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Definition of bristly in English: bristlyadjective ˈbrɪsliˈbrɪsli 1(of hair or foliage) having a stiff and prickly texture. (毛发,树叶)坚硬扎人的 he washed his bristly black hair the dunes were dotted with bristly little bushes Example sentencesExamples - We kissed once more and I stroked his bristly face.
- Mr. Gershwin, a rather catlike man with an intelligent face and bristly whiskers, began.
- The bristly hair in your mustache prickles my skin, itching a bit.
- The bandleader, who doubles as the vocalist, is a small, nimble man with a mobile face and dark, bristly hair.
- He had long, wiry black hair, and a bristly goatee-beard-mustache combination around his lower face.
- His big bristly moustache twitched at the edges.
- They were tough, bristly, spiky cave bushes but still plants.
- His uniform - the one he'd always worn - was green with age and his whiskers were grey and bristly.
- Still, it's difficult to imagine these hard, brown things with bristly bottoms pushing out such incredible blooms.
- My eyes were closed to avoid getting jabbed by the bristly grass blades.
- He had huge powerful arms and a bristly mustache.
- Whatever his status, he unveils a conical dome of dark flesh and bristly hair - supposedly the scalp a Yeti.
- Nekoi looked up, a handsome, bristly muzzle appeared.
- She looked at me after feeling the bristly hairs brush against her face again.
- The mixed forests - tall white pine, bristly spruce, oak and maple - seem to extend forever.
- His bristly brown beard probably scratched Baby Chad wherever he kissed, but neither seemed to care.
- This was topped up with a bristly white moustache, a ruddy complexion and blue eyes.
- He grabbed her hand and brought it to his face to rub her fingers over his bristly cheek.
- They looked like sunken fat cactuses, as a result of sporadic bristly hairs dotting their bulbous backs.
- I could only just discern the bristly tops of trees.
Synonyms prickly, spiky, spiked, thorny, scratchy, stiff briary, brambly stubbly, hairy, scratchy, fuzzy, unshaven whiskered, whiskery, bewhiskered, bearded, hirsute rough, coarse, prickly technical hispid - 1.1 Covered with short, stiff hairs.
长满刚毛的;长满短硬胡须的 he rubbed his bristly chin 他擦了擦胡子拉碴的下巴。 Example sentencesExamples - He was a short man with long unkempt hair and a bristly unshaved chin.
- In fact, I once saw a woman sitting on the ground with a bristly little piglet on her lap.
- The seeds of the castor plant have a bristly outer cover.
- She raised a hand and put it on his bristly cheek.
- I took the coarse, bristly rope in my hands and held it tight, hoping to still the uncontrollable shaking I felt.
- He had dark wavy hair, dark blue eyes and a bristly chin.
Synonyms hairy, shaggy, bushy, hair-covered, long-haired, woolly, furry, fleecy, fuzzy
Derivativesnoun He wore a red beard, just changed from the down of youth to the bristliness of manhood, and as yet unshaven. Example sentencesExamples - The vegetation of Lower California makes up in bristliness what it lacks in luxuriance.
- The awful bristliness of my still-unshaven face had now surpassed mere "designer stubble" and passed into the unforgivable realms of "actually a beard".
- My beard sticks out straight from my face, so you can still see my skin underneath - it has none of the bushiness or bristliness of a proper beard.
- His bristliness and weaknesses were only the reverse side of his splendid qualities.
Definition of bristly in US English: bristlyadjectiveˈbrɪsliˈbrislē 1(of hair or foliage) having a stiff and prickly texture. (毛发,树叶)坚硬扎人的 Example sentencesExamples - He had huge powerful arms and a bristly mustache.
- The bandleader, who doubles as the vocalist, is a small, nimble man with a mobile face and dark, bristly hair.
- He had long, wiry black hair, and a bristly goatee-beard-mustache combination around his lower face.
- She looked at me after feeling the bristly hairs brush against her face again.
- His big bristly moustache twitched at the edges.
- This was topped up with a bristly white moustache, a ruddy complexion and blue eyes.
- His uniform - the one he'd always worn - was green with age and his whiskers were grey and bristly.
- They were tough, bristly, spiky cave bushes but still plants.
- The bristly hair in your mustache prickles my skin, itching a bit.
- Nekoi looked up, a handsome, bristly muzzle appeared.
- He grabbed her hand and brought it to his face to rub her fingers over his bristly cheek.
- Still, it's difficult to imagine these hard, brown things with bristly bottoms pushing out such incredible blooms.
- They looked like sunken fat cactuses, as a result of sporadic bristly hairs dotting their bulbous backs.
- Mr. Gershwin, a rather catlike man with an intelligent face and bristly whiskers, began.
- The mixed forests - tall white pine, bristly spruce, oak and maple - seem to extend forever.
- We kissed once more and I stroked his bristly face.
- I could only just discern the bristly tops of trees.
- His bristly brown beard probably scratched Baby Chad wherever he kissed, but neither seemed to care.
- Whatever his status, he unveils a conical dome of dark flesh and bristly hair - supposedly the scalp a Yeti.
- My eyes were closed to avoid getting jabbed by the bristly grass blades.
Synonyms prickly, spiky, spiked, thorny, scratchy, stiff stubbly, hairy, scratchy, fuzzy, unshaven - 1.1 Covered with short, stiff hairs.
长满刚毛的;长满短硬胡须的 he rubbed his bristly chin 他擦了擦胡子拉碴的下巴。 Example sentencesExamples - He was a short man with long unkempt hair and a bristly unshaved chin.
- He had dark wavy hair, dark blue eyes and a bristly chin.
- The seeds of the castor plant have a bristly outer cover.
- In fact, I once saw a woman sitting on the ground with a bristly little piglet on her lap.
- She raised a hand and put it on his bristly cheek.
- I took the coarse, bristly rope in my hands and held it tight, hoping to still the uncontrollable shaking I felt.
Synonyms hairy, shaggy, bushy, hair-covered, long-haired, woolly, furry, fleecy, fuzzy
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