bristling
1bristling — index hostile, resentful, rife Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2bristling — [[t]brɪ̱slɪŋ[/t]] 1) ADJ: ADJ n Bristling means thick, hairy, and rough. It is used to describe things such as moustaches, beards, or eyebrows. He was tall, bespectacled, with a bristling white moustache. 2) ADJ: ADJ n (emphasis) If you describe… …
3Bristling — Bristle Bris tle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bristled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bristling}.] 1. To erect the bristles of; to cause to stand up, as the bristles of an angry hog; sometimes with up. [1913 Webster] Now for the bare picked bone of majesty Doth… …
4bristling with arms — index armed Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
5bristling — ▪ fish also spelled Brisling, also called Sprat (Sprattus sprattus), edible fish of the herring family Clupeidae (order Clupeiformes). Bristlings are silver coloured marine fishes that form enormous schools in western European waters.… …
6bristling — adjective a) Having bristles. b) Showing anger …
7bristling — Synonyms and related words: alive with, barbellate, bristled, bristly, bursting, close, compact, crammed, crawling, crowded, crowding, dense, firm, full, glochidiate, hairy, hirsute, hispid, in profusion, jam packed, jammed, lavish, overflowing,… …
8bristling — bris·tle || brɪsl n. short stiff hair v. stand on end (of hair); be stiff or rigid with anger; be filled with …
9bristling — Kalakū, huhulu, huluhulu, huluhulu weo, i i …
10bristling — I. present part of bristle II. variant of brisling …
