bristling
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bristling — index hostile, resentful, rife Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
bristling — [[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… … English dictionary
Bristling — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bristling with arms — index armed Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
bristling — ▪ 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.… … Universalium
bristling — adjective a) Having bristles. b) Showing anger … Wiktionary
bristling — 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,… … Moby Thesaurus
bristling — bris·tle || brɪsl n. short stiff hair v. stand on end (of hair); be stiff or rigid with anger; be filled with … English contemporary dictionary
bristling — Kalakū, huhulu, huluhulu, huluhulu weo, i i … English-Hawaiian dictionary
bristling — I. present part of bristle II. variant of brisling … Useful english dictionary
abounding inpredicate abounding withpredicate bristling withpredicate full ofpredicate overflowing overflowing withpredicate rich inpredicate rife withpredicate thick withpredicate — filled filled adj. 1. containing as much or as many as is possible or normal; as, filled to overflowing. Opposite of {empty}. [Narrower terms: {abounding in(predicate), abounding with(predicate), bristling with(predicate), full of(predicate),… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
