prickly vs put off

prickly

adj
  • Easily irritated. 

  • Covered with sharp points. 

  • Difficult; complicated; hairy or thorny. 

adv
  • In a prickly manner. 

noun
  • Something that gives a pricking sensation; a sharp object. 

put off

adj
  • offended, repulsed 

  • daunted or fazed 

verb
  • To procrastinate. 

  • To emit; to give off (an odor, smoke, etc.). 

  • To cause to dislike; to discourage (from doing). 

  • To distract; to disturb the concentration of. 

  • To delay (a task, event, etc.). 

How often have the words prickly and put off occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )