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bristly
(encz) | bristly,naježený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Bristly
(gcide) | Bristly \Bris"tly\, a.
Thick set with bristles, or with hairs resembling bristles;
rough.
[1913 Webster]
The leaves of the black mulberry are somewhat bristly.
--Bacon.
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bristly
(wn) | bristly
adj 1: very irritable; "bristly exchanges between the White
House and the press"; "he became prickly and spiteful";
"witty and waspish about his colleagues" [syn: bristly,
prickly, splenetic, waspish]
2: 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" [syn:
barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled,
bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose,
setaceous, spiny, thorny] |
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Bristly
(gcide) | Bristly \Bris"tly\, a.
Thick set with bristles, or with hairs resembling bristles;
rough.
[1913 Webster]
The leaves of the black mulberry are somewhat bristly.
--Bacon.
[1913 Webster] |
bristly prickly snappish splenetic waspish
(gcide) | Ill-natured \Ill`-na"tured\, a.
1. Of habitual bad temper; having an unpleasant disposition;
surly; disagreeable; cross; peevish; fractious; crabbed;
-- of people; as, an ill-natured person; an ill-natured
disagreeable old man. Opposite of good-natured.
[Narrower terms: {argumentative, contentious,
disputatious, disputative, litigious : {atrabilious,
bilious, dyspeptic, liverish : {bristly, prickly,
snappish, splenetic, waspish : {cantankerous, crotchety,
ornery : {choleric, irascible, hotheaded, hot-headed,
hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short-tempered : {crabbed,
crabby, cross, fussy, fussbudgety, grouchy, grumpy,
bad-tempered, ill-tempered}: {cranky, fractious,
irritable, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, testy,
tetchy, techy : {crusty, curmudgeonly, gruff, ill-humored,
ill-humoured}: {dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose,
saturnine, sour, sullen : {feisty, touchy : {huffish,
sulky}: {misanthropic, misanthropical : {misogynous :
shirty, snorty ill-tempered or annoyed): {shrewish,
nagging, vixenish : surly, ugly ] Also See: {unpleasant.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
2. Dictated by, or indicating, ill nature; spiteful. "The
ill-natured task refuse." --Addison.
[1913 Webster]
3. Intractable; not yielding to culture. [R.] "Ill-natured
land." --J. Philips.
3. not to one's liking; unpleasant; disagreeable. Opposite of
agreeable. [WordNet sense 2] [Narrower terms: {annoying,
galling, chafing, irritating, nettlesome, pesky,
pestiferous, pestilent, plaguy, plaguey, teasing,
vexatious, vexing}; {nerve-racking, nerve-wracking,
stressful, trying ]
Syn: disagreeable.
[WordNet 1.5] -- Ill`-na"tured*ly, adv. --
Ill`-na"tured*ness, n.
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bristly locust
(wn) | bristly locust
n 1: large shrub or small tree of the eastern United States
having bristly stems and large clusters of pink flowers
[syn: bristly locust, rose acacia, moss locust,
Robinia hispida] |
bristly oxtongue
(wn) | bristly oxtongue
n 1: widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves
and yellow flowers; naturalized in United States [syn:
oxtongue, bristly oxtongue, bitterweed, bugloss,
Picris echioides] |
bristly sarsaparilla
(wn) | bristly sarsaparilla
n 1: bristly herb of eastern and central North America having
black fruit and medicinal bark [syn: {bristly
sarsaparilla}, bristly sarsparilla, dwarf elder,
Aralia hispida] |
bristly sarsparilla
(wn) | bristly sarsparilla
n 1: bristly herb of eastern and central North America having
black fruit and medicinal bark [syn: {bristly
sarsaparilla}, bristly sarsparilla, dwarf elder,
Aralia hispida] |
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