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1. (adj.) bristly
covered with bristles.
2. bristly
like or resembling bristles.
3. bristly
irascible.
Etymology: (1585–95)
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1. (adj) bristly, prickly, splenetic, waspish
very irritable
"bristly exchanges between the White House and the press"; "he became prickly and spiteful"; "witty and waspish about his colleagues"
2. (adj) barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny, thorny
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"
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| Definition of 'bristly' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) bristly
thick set with bristles, or with hairs resembling bristles; rough
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Sense: having bristles; rough
a bristly moustache.
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 Afrikaans: borselrig, stekelrig |
 Arabic: خَشِنٌ |
 Bulgarian: четинест |
 Brazilian: hirsuto |
 Czech: štětinatý, srstnatý; naje |
 German: borstig |
 Danish: stikkende; strittende |
 Greek: αγκαθωτός, σκληρός |
 Spanish: que pincha, de pelos fuer |
 Estonian: harjaseline |
 Farsi: دارای موهای کوتاه و زبر؛ |
 Finnish: karhea |
 French: hérissé |
 Hebrew: בַּעֲל זִיפִים |
 Hindi: कड़े बालों से ढ़का हुआ |
 Croatian: čekinjav |
 Hungarian: szúrós |
 Indonesian: kasar |
 Italian: ispido, irsuto |
 Japanese: 剛毛のある |
 Korean: 강모질의 |
 Lithuanian: šeriuotas, šiurkštus |
 Latvian: sarains; ass |
 Malay: misai yang kejur |
 Dutch: borstelig |
 Norwegian: full av strid bust, stikk |
 Polish: szczeciniasty |
 Persian: دارای موهای کوتاه و زبر؛ |
 Pashto: د لنډ او ځیګ ویښتو لرونکی |
 Portuguese: hirsuto |
 Romanian: ţepos |
 Russian: щетинистый; колючий |
 Slovak: naježený |
 Slovenian: ščetinast |
 Serbian: čekinjav |
 Swedish: borstig, sträv |
 Thai: มีขนแข็ง |
 Turkish: sert, kaba, kıllı |
 Taiwanese: 長硬毛的，硬的 |
 Ukrainian: щетинистий; колючий |
 Urdu: جانوروں کے بالوں سے بنا ہ |
 Vietnamese: dựng đứng |
 Chinese: 刚毛的，布满刚毛的 |
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