BRISTLY


Meaning of BRISTLY in English

ˈbris(ə)lē, -li adjective

( -er/-est )

1.

a. : consisting of or like bristles

a horse with a short bristly mane

a bristly brown mustache — S.H.Adams

frowning bristly brows — Lucy M. Montgomery

b. : thickly set with bristles

a bristly skin

a bristly shrub

2. : tending to bristle easily : belligerent

a man with a bristly temperament

this aura of bristly independence — Time

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