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bristly
adjective(bris-tly)
having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
Examples:
A horse with a short bristly mane.
Bristly shrubs.
bristly
adjective(bris-tly)
very irritable
Synonyms: prickly, splenetic, waspish,
Examples:
Bristly exchanges between the White House and the press.

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