Bristly
['brɪslɪ] or ['brɪsli]
Definition
(adj.) very irritable; 'bristly exchanges between the White House and the press'; 'he became prickly and spiteful'; 'witty and waspish about his colleagues' .
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Definition
(a.) Thick set with bristles, or with hairs resembling bristles; rough.
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Examples
- His skin, nearly black, his matted hair and bristly beard, were signs of a long protracted misery. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Like nearly all Martian animals it is almost hairless, having only a great bristly mane about its thick neck. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Upon their heads grows an enormous shock of bristly hair. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- All trees are protected by nature; some are protected from bugs eating their leaves, by other bugs eating up these bugs; other trees are protected by having a thorny or bristly bark. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He was a sallow man--all cobblers are; and had a strong bristly beard-- all cobblers have. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He was watching the round, bristly head of Pablo, sunk in his shoulders as he rode, his automatic rifle slung over his shoulder. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The sweat-streaked, bristly face bent down by him and Robert Jordan smelt the full smell of Pablo. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Yes (damn your bloody, red pig-eyes and your swine-bristly swines-end of a face). Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Just then Agustín saw Pablo coming over the edge of the gorge, pulling himself over on hands and knees, his bristly face running with sweat. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
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