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PRONUNCIATION OF PRICKLINESS

prickliness  [ˈprɪklɪnɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PRICKLINESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Prickliness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PRICKLINESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of prickliness in the English dictionary

The definition of prickliness in the dictionary is the fact of being sensitive to criticism. Other definition of prickliness is the fact of being difficult or knotty.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PRICKLINESS


comeliness
ˈkʌmlɪnɪs
deadliness
ˈdedlɪnɪs
friendliness
ˈfrɛndlɪnɪs
godliness
ˈɡɒdlɪnɪs
holiness
ˈhəʊlɪnɪs
kindliness
ˈkaɪndlɪnɪs
liveliness
ˈlaɪvlɪnɪs
loveliness
ˈlʌvlɪnɪs
manliness
ˈmænlɪnɪs
oiliness
ˈɔɪlɪnɪs
sickliness
ˈsɪklɪnɪs
silliness
ˈsɪlɪnɪs
timeliness
ˈtaɪmlɪnɪs
ugliness
ˈʌɡlɪnɪs
ungodliness
ʌnˈɡɒdlɪnɪs
unlikeliness
ʌnˈlaɪklɪnɪs
user-friendliness
ˌjuːzəˈfrendlɪnɪs
weakliness
ˈwiːklɪnɪs
womanliness
ˈwʊmənlɪnɪs
worldliness
ˈwɜːldlɪnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PRICKLINESS

prick
prick song
prick up one´s ears
prick-tease
prick-teaser
prick-teasing
pricker
pricket
pricking
prickle
pricklier
prickliest
pricklings
prickly
prickly ash
prickly heat
prickly pear
prickly poppy
prickwood
pricky

WORDS THAT END LIKE PRICKLINESS

agribusiness
big business
bulkiness
business
cleanliness
cleanliness is next to godliness
core business
craziness
dizziness
do the business
e-business
emptiness
family business
fitness
happiness
laziness
loneliness
readiness
rough-and-readiness
show business
trustworthiness

Synonyms and antonyms of prickliness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «prickliness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PRICKLINESS

Find out the translation of prickliness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of prickliness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «prickliness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

的强硬
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

prickliness
570 millions of speakers

English

prickliness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

prickliness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الشائك
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

колкость
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

prickliness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

prickliness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

piquent
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Prickliness
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

prickliness
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

prickliness
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

prickliness
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Prickliness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

prickliness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

prickliness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रंचडपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

prickliness
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

spinosità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

prickliness
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

колкость
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

prickliness
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φαγούρα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

prickliness
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

prickliness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

prickliness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of prickliness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PRICKLINESS»

The term «prickliness» is used very little and occupies the 157.954 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PRICKLINESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «prickliness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «prickliness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about prickliness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRICKLINESS»

