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bristly definition
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Grep of noun bristly bristly locust bristly oxtongue bristly sarsaparilla bristly sarsparilla Overview of adj bristly The adj bristly has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. bristly, prickly, splenetic, waspish -- (very irritable; "bristly exchanges between the White House and the press"; "he became prickly and spiteful"; "witty and waspish about his colleagues") 2. barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, spiny, thorny -- (having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits") Antonyms of adj bristly 2 senses of bristly Sense 1 bristly, prickly, splenetic, waspish INDIRECT (VIA ill-natured) -> good-natured Sense 2 barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, spiny, thorny INDIRECT (VIA armed) -> unarmed Similarity of adj bristly 2 senses of bristly Sense 1 bristly, prickly, splenetic, waspish => ill-natured (vs. good-natured) Sense 2 barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, spiny, thorny => armed (vs. unarmed) Attributes of adj bristly Familiarity of adj bristly bristly used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj bristly bristly Overview of adj bristly The adj bristly has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. bristly, prickly, splenetic, waspish -- (very irritable; "bristly exchanges between the White House and the press"; "he became prickly and spiteful"; "witty and waspish about his colleagues") 2. barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, spiny, thorny -- (having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits")
bristly definition
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