prickly

Plural: pricklies

Adjective Satellite

• very irritable
  • "he became prickly and spiteful"
• having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

Adj

• Covered with sharp points.
• Easily irritated.
• Difficult; complicated; hairy or thorny.

Adv

• In a prickly manner.

Noun

• Something that gives a pricking sensation; a sharp object.

Adjective

• Having many sharp points; easily irritated.

Examples

• He has a prickly personality. He doesn't get along with people because he is easily set off.
• His opponent’s PRICKLY demeanor made the Scrabble game less enjoyable.
• It was a prickly situation.
• The prickly pear is a cactus; you have to peel it before eating it to remove the spines and the tough skin.

Synonyms

barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, setaceous, setose, spiny, splenetic, thorny, waspish

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