prickly

(adjective)

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.