English dictionary

bristle

/'br/I/s/@/l/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic

noun.artifact

Source: WordNet 3.0
a stiff hair

noun.animal

Source: WordNet 3.0
A short, stiff, coarse hair, as on the back of swine.

noun

Source: webster1913

be in a state of movement or action

verb.stative

Examples
The garden bristled with toddlers.

Synonyms abound burst

Source: WordNet 3.0
rise up as in fear

verb.motion

Examples
The dog's fur bristled.

Synonyms stand up uprise

Source: WordNet 3.0
have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles

verb.stative

Source: WordNet 3.0
react in an offended or angry manner

verb.cognition

Examples
He bristled at her suggestion that he should teach her how to use the program.

Source: WordNet 3.0
To erect the bristles of; to cause to stand up, as the bristles of an angry hog; -- sometimes with <i>up</i>.

verb

Source: webster1913
To rise or stand erect, like bristles.

verb

Source: webster1913