Australian English Meaning of bristling

bristling

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Definitions and Meaning of bristling in English

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bristling (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Bristle

bristling

a short stiff coarse hair or filament, to furnish with short stiff coarse hairs or filaments, to show signs of anger, to appear as if covered with bristles, to rise and stand stiffly erect, a short stiff hair or something like a hair, to make aggressive or angry, to rise up and stiffen like bristles, to be full of or covered with especially something suggestive of bristles, to be full of something specified, to take on an aggressively defensive attitude (as in response to a slight or criticism), to raise the bristles (as in anger)

FAQs About the word bristling

bristling

of Bristlea short stiff coarse hair or filament, to furnish with short stiff coarse hairs or filaments, to show signs of anger, to appear as if covered with bri

antagonistic,boiling,bristly,burning,cross,huffy,malevolent,passionate,seething,sizzling

Accepting,accommodating,agreeable,Amenable,complacent,cordial,Delighted,friendly,pleased,sympathetic

bristliness => bristliness, bristletail => Bristletail, bristle-shaped => Bristle-shaped, bristle-pointed => Bristly, bristlelike => Bristly,