickly
    • thickly
    3 syllables
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