bristled

Adjective bristled has 1 sense

• bristled(s = adj.all) barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setaceous, setose, spiny, thorny - having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers"