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Bristly

//ˈbɹɪsli// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Covered with bristles.
  2. 2
    Easily antagonized; irascible; prone to bristling.
Adjective
  1. 1
    having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. wordnet
  2. 2
    very irritable wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English bristli, brustly, equivalent to bristle + -y.

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