Synonyms for bristly

Similarity of adj bristly

2 senses of bristly

Sense 1:

bristly, prickly, splenetic, waspish
ill-natured (vs. good-natured)

Sense 2:

barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny, thorny
armed (vs. unarmed)