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What is the adjective for bristled?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb bristle which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

bristly
  1. Covered with bristles.
  2. Easily antagonized; irascible; prone to bristling.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. shaggy, hairy, furry, rough, fleecy, hirsute, woolly, unshorn, wooly, fuzzy, silky, cottony, brushy, furred, stubbly, bewhiskered, coarse, unshaven, bearded, whiskered, prickly, scratchy, hispid, whiskery, wiry, barbellate, chaetophorous, echinate, setaceous, setal, setiferous, setigerous, setose, sharp, spiny, bushy, downy, fluffy, flocculent, pilose, tufted, pileous, lanate, long-haired, thick, nappy, jungly, feathery, leafy, bristling … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “The wild boar's bristly back provided effective protection against predators.”
      “This was topped up with a bristly white moustache, a ruddy complexion and blue eyes.”
      “Echimyids earn their common name because most species have spiny or bristly hairs at least on their backs and rumps.”
bristling
  1. Having bristles.
  2. Showing anger.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. bushy, bristly, shaggy, fuzzy, furry, woolly, hairy, hirsute, rough, wooly, fluffy, thick, prickly, jungly, leafy, stiff, feathery, nappy, wiry, tufted, fringed, luxuriant, shrubby, brushy, brushlike, scrubby, fleecy, unshorn, cottony, stubbly, furred, unshaven, bearded, downy, silky, bewhiskered, whiskered, flocculent, pilose, long-haired, pileous, lanate, pappose, villous, pubescent, piliferous, hispid, crinigerous, crinite, hair-covered … more
bristlelike
  1. Resembling a bristle or some aspect of one.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. bristly, spiky, prickly, barbed, spinelike, aciculate, thorny, jagged, spiny, sharp … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The caterpillar had various bristlelike protrusions along its back, which served as a deterrent to predators.”
bristleless
  1. Without bristles.
bristled
  1. Having bristles
  2. Synonyms:
      3. barbed, prickly, spiny, thorny, spiky, spiked, brambly, bristly, pointed, scratchy, sharp, spinous, briary, jagged, toothed, notched, pronged, snaggy, spinose, spined, spiculate, spicular, barbellate, thistly, pointy, aculeate, briery, setaceous, muricate, rough, echinated, burry, spiniferous, sticky, jaggy, serrated, honed, sharpened, whetted, edged, keen, tipped, razor-sharp, sharp-edged, peaked, unblunted, knifelike, acuate, cuspidate, knife-edged … more
bristlier
  1. comparative form of bristly: more bristly
  2. Synonyms:
      3. shaggier, hairier, furrier, rougher, fleecier, woollier, woolier, fuzzier, silkier, brushier, stubblier, coarser, pricklier, scratchier, wirier, sharper, spinier, more hirsute, more unshorn, more cottony, more furred, more bewhiskered, more bearded, more whiskered, more hispid, more barbellate, more chaetophorous, more echinate, more setaceous, more setal, more setiferous, more setigerous, more setose, bushier, downier, fluffier, more flocculent, more pilose, more pileous, more lanate, longer-haired, thicker, nappier, junglier, featherier, leafier, more bristling, stiffer, more pappose, more floccose … more
bristliest
  1. superlative form of bristly: most bristly
  2. Synonyms:
      3. shaggiest, hairiest, furriest, roughest, fleeciest, woolliest, wooliest, fuzziest, silkiest, brushiest, stubbliest, coarsest, prickliest, scratchiest, wiriest, sharpest, spiniest, most hirsute, most unshorn, most cottony, most furred, most bewhiskered, most bearded, most whiskered, most hispid, most barbellate, most chaetophorous, most echinate, most setaceous, most setal, most setiferous, most setigerous, most setose, bushiest, downiest, fluffiest, most flocculent, most pilose, most pileous, most lanate, longest-haired, thickest, nappiest, jungliest, featheriest, leafiest, most bristling, stiffest, most pappose, most floccose … more
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