Bristly
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adjective.
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adjective.
Consisting of or similar to bristles.
adjective.
Thick with bristles.
adjective.
Exhibiting or tending to exhibit agitation or anger.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Thickly set with bristles, or with hairs like bristles; rough: as, “a
bristly
neck,”
Resembling a bristle or bristles.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adjective.
Thick set with bristles, or with hairs resembling bristles; rough.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
adjective.
Covered with
bristles
.
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adjective.
very irritable
adjective.
having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
Word Usage
"It was a startling assembly, not the least because with a few faintly yellow exceptions, the vroqupii were clad in short, bristly, rose-hued fur."
Antonyms
Words with the opposite meaning
smooth
Equivalent
armed
ill-natured
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
brushy
chestnut-brown
close-cropped
close-cut
downy
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
acanaceous
aculeolate
barbellate
brambly
briery