BRISTLY Synonyms
There are 12 hypernyms of the word bristly. (close relations)
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| prickly | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • very irritable • having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. | ||||||
| barbed | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • capable of wounding • having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. | ||||||
| thorny | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • bristling with perplexities • having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. | ||||||
| brambly | adverb, adjectiveadv, adj | |||||
adjective satellite • covered with brambles and ferns and other undergrowth | ||||||
| hairy | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • having or covered with hair adjective satellite • hazardous and frightening | ||||||
| rough | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||
adjective • having or caused by an irregular surface • of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped • causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements • not shaped by cutting or trimming noun • the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short adverb • with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly') • with rough motion as over a rough surface adjective satellite • (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse • not quite exact or correct • full of hardship or trials • violently agitated and turbulent • unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound • ready and able to resort to force or violence • not carefully or expertly made • not perfected • unpleasantly stern • unkind or cruel or uncivil verb • prepare in preliminary or sketchy form | ||||||
| spiky | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • having or as if having especially high-pitched spots | ||||||
| barbellate | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. | ||||||
| briary | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. | ||||||
| briery | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. | ||||||
| bristled | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||
adjective satellite • having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. | ||||||
| burred | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. | ||||||
| burry | verbv | |||||
adjective satellite • having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. | ||||||
| setaceous | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. | ||||||
| setose | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. | ||||||
| spiny | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • having spines adjective satellite • having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. | ||||||
| splenetic | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • of or relating to the spleen adjective satellite • very irritable | ||||||
| waspish | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • very irritable | ||||||
