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 — 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