bristly

adj., -tli·er, -tli·est.

1. 1. Consisting of or similar to bristles.
   2. Thick with bristles.
2. Exhibiting or tending to exhibit agitation or anger: a bristly exchange between lawyers.

adj

Definition: stubbly
Antonyms: clean-shaven, smooth

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IN BRIEF: Full of short, prickly hair.

The skin of the old boar was bristly.

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: very irritable
  Synonyms: prickly, splenetic, waspish

Meaning #2: having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns etc.
  Synonyms: barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, burred, burry, prickly, spiny, thorny

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - fuld af stride hår, stikkende

Nederlands (Dutch)
borstelig

Français (French)
adj. - couvert de soies/de poils raides, hérissé, (Bot) poilu, garni de soies

Deutsch (German)
adj. - borstig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αγκαθωτός, (μτφ.) αξύριστος

Italiano (Italian)
ispido

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - eriçado

Русский (Russian)
щетинистый, колючий

Español (Spanish)
adj. - erizado, cerdoso

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - borstig, full av borst

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
有鬃毛的, 易怒的, 林立的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 有鬃毛的, 易怒的, 林立的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 강모 같은, 밀생한, 성마른

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 剛毛質の, 剛毛の多い, 密生した

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) خشن الشعر, شائك‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮זיפי, מכוסה זיפים‬

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