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Adjectives
(s)
bristly
,
prickly
,
splenetic
,
waspish
very irritable
“bristly exchanges between the White House and the press”
,
“he became prickly and spiteful”
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“witty and waspish about his colleagues”
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barbed
,
barbellate
,
briary
,
briery
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bristled
,
bristly
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burred
,
burry
,
prickly
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setose
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setaceous
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spiny
,
thorny
having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
“a horse with a short bristly mane”
,
“bristly shrubs”
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“burred fruits”
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“setaceous whiskers”
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