prickly

英['prɪklɪ] 美

1. very irritable;: "bristly exchanges between the White House and the press"; "he became prickly and spiteful"; "witty and waspish about his colleagues"

2. 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"