Definition of bristly

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  • bristly is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 12
  • bristly is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 12
  • bristly is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 13

Definition of bristly

  • having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. (adjective)

    Examples

    1. a horse with a short bristly mane
    2. bristly shrubs

    Synonyms

    1. barbed
    2. barbellate
    3. briary
    4. briery
    5. bristled
    6. burred
    7. burry
    8. prickly
    9. setaceous
    10. setose
    11. spiny
    12. thorny
  • very irritable (adjective)

    Examples

    1. bristly exchanges between the White House and the press

    Synonyms

    1. prickly
    2. splenetic
    3. waspish

See definition of bristly in Merriam Webster