adjective · rare

bristly

bristly · bristlier · bristliest

щетинистый, жёсткий, колючий

Covered with bristlesCovered with bristles.

/ˈbɹɪsli/

Meaning

2 senses

More definitions

very irritable
having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

3 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

covered with bristles:

From Middle English bristli, brustly, equivalent to bristle + -y.

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bristlier, bristliest

Comparative	bristlier Lesson
Superlative	bristliest Lesson

regular

14 synonyms

Close in meaning

very irritable:prickly splenetic waspish
having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.:barbed barbellate briary briery bristled burred burry prickly

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