PRICKLY

[adjective] -ier, -iestChestnuts had burst out of their green prickly husks.This cloth is very prickly (= it makes the skin sore).(informal) A prickly person is someone who becomes angry easily and often.He becomes prickly and defensive when you ask him about his work.Prickly heat is a heat rash.See at heat (TEMPERATURE).A prickly pear is a type of cactus that has oval edible fruit with prickles on them.