prickly

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adjective

1. very irritable (Freq. 1)
- bristly exchanges between the White House and the press
- he became prickly and spiteful
- witty and waspish about his colleagues
• Syn:
bristly, splenetic, waspish
• Similar to:
ill-natured
• Derivationally related forms:
spleen (for: splenetic)
2. having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
- a horse with a short bristly mane
- bristly shrubs
- burred fruits
- setaceous whiskers
• Syn:
barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled,
bristled, burred, burry, setose, setaceous,
spiny, thorny
• Similar to:
armed
• Derivationally related forms:
thorniness (for: thorny), thorn (for: thorny), spininess (for: spiny), seta (for: setaceous), prickle, prickliness, burr (for: burry), bristliness (for: bristly), bristle (for: bristly), briar (for: briary), barbel (for: barbellate)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  bristly, splenetic, waspish