bristled

VERB

become upset, excited

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bridle fume seethe

STRONG

boil flare rage rise ruffle spit swell

WEAK

be angry be infuriated be maddened blow up boil over flare up get one's dander up see red stand on end

Antonyms

STRONGEST

be happy

Example Sentences

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Bristled Secretary Knox: "That report is not true."

From Time Magazine Archive

Bristled the Cardinal about his fellow West German: "Father Haring's statement that the methods of Hitler were better than ours seems to me to show a lack of balanced judgment."

From Time Magazine Archive

Terror and consternation at that sound The mind of Priam felt; erect the hair Bristled his limbs, and with amaze he stood 602 Motionless.

From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by Cowper, William

Then fierce the rage of battle rose: Bristled in dread each starting hair As Śiva strove with Vishṇu there.

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)

Soon the plank'd cottage by the sun-warm'd pines Faded—the moss—the rocks; us burning plains, Bristled with cities, us the sea received.

From Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold by Arnold, Matthew