prickly

And now there are circumstances to navigate that are pricklier than the actors’ five o’clock shadows.

The second Stanford was a colder, pricklier place that lived inside students’ minds.

“I have that cold, prickly feeling down the back of my neck. He cannot be far.”

Though the book centers on an adorable if prickly little girl, its intended audience is not children.

The headstrong American starlet, cast as Belmondo’s noncommittal lover, is convinced that Godard is working toward a disaster and gets most of her enjoyment from teasing her prickly boss.