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bristly

• (s) very irritable
  • bristly exchanges between the White House and the press
  • he became prickly and spiteful
  • witty and waspish about his colleagues
  prickly, waspish, splenetic,
• (s) 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
  barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, burred, burry, setaceous, setose, barbed, prickly, spiny, thorny,

Synonyms

prickly waspish splenetic barbellate briary briery bristled burred burry setaceous setose barbed spiny thorny

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