Associations to the word «Bristly»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
BRISTLY, adjective. Covered with bristles.
BRISTLY, adjective. Easily antagonized; irascible; prone to bristling.
BRISTLY HAWKSBEARD, noun. The plant Crepis setosa.
Dictionary definition
BRISTLY, adjective. Very irritable; "bristly exchanges between the White House and the press"; "he became prickly and spiteful"; "witty and waspish about his colleagues".
BRISTLY, adjective. Having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers".
Wise words
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