bristle

/brɪsəl/ verbnoun
7 letters2 syllables9 points in Scrabble®11 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS6
VERB
1

Rise up as in fear.

“The dog's fur bristled”

2

Be in a state of movement or action.

“The garden bristled with toddlers”

3

Have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles.

4

React in an offended or angry manner.

“He bristled at her suggestion that he should teach her how to use the program”

NOUN
1

A stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic.

2

A stiff hair.

WORD FORMS
Related formbristly
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®9 points
Words With Friends®11 points
Double word18 points
Triple word27 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinistlebray
Starts & ends withB … E
Syllablesbris · tle
SYNONYMS & RELATED5
SAME LETTERS, DIFFERENT WORDS
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