Hyphenation of bristly

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bristly

Definitions of bristly:

1.
Very irritable
Bristly exchanges between the White House and the press He became prickly and spiteful Witty and waspish about his colleagues
2.
Having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
A horse with a short bristly mane Bristly shrubs Burred fruits Setaceous whiskers

Synonyms of bristly:

adj prickly, splenetic, waspish, ill-natured
adj barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny, thorny, armed

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