prickly
adjective
1. very irritable
- he became prickly and spiteful
Similar word(s): bristly, splenetic, waspish
2. having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
Similar word(s): armed, barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, setaceous, setose, spiny, thorny
Sentences with prickly as an adjective:
- Prickly pear is a cactus, you have to peel it before eating it to remove the spines and the tough skin.
- He has a prickly personality. He doesn't get along with people because he is easily set off.