definition of
bristly

[1] #1 bristly s. [prickly, splenetic, waspish] very irritable; "bristly exchanges between the White House and the press"; "he became prickly and spiteful"; "witty and waspish about his colleagues". wn

[2] #2 bristly s. [barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny, thorny] having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers". wn