bristle

/bɹˈɪsəl/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic
2. a stiff hair

verb

1. be in a state of movement or action
   “The room abounded with screaming children”
2. rise up as in fear
   “The dog's fur bristled”
3. have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles
   “bristling leaves”
4. react in an offended or angry manner
   “He bristled at her suggestion that he should teach her how to use the program”

Synonyms for bristle

• abound
• burst
• uprise
• stand up

Words that rhyme with bristle

• whistle
• dismissal
• epistle
• fissile
• missile
• gristle
• missal
• thistle
• antimissile
• bisel
• bissell
• cissell
• entwistle
• euromissile
• fissel
• fissell
• glycel
• hisel
• kissel
• kissell
• missel
• schissel
• sissel
• wissel