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bristliest

bristliest is the superlative form of bristly.

Meaning of bristly

Adjective

bristly (comparative bristlier, superlative bristliest)

  1. Covered with bristles.
    • He was a short man with a long hooked nose. A blue skull-cap with a red border scarcely covered his head of bristly grey hair, and a short-bodied but long Ringerike coat of dark grey frieze with worn velvet borders served to make the roundness and crookedness of his back still more conspicuous.1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 285
  2. Easily antagonized; irascible; prone to bristling.

Questions about bristliest

What is bristliest the superlative form of?
Bristliest is the superlative form of bristly.

Words near bristliest in the dictionary

  1. bristlets
  2. bristleweed
  3. bristleworm
  4. bristleworms
  5. bristlier
  6. bristliest
  7. bristliness
  8. bristling
  9. bristling up
  10. bristlingly
  11. bristlings

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