prickly
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(satellite adjective) very irritable; "bristly exchanges between the White House and the press"; "he became prickly and spiteful"; "witty and waspish about his colleagues" |
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Synonyms: bristly, splenetic, waspish |
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(satellite adjective) having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits" |
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Synonyms: barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, spiny, thorny |
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