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View definitions for bristle

bristle

noun as in short, prickly hair

verb as in become upset, excited

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But in his response at the panel’s meeting last week, McDonnell seemed to bristle at the notion his officers were too trigger-happy.

It’s impossible to recapture the magic of the first season, but Netflix’s ‘Wednesday’ Season 2, starring Jenna Ortega, bristles with its own ghoulish charm.

The industry has simultaneously claimed that it is addressing methane while bristling at oversight.

From Salon

"Instead, we have an animal bristling with spikes like a hedgehog, the most bizarre armour that we've ever found in any animal, far outside the range of armour seen in later ankylosaurs."

From BBC

Some have bristled at the alacrity with which Solis has appeared to consolidate support.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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