[
UK
/bɹˈɪsəld/
]
[ US /ˈbɹɪsəɫd/ ]
[ US /ˈbɹɪsəɫd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
setaceous whiskers
burred fruits
a horse with a short bristly mane
bristly shrubs
How To Use bristled In A Sentence
- I disagreed with something…kind of bristled at how something was characterized and was piled on. Scott Brown Posed in Cosmo’s Center-Fold 28 Years Ago — And So What? - Dan_Perrin’s blog - RedState
- Club colours and banners bristled from every corner as bunting and flags adorned the spectators and the ground alike.
- At a press conference last week, a group of defense lawyers who practice in Madison County, Illinois, reportedly "bristled" at the description of Madison County as a "judicial hellhole. Tort "Reform" 2
- The dog was angry and bellicosely bristled up.
- Daniel bristled at the Captain's accusation, ‘What girl?’
- There was a dark colored flash and a few seconds later the wolf stood there, his tail bristled and red eyes glaring.
- So I figged up, and when I regarded myself in Skene's cracked mirror - blue tunic and breeches, gold belt and epaulettes, white gauntlets and helmet, well-bristled whiskers, and Flashy's stalwart fourteen stone inside it all, it wasn't half bad. Fiancée
- True sore winners, they bristled with outrage at being judged for their results, not their professed intentions.
- As CNN's Jeff Greenfield would note later in the same debate, Mr. Gore "bristled" when Ms. Edward's put the question to him. Will Obama Stand Up for These Kids?
- Now her trim form bristled, like a cat about to attack.