acanaceous acanthoid aciculate aculeate aculeolate agitable allergic anaphylactic annoying atingle bad-tempered barbed bothersome brambly briery bristly cantankerous complex complicated contentious cranky crawling crawly delicate difficult edgy emotional emotionally unstable empathetic empathic eruptive excitable explosive fractious fretful goosy hard high-mettled high-spirited high-strung highly emotional hyperesthetic hyperpathic hypersensitive inflammable intricate irascible irritable itchy knotty mettlesome miffy muricate nervous nettlesome overrefined oversensible oversensitive overtender passible peevish perturbable pettish petulant pricking prickling pricky refined responsive sensitive setaceous setose short-tempered skittish snappish spiculate spiky spinous spiny startlish stinging supersensitive sympathetic tactful temperamental tender testy tetchy thin-skinned thistly thorny ticklish tingling tingly touchy troublesome volcanic waspish