(sıfat) dikenli, iğne gibi batan, karıncalanan, huysuz, çabuk sinirlenen, asabi

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Definition of (sıfat) dikenli, iğne gibi batan, karıncalanan, huysuz, çabuk sinirlenen, asabi in Turkish English dictionary

prickly

Easily irritated

He has a prickly personality. He doesn't get along with people because he is easily set off.

{a} full of or having sharp points, rough

Someone who is prickly loses their temper or gets upset very easily. You know how prickly she is. = touchy

Full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered with prickles; as, a prickly shrub

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

{s} stinging, piercing, stabbing; full of difficulties, tricky

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"

Something that is prickly feels rough and uncomfortable, as if it has a lot of prickles. The bunk mattress was hard, the blankets prickly and slightly damp

Covered with sharp points

A prickly issue or subject is one that is rather complicated and difficult to discuss or resolve. The issue is likely to prove a prickly one. = thorny

Hyphenation

(sı·fat) di·ken·li, iğ·ne gi·bi ba·tan, ka·rın·ca·la·nan, huy·suz, ça·buk si·nir·le·nen, a·sa·bi