| adj. |
| [1] |
bristly
,
bristly
,
splenetic
,
thorny
,
brambly
,
waspish
,
spiny
,
barbed
,
briery
,
spinous
,
spiky
,
(Technical) setaceous
,
setose
,
acanthoid
,
aciculate
,
aculeate
,
muricate
,
spiculate
|
| [2] |
tingling
,
barbed
,
barbellate
,
stinging
,
pricking
,
briary
,
briery
,
prickling
,
itchy
,
bristled
,
bristly
,
crawly
,
crawling
,
burred
,
burry
,
setose
,
setaceous
,
spiny
,
thorny
|
| [3] |
touchy
,
irritable
,
petulant
,
cantankerous
,
testy
,
waspish
,
bad-tempered
,
peevish
,
fractious
,
short-tempered
,
curmudgeonly
,
(Colloq) cranky
|
| [4] |
nettlesome
,
thorny
,
ticklish
,
touchy
,
troublesome
,
intricate
,
complicated
,
complex
,
knotty
,
hard
,
difficult
,
contentious
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