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Bristly

Bristly Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Bristly? [adj] having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits" [adj] very irritable; "bristly exchanges between the White House and the press"; "he became prickly and spiteful"; "witty and waspish about his colleagues" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Bristly: armed \| barbed \| barbellate \| briary \| briery \| bristled \| burred \| burry \| ill-natured \| prickly \| spiny \| splenetic \| thorny \| waspish Related Terms \| Find terms related to Bristly: acanaceous \| aculeolate \| barbellate \| brambly \| briery \| bristled \| bristling \| bushy \| cirrose \| fleecy \| flocculent \| furry \| fuzzy \| glochidiate \| hairy \| hirsute \| hispid \| lanate \| matted \| muricate \| pilose \| pricking \| prickly \| pricky \| pubescent \| setaceous \| setose \| setous \| shagged \| shaggy \| stinging \| strigal \| strigate \| strigose \| stubbled \| stubbly \| studded \| thistly \| thorny \| unshorn \| woolly See Also \| Bristly In Webster's Dictionary \Bris"tly\, a. Thick set with bristles, or with hairs resembling bristles; rough. The leaves of the black mulberry are somewhat bristly. --Bacon.

Bristly Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bristly?

[adj] having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"
[adj] very irritable; "bristly exchanges between the White House and the press"; "he became prickly and spiteful"; "witty and waspish about his colleagues"

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Bristly In Webster's Dictionary

\Bris"tly\, a.
Thick set with bristles, or with hairs resembling bristles;
rough.

      The leaves of the black mulberry are somewhat bristly.
                                               --Bacon.

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