English adjective: bristly | |||
1. | bristly very irritable | ||
Samples | Bristly exchanges between the White House and the press. He became prickly and spiteful. Witty and waspish about his colleagues. | ||
Synonyms | prickly, splenetic, waspish | ||
Similar | ill-natured | ||
Antonyms | good-natured | ||
2. | bristly having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. | ||
Samples | A horse with a short bristly mane. Bristly shrubs. Burred fruits. Setaceous whiskers. | ||
Synonyms | barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, burred, burry, prickly, setaceous, setose, spiny, thorny | ||
Similar | armed | ||
Antonyms | unarmed | ||