BRISTLY
Dictionary entry overview: What does bristly mean? • BRISTLY (adjective)
The adjective BRISTLY has 2 senses:
1. very irritable
2. having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
Familiarity information: BRISTLY used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BRISTLY (adjective)
Meaning:
Very irritable
Synonyms:
bristly; prickly; waspish; splenetic
Context examples:
bristly exchanges between the White House and the press / he became prickly and spiteful / witty and waspish about his colleagues
Similar:
ill-natured (having an irritable and unpleasant disposition)
Meaning:
Having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
Synonyms:
setose; barbellate; briary; briery; bristled; setaceous; burred; burry; spiny; thorny; barbed; prickly; bristly
Context examples:
a horse with a short bristly mane / bristly shrubs / burred fruits / setaceous whiskers
Similar:
armed ((used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns)
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