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bristly

adjective

1 bristly

Very irritable:
— Bristly exchanges between the White House and the press.

synonyms: prickly, splenetic, waspish.

2 bristly

Having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.:
— A horse with a short bristly mane.
— Bristly shrubs.

synonyms: barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, burred, burry, prickly, setaceous, setose ... show more.

Polish: ciernisty, cierniowy


Moby thesaurus: acanaceous, aculeolate, barbellate, brambly, briery, bristled, bristling, bushy, cirrose, fleecy, flocculent, furry, fuzzy, glochidiate, hairy, hirsute, hispid, lanate, matted, muricate ... show more.

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