bristly

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• /ˈbɹɪsli/
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From Middle English bristli, brustly, equivalent to bristle + -y.

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: cerrut — covered with bristles
• Czech: ježatý — covered with bristles
• Czech: štětinatý — covered with bristles
• Czech: rozježený — covered with bristles
• Czech: zarostlý — covered with bristles
• Czech: neoholený — covered with bristles
• Esperanto: hirta — covered with bristles
• Irish: guaireach — covered with bristles
• Irish: mosach — covered with bristles
• Kalmyk: ширвһр (şirvğr) — covered with bristles
• Latin: saetōsus — covered with bristles
• Pohnpeian: doakoadok — covered with bristles
• Russian: щети́нистый (ščetínistyj) — covered with bristles
• Russian: жёсткий (žóstkij) — covered with bristles
• Russian: колю́чий (koljúčij) — covered with bristles
• Spanish: cerdoso — covered with bristles
• Spanish: cerdón — covered with bristles
• Spanish: cerdudo — covered with bristles
• Swedish: borstig — covered with bristles
• Turkish: kıllı — covered with bristles
• Welsh: gwrychog — covered with bristles
• Welsh: gwrychlyd — covered with bristles
• Irish: mosach — easily antagonized; irascible; prone to bristling