Antonyms for bristle
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : bris-uh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbrɪs əl |
Definition of bristle
Origin :- Old English byrst "bristle," with metathesis of -r-, from Proto-Germanic *bursti- (cf. Middle Dutch borstel, German borste), from PIE *bhrsti- from root *bhars- "point, bristle" (cf. Sanskrit bhrstih "point, spike"). With -el, diminutive suffix.
- noun short, prickly hair
- verb become upset, excited
- Pete bristled—as much as a fat man could bristle on so hot a day.
- Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
- How was he to know that this thing that sniffed was a thing at which to bristle?
- Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
- The whole place, behind the fence, appeared to bristle and resound.
- Extract from : « Pandora » by Henry James
- The mane on his back began to bristle, and I knew that I had but a small second in which to act.
- Extract from : « Wood Folk at School » by William J. Long
- Hill began to bristle and to look around in search of the one who had spoken.
- Extract from : « Owen Clancy's Happy Trail » by Burt L. Standish
- Unless he does this, the South will bristle with bayonets in vain.
- Extract from : « The Clansman » by Thomas Dixon
- The hempen string began to bristle like the hair of one electrified.
- Extract from : « True to His Home » by Hezekiah Butterworth
- A statement which seems to me now not to bristle with logic.
- Extract from : « Friendship Village » by Zona Gale
- I push on the end of the hog's bristle, which continues to invest the polype.
- Extract from : « Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children » by W. Houghton
- It is not a text-book, nor does it bristle with technical terms.
- Extract from : « English as She is Wrote » by Anonymous
Synonyms for bristle
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