Meaning

1 senses
  1. Having bristles

More definitions
  • having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

Origin

From Middle English bristled, ibrustled, iburstled, equivalent to bristle + -ed.

From Middle English bristled, ibrustled, iburstled, equivalent to bristle + -ed.

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Forms

more bristled, most bristled
Comparativemore bristled Lesson
Superlativemost bristled Lesson

regular

Synonyms

12 synonyms
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Word family

1 related words
Derivedunbristled

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