bristly

Speech parts

1. bristly - Adjective

2. bristly - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Thick set with bristles, or with hairs resembling bristles; rough.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

burry barbed spiny thorny prickly bristled waspish splenetic setaceous briery setose barbellate briary burred brushy
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Antonyms

baldy silken slippy smooth WET bald
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Phrases with the word

bristly stubble bristly fish bristly foxtail bristly hollyhock bristly gentian bristly ground squirrel

Examples

The grass as bristly and stout as chives and me wondering when the ground will break and me wondering how anything fragile survives. Anne Sexton

a horse with a short bristly mane Source: Internet

bristly shrubs Source: Internet

burred fruits Source: Internet

setaceous whiskers Source: Internet

bristly exchanges between the White House and the press Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

bristling of hair bristling with arms bristlingly bristly bedstraw bristly fish bristly foxtail