prickly vs sulky

prickly

adj
  • Easily irritated. 

  • Covered with sharp points. 

  • Difficult; complicated; hairy or thorny. 

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

adv
  • In a prickly manner. 

sulky

adj
  • silent and withdrawn after being upset 

noun
  • Any carriage seating only the driver. 

  • A low two-wheeled cart, used in harness racing. 

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