Discover the use of prickliness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to prickliness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Oxford Handbook of Compositionality
to the 'prickliness of a porcupine pig' and how similar the prickliness of a porcupine was to the 'prickliness of a porcupine dandelion'. Participants overwhelmingly rated a property of a modifier as more similar to the property in a similar ...
Markus Werning, Wolfram Hinzen, Edouard Machery, 2012
2
Engineering Apparel Fabrics and Garments
Increasing fibre diameter also increases the sensation of scratchiness and prickliness (dealt with in Chapter 8). In the case of wool it is the fibres coarser than 30 μm that are mainly responsible for the sensations of prickliness and scratchiness.
J Fan, L Hunter, 2009
3
New Scientist
By monitoring the activity of fine nerves in the skin, they found that the prickliness of wool depends on skin contact with the end of coarse wool fibres, which directly stimulate the body's pain sensors. The workers say that people who declare ...
4
Touch: Attachment and the Body : the John Bowlby Memorial ...
These uncontainable contents of mind are then seen to be visited on this object or perhaps part object, the body, so that eczema, for example, becomes understood as a physical concretatization of mental prickliness and as a psychic eruption ...
Kate White, 2004
5
Liberalism with Honor
Americans, as one commentator notes, "do not consider themselves the inferiors of anyone, an attitude that leads to individual well- being and social robustness, but also to a certain prickliness regarding others' claims to superiority, even ...
Sharon R. Krause, 2002
6
Philosophy and Logic In Search of the Polish Tradition: ...
Prickliness. The complex relationship between Stanislaw Lesniewski and Alfred Tarski cannot be properly evaluated without a background awareness of the tension between the above two paradigms, namely, the logic-in-use tradition of ...
Jan Woleński, Jaakko Hintikka, 2003
7
The Sweetest Revenge (Mills & Boon Modern)
... showing a reservation about accepting too much too fast. He didn't argue. He smiled reassurance, probably. remembering. her. claim. to. prickliness. 'Whatever . you. wish. Do. you know the restaurant, Pier Twenty-One, at Circular Quay?' 'I'll.
Emma Darcy, 2013
8
New York Magazine
Or, as writer Phyllis Rose noted, when the prickliness of the noise lovers is matched by the prickliness of the noise minders, war is not far off. The lack of courtesy is universal, affirms Dawn Millard — even shown by those who consider  ...
9
Long-Term Conditions: Nursing Care and Management
We had explored her experiences in childhood and recognised a pattern of behaviour which pushed others away by her prickliness. With my heart in my mouth, I was able to reflect back to her my own experience of her and talk about my own ...
Liz Meerabeau, Kerri Wright, 2011
10
Beyond the Flesh: Alexander Blok, Zinaida Gippius, and the ...
And if in the haziness of my soul, in its prickliness, you do not see your own, then its seething iciness doesn't need anything from you.] Here Gippius configures the soul in highly negative terms reminiscent of those employed by Friedrich ...
Jenifer Presto, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRICKLINESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term prickliness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
'Tour' of words in the early world of David Foster Wallace
... unhealthy deification of the author — and does offer moments of prickliness, Segel's nuanced performance leaves an impression of sympathy ... «Bloomington Pantagraph, Jul 15»
2
BBC Charter renewal: invisible actors and critical friends
This may not be easy for the BBC, given its extreme and long-standing prickliness to criticisms of this sort, however well-intentioned. It is crucial ... «Open Democracy, Jul 15»
3
Besieged by blood-sucking bugs in Dillingham
... faded behind a ridge — and a sudden prickliness seized my exposed extremities as noseeums fled the grass and burrowed into my flesh. «Alaska Dispatch News, Jul 15»
4
Top picks of the Melbourne International Film Festival
The prickliness of friendship becomes a psychological horror film as echoes of earlier, happier times at the house contrast with slowly unhinged ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
5
The silver lining of Donald Trump
It's one of the many ways in which Bush and Hillary Clinton resemble each other as candidates: They share a certain prickliness that manifests ... «Vox, Jul 15»
6
How 'End of the Tour' became a very David Foster Wallace kind of film
... moments of prickliness, Segel's nuanced performance leaves an impression of sympathy and vulnerability. Wallace on the cusp of stardom is ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
7
It's pronounced KAY-sik, and 4 other things you should know about …
He sometimes directs his prickliness at the Republican party: "I've always said the party is my vehicle and not my master," he told The Post in ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
8
John Kasich is the most interesting GOP presidential contender
(He hasn't softened up as governor, where his prickliness has become the stuff of legend.) As part of Kasich's effort to cut spending, ... «Vox, Jul 15»
9
Indie film makes mark over holiday
His greatest fear, one he wears with a coat of prickliness, is to have either someone who cares greatly for him or that is his mortal enemy. «The Edwardsville Intelligencer, Jul 15»
10
Road trip reflections
So for this trip, I decided to set aside my prickliness about schedules and timelines. I opted to be present in those moments—enjoying the ... «ChicagoNow, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Prickliness [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/prickliness>. Apr 2024 ».
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