Overview of verb bristle

The verb bristle has 4 senses

• abound, burst, bristle -- (be in a state of movement or action; "The room abounded with screaming children"; "The garden bristled with toddlers")


• bristle, uprise, stand up -- (rise up as in fear; "The dog's fur bristled"; "It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!")


• bristle -- (have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles; "bristling leaves")


• bristle -- (react in an offended or angry manner; "He bristled at her suggestion that he should teach her how to use the program")

Overview of adj bristled

The adj bristled has 1 sense

• barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, 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")