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Bristly meaning
Covered with bristles. | Easily antagonized; irascible; prone to bristling.
Example sentences (8)
Meanwhile, the tycoon became as famous for his bristly relationship with the British establishment as he was for his investments.
Born in 1963, exactly 100 years after Munch, Ms. Emin has been drawn to Munch since the start of her career, referencing his bristly, nervy painting style as far back as her graduating show from the Royal College of Art.
The costume for kurenti involves a long-haired sheepskin suit that rises above the head into a fearsome, towering mask, decorated with bull horns, a wooden face, bristly moustache and lolling leather tongue.
Epizoochorous taxa are limited to herbaceous Rubiaceae (e.g. Galium aparine fruits are densely covered with hooked bristly hairs).
It also has a short, bristly, and vertical brown ridge of hair along the spine from the shoulder to the rump; the white stripes run into this ridge.
Many are well-camouflaged; others are aposematic with bright colours and bristly projections containing toxic chemicals obtained from their food plants.
The fur of northern subspecies is longer and denser than in southern forms, with the fur of some Mexican and Central American forms being almost hispid (bristly).
When a mask is used, it is usually flesh-hued with a large nose and a moustache that is either straight and bristly or turned up at the ends.