BRISTLY
Scrabble letter values: B3R1I1S1T1L1Y4 = 12
Definition
- adjective very irritable. — synonyms: prickly, splenetic, waspish
- adjective having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.. — synonyms: barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, burred, burry, prickly
Examples
- “bristly exchanges between the White House and the press”
- “he became prickly and spiteful”
- “witty and waspish about his colleagues”