Bristly - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈbrɪslɪ|  American pronunciation of the word bristly
Brit.  |ˈbrɪslɪ|  British pronunciation of the word bristly

adjective

- very irritable (syn: prickly, splenetic, waspish)
bristly exchanges between the White House and the press
- having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. (syn: barbed, briery, prickly, setaceous, setose, spiny, thorny)
a horse with a short bristly mane
bristly shrubs

Extra examples

...although pigs look hairless, they're actually bristly creatures...

Word forms

adjective
comparative: bristlier
superlative: bristliest
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