bristly

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

adjective

1. very irritable
- bristly exchanges between the White House and the press
- he became prickly and spiteful
- witty and waspish about his colleagues
• Syn:
prickly, splenetic, waspish
• Similar to:
ill-natured
• Derivationally related forms:
spleen (for: splenetic)
2. 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
• Syn:
barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled,
bristled, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous,
spiny, thorny
• Similar to:
armed
• Derivationally related forms:
thorniness (for: thorny), thorn (for: thorny), spininess (for: spiny), seta (for: setaceous), prickle (for: prickly), prickliness (for: prickly), burr (for: burry), bristliness, bristle, briar (for: briary), barbel (for: barbellate)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  prickly, splenetic, waspish