'Bristling' definitions:
Definition of 'Bristling'
From: GCIDE
- 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 dogged war bristle his angry crest. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Boy, bristle thy courage up. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To fix a bristle to; as, to bristle a thread. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'bristling'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- packed,
- populous,
- prodigal,
- profuse,
- proliferating,
- prolific,
- rife,
- serried,
- setaceous,
- setose,
- setous,
- solid,
- strigal,
- strigate,
- strigose,
- stubbled,
- stubbly,
- studded,
- superabundant,
- swarming,
- teeming,
- thick,
- thick as hail,
- thick with,
- thick-coming,
- thronged,
- thronging
Words containing 'Bristling'
- Bristle,
- Bristled,
- To bristle up,
- bristle at,
- bristle up,
- bristle with,
- bristle brush,
- bristle fern,
- bristle grass,
- Bristle-pointed,
- Bristle-shaped,
- yellow bristle grass,
- hare's-foot bristle fern,
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