Definitions for bristly

bristly bris·tly

Spelling: [bris-lee]
IPA: /ˈbrɪs li/

Bristly is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 131 anagrams from letters in bristly (bilrsty).

Definitions for bristly

adjective

  1. covered or rough with bristles.
  2. like or resembling bristles.
  3. easily antagonized; irascible:

Origin of bristly

First recorded in 1585-95; bristle + -y1

Examples for bristly

He saw himself with horror, all bristly, and in soiled linen.

But the bristly man spat at her as the car started, "Going far?"

A faint flush of shame tinged his bristly cheek at the thought.

They were all legs and teeth and bristly fur, the meat almost inedible.

His moustache was also cut short and bristly over a full, brutal mouth.

His head was cropped and bristly, like as if he had a wig made of hair-brushes.

The bristly red moustache was contorted as though his lips were smiling.

Some of the color still holds in the bristly mustache169 and the ear tufts.

Lou's thin face reddened up to the roots of his bristly hair.

The Major lifted his bristly eyebrows with a contemptuous twitch.

Word Value for bristly
Scrable

12

Words with friends

13

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