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BRISTLE UP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bristle up mean?
• BRISTLE UP (verb)
The verb BRISTLE UP has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: BRISTLE UP used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Show anger or indignation
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
bridle at; bridle up; bristle at; bristle up
Context example:
She bristled at his insolent remarks
Hypernyms (to "bristle up" is one way to...):
mind (be offended or bothered by; take offense with, be bothered by)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Context examples
They bristle up together like a clump of lances.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He was of a sickly colour, and his thin, sandy hair seemed to bristle up with the intensity of his emotion.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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