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German
Etymology
Kratzbürste + -ig
Pronunciation
Adjective
kratzbürstig (strong nominative masculine singular kratzbürstiger, comparative kratzbürstiger, superlative am kratzbürstigsten)
- (informal, figurative, of a person) prickly (difficult or complicated)
- Synonym: widerspenstig
2022 October 4, Ulrich Preuss, “Trauerfeier für Christian Ströbele: „Meine Rede ist eine Totenklage“”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:Hier waren die Menschen nicht bloß Bevölkerung, Wahlberechtigte – hier waren sie Volk im Sinne der Demokratie – ein wenig kratzbürstig, aufmüpfig, kritisch, aber engagiert, solidarisch, friedlich – all das verkörpert in der Person ihres Abgeordneten.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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