bristly
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4.6
- adjective
- /ˈbrɪs.tli/
:
espinoso
- Because a short, heavy man with a thick, bristly beard and a big barrel chest was coming toward her.
- bristly hair
- bristly beard
- bristly mustache
This is by Wiggo Europe and it is a nice bristly brush.
- This is by Wiggo Europe and it is a nice bristly brush.
- The differences between these two, this one, the L'Oreal one has got a plastic bristly brush.
- No one likes bristly balls slapping, so maybe this will do.
Examples
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Captain Walsh rubbed a bristly cheek; his eyes never left my face.
Fiction book (1994) -
This is a cheap bristly oil brush.
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Then the baby elephant comes out-- has this really bristly hair.
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I'm going to take my black wash, not add any water, and just tap the end of my very bristly brush.
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Again, Russo runs his hand over the bristly hair on his crown.
Fiction book (1996) -
The pig walked right up to me, rubbing its bristly hair against my bare leg.
Fiction book (1998) -
In his white shirt and slacks, and with his thatch of bristly white hair, he looked like an old polar bear.
Fiction book (1990) -
Khamphang LaNuit-Gomez was old, sunken-chested, and had a neat rim of bristly white hair around his head.
Fiction book (1999) -
The speaker was a powerful-looking man in his late sixties, bullnecked, sun-wrinkled, his bristly hair gone the color of snow.
Fiction book (1998) -
The pig walked right up to me, rubbing its bristly hair against my bare leg.
Synonyms
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3.3
Covered with sharp points like thorns that can hurt to touch
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4.4
A thing with sharp points like wire or animal spines that can hurt and catch on things
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4.2
Covered with sharp points like those on rose bushes
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3.9
Covered with sharp points or thorns that can hurt you
Covered with many short stiff hairs or small sharp points
Having short stiff hairs like a brush
Covered with short stiff hairs that stand up
Having many short stiff hairs like bristles
Having many short stiff hairs like those on a brush
Covered with many small sharp points like spines
With a small sharp tip like a stiff hair
Having hair that is stiff and rough when touched
Having short, stiff hair that feels rough like wire, especially on some dogs
Having many small hooks or bristles that stick to clothes
Having small prickles that stick to clothes or fur
Covered with many small sharp hooks that stick to clothes or fur
Having very short, rough hair on the head
Antonyms
Compounds
A large bush or small tree with rough stiff hairs on its stems and clusters of pink flowers
A rough herb from eastern and central North America with black berries and bark used for medicine
How Bristly
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bristly comes from the word bristle, which means 'a short, stiff hair', and the ending -y means 'full of'. Think of a brush or a hedgehog covered with stiff hairs; that's why bristly describes something covered with short, stiff hairs or sharp points.