Definition of bristly Bristly
bris•tly
We found 6 definitions of bristly from 4 different sources.
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What does bristly mean?
WordNet
Adjectivebristly, bristlier, bristliest |
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| bristly - very irritable; "bristly exchanges between the White House and the press"; "he became prickly and spiteful"; "witty and waspish about his colleagues" | ||
| prickly, splenetic, waspish | ||
| ill-natured having an irritable and unpleasant disposition | ||
| bristly - 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" | ||
| barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny, thorny | ||
| armed (used of persons or the military) characterized by having or bearing arms; "armed robbery" | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- bristly (a.)
Thick set with bristles, or with hairs resembling bristles; rough.
