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To become excitedly upset or angry
“The actors bristle at the notion that this sentiment will alienate a patriotic audience.”
To rise or stand erect, like bristles
“Its passionate verve makes your hair bristle with sheer pleasure.”
To be covered with or abundant in (something)
“Built to last, they bristle with every modern convenience.”
To feel, show, or express great anger
To cause to become angry
To bristle, protrude or point up
Facial hair, typically on the chin, cheeks, jaw and neck
“A tall captain with a flaming red bristle on his face shouted as he leaned over the man's body.”
Plural for a long and thin material that resembles a hair
“These ridges perfectly serve to guide any flexible body, like a fine bristle or hair, into the minute and rounded orifice of the nectary.”
Plural for a stiff material that is pointed or spiky
“Each of the evenly-spaced tines is a bristle of the brush.”
Plural for extreme anger or fury
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