BRISTLE UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bristle up mean? 

• BRISTLE UP (verb)
  The verb BRISTLE UP has 1 sense:

1. show anger or indignation

  Familiarity information: BRISTLE UP used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRISTLE UP (verb)

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)