bristling

Speech parts

1. bristling - Noun

2. bristling - Adjective

3. bristling - Verb

Meaning

of Bristle

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

full bridle shaggy huffy rise alive thick dense aggressive burst packed crowded populous erect overflow
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Antonyms

cool as cucumber silken whispering murmuring muttering calming
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Phrases with the word

bristling hair bristling with arms bristling of hair

Anagrams

Stribling

Examples

Life is bristling with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to cultivate one's garden. Voltaire

Rabbit feels as if the human race is a vast colourful jostling bristling parade in which he is limping and falling behind. John Updike

His eyes were almost sunken in his head; His face was thin and fleshless as a bone. His tangled, bristling hair, inspiring dread, And shaggy beard were wild to look upon. Ludovico Ariosto

Saw the English [pilots] coming from the sea in huge bands like the bristling hair of Zeus Jupiter. Heard all destroyed in Frankfurt. Sad... Max Beckmann

He who has iron, has bread. People bow down before bayonets; a disarmed crowd is swept aside. But a France bristling with workers in arms means the advent of socialism. In the presence of armed proletarians, all obstacles, resistances and impossibilities will disappear. Louis Auguste Blanqui

For the first two weeks of filming, I remember bristling at some of the occurrences on the set, none of which directly involved me. Then I surrendered to the environment, to Michael's method, and became much happier, even though no one knew what to expect. Madeleine Stowe

Close letter words and terms

bristletail bristleworm bristliness bristling hair bristling of hair bristling with arms