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cold prickly

cold prickly noun: an unfavorable impression or a feeling of discomfort, usually caused by negative comments or unfriendly stares.

Noun

cold prickly (plural cold pricklies)

  1. (informal) An unfavorable impression or a feeling of discomfort, usually caused by negative comments or unfriendly stares.
    Antonyms:
    warm fuzzy

Antonyms of cold prickly

Forms of cold prickly

pluralcold pricklies

Origin of cold prickly

Coined by Claude Steiner in 1970 for the novel A Warm Fuzzy Tale; slight sense evolution follows from adaptation to wider society.

Questions about cold prickly

What does cold prickly mean?
Cold prickly means an unfavorable impression or a feeling of discomfort, usually caused by negative comments or unfriendly stares.
What part of speech is cold prickly?
Cold prickly is a noun.
What is the plural of cold prickly?
The plural of cold prickly is cold pricklies.

Words near cold prickly in the dictionary

  1. cold pole
  2. cold poles
  3. cold press
  4. cold presses
  5. cold pricklies
  6. cold prickly
  7. cold rain process
  8. cold read
  9. cold reading
  10. cold readings
  11. cold reads

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