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Synonyms for bristle in English

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Detailed Synonyms for bristle in English

bristle:

to bristle verb (bristles, bristled, bristling)

  1. to bristle
    to take off; to rise; to ascend; to rise to the surface; to mount; to fly up; to increase; to bristle; to flare up; to become higher; to climb; to go upward; to get away; to go up; to be on the upgrade; to start; to grow; to be off; to become larger
    • take off verb (takes off, took off, taking off)
    • rise verb (rises, rose, rising)
    • ascend verb (ascends, ascended, ascending)
    • rise to the surface verb (rises to the surface, risen to the surface, rising to the surface)
    • mount verb (mounts, mounted, mounting)
    • fly up verb (flies up, flew up, flying up)
    • increase verb (increases, increased, increasing)
    • bristle verb (bristles, bristled, bristling)
    • flare up verb (flares up, flared up, flaring up)
    • become higher verb (becomes higher, becoming higher)
    • climb verb (climbs, climbed, climbing)
    • go upward verb (goes upward, went upward, going upward)
    • get away verb (gets away, got away, getting away)
    • go up verb (goes up, went up, going up)
    • be on the upgrade verb (is on the upgrade, being on the upgrade)
    • start verb (starts, started, starting)
    • grow verb (grows, grew, growing)
    • be off verb (is off, being off)
    • become larger verb (becomes larger, becoming larger)
  2. to bristle
    – react in an offended or angry manner 1
    to bristle
    – react in an offended or angry manner 1
    • bristle verb (bristles, bristled, bristling)
      • He bristled at her suggestion that he should teach her how to use the program1
  3. to bristle
    – rise up as in fear 1
    to bristle; to stand up; uprise
    – rise up as in fear 1
    • bristle verb (bristles, bristled, bristling)
      • The dog's fur bristled1
    • stand up verb (stands up, stood up, standing up)
    • uprise verb
      • It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!1
  4. to bristle
    – have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles 1
    to bristle
    – have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles 1
    • bristle verb (bristles, bristled, bristling)
      • bristling leaves1
  5. to bristle
    – be in a state of movement or action 1
    to burst; to bristle; abound
    – be in a state of movement or action 1
    • burst verb (bursts, bursted, bursting)
    • bristle verb (bristles, bristled, bristling)
      • The garden bristled with toddlers1
    • abound verb
      • The room abounded with screaming children1

Conjugations for bristle:

present
  1. bristle
  2. bristle
  3. bristles
  4. bristle
  5. bristle
  6. bristle
simple past
  1. bristled
  2. bristled
  3. bristled
  4. bristled
  5. bristled
  6. bristled
present perfect
  1. have bristled
  2. have bristled
  3. has bristled
  4. have bristled
  5. have bristled
  6. have bristled
past continuous
  1. was bristling
  2. were bristling
  3. was bristling
  4. were bristling
  5. were bristling
  6. were bristling
future
  1. shall bristle
  2. will bristle
  3. will bristle
  4. shall bristle
  5. will bristle
  6. will bristle
continuous present
  1. am bristling
  2. are bristling
  3. is bristling
  4. are bristling
  5. are bristling
  6. are bristling
subjunctive
  1. be bristled
  2. be bristled
  3. be bristled
  4. be bristled
  5. be bristled
  6. be bristled
diverse
  1. bristle!
  2. let's bristle!
  5. bristled
  6. bristling
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

bristle

  1. bristle
    bristle
  2. bristle
    hair; bristle

bristle [the ~] noun

  1. the bristle
    – a stiff hair 1
    the bristle
    – a stiff hair 1
  2. the bristle
    – a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic 1
    the bristle
    – a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic 1

Related Words for "bristle":

  • bristling

Alternate Synonyms for "bristle":


Related Definitions for "bristle":

  1. a stiff hair1
  2. a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic1
  3. react in an offended or angry manner1
    • He bristled at her suggestion that he should teach her how to use the program1
  4. rise up as in fear1
    • The dog's fur bristled1
  5. have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles1
    • bristling leaves1
  6. be in a state of movement or action1
    • The garden bristled with toddlers1

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