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bristly

[ bris-lee ]

adjective

, bris·tli·er, bris·tli·est.
  1. covered or rough with bristles.
  2. like or resembling bristles.
  3. easily antagonized; irascible:

    a bristly person with few friends.



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Other Words From

  • bristli·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bristly1

First recorded in 1585–95; bristle + -y 1
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Example Sentences

The new bristly shapes created by the magnets now take these hard-working particles to the next level.

His hair is less gray than it is now, less bristly, more floppy.

The hair was stiff and bristly, and stood out in every direction, while the beard matched it in growth and quantity.

Clark glanced down at his own shabby clothes and rubbed a rough, bristly chin.

His muzzle is thick and long; his eyebrows are rough and bristly: his ears black, and almost naked.

There are two tufts of hair, of a bright yellow, below the ears, and another tuft of bristly hair upon the top of the head.

They were all legs and teeth and bristly fur, the meat almost inedible.

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