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English adjective: bristly

1. bristly very irritable


SamplesBristly exchanges between the White House and the press.
He became prickly and spiteful.
Witty and waspish about his colleagues.


Synonymsprickly, splenetic, waspish


Similarill-natured


Antonymsgood-natured

2. bristly having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.


SamplesA horse with a short bristly mane.
Bristly shrubs.
Burred fruits.
Setaceous whiskers.


Synonymsbarbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, burred, burry, prickly, setaceous, setose, spiny, thorny


Similararmed


Antonymsunarmed









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