full of or armed with prickles.

full of troublesome points

a prickly problem.

prickling; smarting

a prickly sensation.

adjective

smooth , happy , pleasant

adjective

annoying , barbed , bothersome , brambly , briery , bristly , complicated , echinated , intricate , involved , knotty , nettlesome , pointed , sharp , spiny , stimulating , ticklish , tricky , troublesome , trying , cantankerous , edgy , fractious , fretful , grumpy , irritable , peevish , petulant , snappish , touchy , waspish , echinate , pricky , thistly , acanthoid , acanthous , burry , coarse , horrent , muricate , scratchy , spined , spinous , thorny