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BRISTLIER Synonyms

There are 19 synonyms of the word bristlier. (exact relations)
There is 0 hypernym of the word bristlier. (close relations)

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hairier
adjectiveadj
adjective

• having or covered with hair

adjective satellite

• hazardous and frightening

pricklier
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• very irritable

• having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

rougher
adjectiveadj
adjective

• having or caused by an irregular surface

• of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped

• causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements

• not shaped by cutting or trimming

noun

• the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short

adverb

• with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')

• with rough motion as over a rough surface

adjective satellite

• (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse

• not quite exact or correct

• full of hardship or trials

• violently agitated and turbulent

• unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound

• ready and able to resort to force or violence

• not carefully or expertly made

• not perfected

• unpleasantly stern

• unkind or cruel or uncivil

verb

• prepare in preliminary or sketchy form

shaggier
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• used of hair; thick and poorly groomed

• having a very rough nap or covered with hanging shags

thornier
adverb, adjectiveadv, adj
adjective satellite

• bristling with perplexities

• having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

prickly
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• very irritable

• having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

barbed
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• capable of wounding

• having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

barbellate
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

briary
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

briery
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

bristled
verb, adjectivev, adj
adjective satellite

• having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

burred
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

burry
verbv
adjective satellite

• having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

setaceous
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

setose
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

spiny
adjectiveadj
adjective

• having spines

adjective satellite

• having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

splenetic
adjectiveadj
adjective

• of or relating to the spleen

adjective satellite

• very irritable

thorny
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• bristling with perplexities

• having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

waspish
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• very irritable

Alternatives for HAIRIER

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