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bristly

[bris-lee]

adjective

bristlier, bristliest 
  1. covered or rough with bristles.

  2. like or resembling bristles.

  3. easily antagonized; irascible.

    a bristly person with few friends.



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Other Word Forms

  • bristliness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bristly1

First recorded in 1585–95; bristle + -y 1
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Fury has grown a bristly beard, which he says provides added strength.

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But despite its bristly concept, “The End” largely forgoes any direct images of annihilation, settling into a vast underground bunker with seemingly endless resources well after most humans have perished.

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The other carried a bristly stick, with which they used to scratch the cephalopods’ sensitive skin.

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The observed species are classified as baleen whales, which have a large bristly whalebone at the front of their mouth to filter feed, instead of teeth.

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Lit by a headlamp, the hamster-size bat has a tuft of bristly hair under its nose and tiny eyes tucked close to its ears.

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