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Unshaven vs Bristly - What's the difference?

unshaven | bristly | Related terms |

Unshaven is a related term of bristly.


As adjectives the difference between unshaven and bristly

is that unshaven is not having shaved; not shaven; untrimmed while bristly is covered with bristles.

unshaven

English

Adjective

(-)
  • not having shaved; not shaven; untrimmed.
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    • She was frankly disappointed. For some reason she had thought to discover a burglar of one or another accepted type—either a dashing cracksman in full-blown evening dress, lithe, polished, pantherish, or a common yegg, a red-eyed, unshaven burly brute in the rags and tatters of a tramp.
  • (figurative) unkempt

    • bristly

    English

    Alternative forms

    * brisly

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Covered with bristles.
  • Easily antagonized; irascible; prone to bristling.