Associations to the word «Bristly»

BRISTLY, adjective. Covered with bristles.

BRISTLY, adjective. Easily antagonized; irascible; prone to bristling.

BRISTLY HAWKSBEARD, noun. The plant Crepis setosa.

BRISTLY, adjective. Very irritable; "bristly exchanges between the White House and the press"; "he became prickly and spiteful"; "witty and waspish about his colleagues".

BRISTLY, adjective. 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".