bristled

Meanings

Verb

• be in a state of movement or action
  • "The garden bristled with toddlers"
• rise up as in fear
  • "The dog's fur bristled"
• have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles
• react in an offended or angry manner
  • "He bristled at her suggestion that he should teach her how to use the program"
• simple past and past participle of bristle

Adjective Satellite

• having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

Adj

• Having bristles

Synonyms

abound, barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristle, bristly, burred, burry, burst, prickly, setaceous, setose, spiny, stand up, thorny, uprise