vverb.stativebe in a state of movement or actionSynset:abound bristle burst
Examples:- The room abounded with screaming children
- The garden bristled with toddlers
Derivationally Related Form:burst
Hypernyms:feature have
Inherited Hypernyms:aboundhave
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | The crowds --- in the streets (apply to: abound) | The streets --- with crowds (apply to: bristle, abound, burst)
vverb.motionrise up as in fearSynset:bristle stand up uprise
Examples:- The dog's fur bristled
- It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!
Derivationally Related Form:bristle
Inherited Hypernyms:bristle
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
vverb.stativehave or be thickly covered with or as if with bristlesHypernyms:feature have
Inherited Hypernyms:bristlehave
Sentence Frame:Something is ---ing PP
vverb.cognitionreact in an offended or angry mannerExamples:- He bristled at her suggestion that he should teach her how to use the program
Hypernyms:react respond
Inherited Hypernyms:bristlereactact
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s PP
adj satadj.allhaving or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.Synset:barbed barbellate briary briery bristly burred burry prickly setaceous setose spiny thorny
Examples:- a horse with a short bristly mane
- bristly shrubs
- burred fruits
- setaceous whiskers
Antonyms:unarmed
Derivationally Related Form:thornbristlesetapricklebarbelburrbriarthorninessspininessbristlinessprickliness
Inherited Hypernyms:barbed
Similar to:armed