US /ˈbɹɪsli/
adj Freq #70711

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

    A horse with a short bristly mane.

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Synonyms
1 adj · having or covered with... burred
Opposites
Word family
Forms bristlierbristliest
Derived forms bristliness

Etymology

From Middle English bristli, brustly, equivalent to bristle + -y.

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