prickly

(s) very irritable
- bristly exchanges between the White House and the press
- he became prickly and spiteful
- witty and waspish about his colleagues
bristly, waspish, splenetic,
(s) 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
barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, burred, burry, setaceous, setose, barbed, bristly, spiny, thorny,

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

prickle

pricker pricket prickle

prickly ash prickly custard apple prickly-edged leaf prickly heat prickly-leafed prickly-leaved prickly lettuce prickly pear prickly pear cactus prickly pine prickly poppy prickly-seeded spinach prickly shield fern