Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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bristly | No | Yes | No | No |
bristle | Yes | No | Yes | No |
bristly (noun) | bristle (noun) |
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a stiff hair | |
a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic |
bristly (adjective) | bristle (adjective) |
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having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. | |
very irritable |
bristly (verb) | bristle (verb) |
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react in an offended or angry manner | |
rise up as in fear | |
be in a state of movement or action | |
have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles |