bristly

[ bris-lee ]

/ ˈbrɪs li /

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adjective, bris·tli·er, bris·tli·est.

covered or rough with bristles.

like or resembling bristles.

easily antagonized; irascible: a bristly person with few friends.

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Origin of bristly

First recorded in 1585–95; bristle + -y¹

bris·tli·ness, noun

His hair is less gray than it is now, less bristly, more floppy.
Lunch with Peter Kaplan: Adam Begley Remembers|Adam Begley|December 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The hair was stiff and bristly, and stood out in every direction, while the beard matched it in growth and quantity.
Dorothy at Skyrie|Evelyn Raymond
Clark glanced down at his own shabby clothes and rubbed a rough, bristly chin.
Restricted Tool|Malcolm B. Morehart
His muzzle is thick and long; his eyebrows are rough and bristly: his ears black, and almost naked.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume IX (of 10)|Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon

There are two tufts of hair, of a bright yellow, below the ears, and another tuft of bristly hair upon the top of the head.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume IX (of 10)|Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon
They were all legs and teeth and bristly fur, the meat almost inedible.
Space Prison|Tom Godwin