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prickled

prickled is the simple past and past participle of prickle.

Meaning of prickle

Verb

prickle (third-person singular simple present prickles, present participle prickling, simple past and past participle prickled)

  1. (intransitive) To feel a prickle.
  2. (transitive) To cause (someone) to feel a prickle; to prick.
    • Guilt prickled me. It was about to get much worse.2014, J. S. Eades, Promises and Other Broken Things, page 400

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Forms of prickled

comparativemore prickled
superlativemost prickled

Words formed from prickled

Questions about prickled

What is prickled the simple past and past participle of?
Prickled is the simple past and past participle of prickle.

Words near prickled in the dictionary

  1. prickle cells
  2. prickle-cell
  3. prickle-cells
  4. prickleback
  5. pricklebacks
  6. prickled
  7. pricklefish
  8. pricklefishes
  9. prickleless
  10. pricklelike
  11. prickler

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