刺々しい

とげとげしい【刺々しい】

sharp; harsh; edged; stinging.

●とげとげしい口調 a biting [a scathing, an acidulous] tone of voice

・とげとげしい返事 a sharp answer

・とげとげしい言葉 biting [stinging, barbed] words

・とげとげしい態度 a scornful [sarcastic] manner.

刺々しく sharply; acrimoniously; in a harsh manner.

●刺々しく言う speak caustically [bitingly, acidulously]; say something harsh [bitter] 《to sb》.

刺々しさ sharp; harsh; prickly; stinging.

●彼の態度に何となく刺々しさがあった. There was something prickly about his manner.

・彼女の口調から刺々しさが消えた. Her biting tone of voice has disappeared.