bristly

Letters that make bristly

s, b, l, r, t, i, y are letters that make 'bristly'

Words within bristly

BR, RI, Bris, Br, Tl are words within 'bristly'


2 possible definitions for 'bristly'

Bristly as "very irritable"

Under this definition, bristly is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

waspish, prickly, splenetic have the same meaning as 'bristly'

Derivatives of bristly

spleen, irascibility, short temper, quick temper are derivatives of 'bristly'.

Similar to bristly

ill-natured is similar to bristly.

Example of bristly used within this context

"bristly exchanges between the White House and the press", "he became prickly and spiteful", "witty and waspish about his colleagues"


Bristly as "having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc."

Under this definition, bristly is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny, thorny have the same meaning as 'bristly'

Derivatives of bristly

spine, seta, feeler, barbel, briar, prickliness, bristliness, spininess, bristle, bur, bullbrier, greenbrier, horse brier, horse-brier, Smilax rotundifolia, thorniness, catbrier, burr, brier, pricker, sticker, thorn, prickle, spikelet are derivatives of 'bristly'.

Similar to bristly

armed is similar to bristly.

Example of bristly used within this context

"a horse with a short bristly mane", "bristly shrubs", "burred fruits", "setaceous whiskers"



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