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bristly

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bris·tly  (brsl)
adj. bris·tli·er, bris·tli·est
1.
a. Consisting of or similar to bristles.
b. Thick with bristles.
2. Exhibiting or tending to exhibit agitation or anger: a bristly exchange between lawyers.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.bristly - very irritable; "bristly exchanges between the White House and the press"; "he became prickly and spiteful"; "witty and waspish about his colleagues"
ill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition
2.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"
armed - (used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns
Translations
bristly [ˈbrɪslɪ] adj [beard, hair] → erizado;
to have a bristly chin → tener la barba crecida
bristly [ˈbrɪslɪ] adj [beard, hair] → hérissé(e);
your chin's all bristly → ton menton gratte
bristly [ˈbrɪslɪ] adjborstig;
(chin) → stoppelig
bristly [ˈbrɪslɪ] adj [chin] → ispido/a; [beard, hair] → irsuto/a, setoloso/a


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Here I was thrown upon my back, and beheld standing over me a colossal ape-like creature, white and hairless except for an enormous shock of bristly hair upon its head.
A youngish man with flaxen hair, a bristly straw-coloured moustache, and a dropping nether lip, was sitting and holding my wrist.
When Cocky, balanced on one leg, the other leg in the air as the foot of it held the scruff of Michael's neck, leaned to Michael's ear and wheedled, Michael could only lay down silkily the bristly hair-waves of his neck, and with silly half-idiotic eyes of bliss agree to whatever was Cocky's will or whimsey so delivered.
 
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