bristly

bristly

adjective

Definition of BRISTLY

covered with or as if with hair <although pigs look hairless, they're actually bristly creatures>

Synonyms bristly, brushy, cottony, fleecy, furred, furry, hirsute, rough, shaggy, silky, unshorn, woolly (also wooly)

Related Words bearded, bewhiskered, mustachioed (also moustachioed), whiskered; stubbled, stubbly; downy, fluffy, fuzzy, linty, nappy

Near Antonyms beardless, shaved, shaven

Antonyms bald, furless, glabrous, hairless, shorn, smooth