bristle

bristle at (something)

To show sudden displeasure or anger at some provocation. I bristled at the suggestion that I trade offices with someone else in the department. He bristled at our criticism of his novel and stormed out of the room.
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bristle with anger

To react with sudden anger. I bristled with anger when I found out that we had lost the deal.
See also: anger, bristle

bristle with indignation

To react with sudden anger or resentment. I bristled with indignation when she suggested that I let her take over the project.
See also: bristle, indignation

bristle with rage

To show sudden anger. I bristled with rage when I saw that someone had hit my car overnight.
See also: bristle, rage
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

bristle at something

Fig. to show sudden anger or other negative response to something. (Alludes to a dog or cat raising the hair on its back in anger or as a threat.) She bristled at the suggestion. I knew Lily would bristle at the appearance of Max.
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bristle with rage

 and bristle with anger; bristle with indignation
Fig. to demonstrate one's anger, rage, or displeasure with a strong negative response. (Alludes to a dog or cat raising the hair on its back in anger or as a threat.) She was just bristling with anger. I don't know what set her off. Walter bristled with rage as he saw the damage to his new car.
See also: bristle, rage
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • bristle at
  • bristle at (something)
  • bristle with anger
  • bristle with indignation
  • indignation
  • bristle with rage
  • cut (one) dead
  • cut dead
  • cut somebody dead
  • cut someone dead
References in periodicals archive
Morgan said: "Past research at the zoo found that certain baboons floss using their own hair and bristles from broom heads.
* Joseph Joseph took home a gia award for its "d-shaped" Flex toilet brush with spaced bristles that prevent dirt clogging, allow liquid to drain quickly and minimize drips between cleaning and storing.
Bristles are never exactly the same length and surfaces are never completely smooth.
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At the same time, elastic deformation of the bristle projection vector moved along the path of [mathematical expression not reproducible] to the path [mathematical expression not reproducible].
The sudden bending and recovery movement, or flop, of a bristle group seems less likely to be a passive response, since it occurs only rarely and without detectable accompanying changes in ciliary activity or mechanical disturbances.
Bristle Ridge will have a premier residential address in Baguio City, being strategically located on Pacdal Road which is near tourist spots, markets, institutions and other commercial establishments.
The well-designed synthetic bristles make it easy to achieve a professional finish with waterbased paints.
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Make sure the heads of the bristles are absolutely flat.
In conclusion, the noninferiority of the prototype to the standard toothbrush in removing plaque suggests its applicability on the mouth of patients, and its superiority in the presence of anomalies suggests that every single bristle group could reach the dental surface, even under difficult oral-hygiene conditions.
Two pairs of reclinate fronto-orbital bristles, anterior bristle slightly shorter than posterior bristle, and placed closer to posterior bristle than to anterior edge of frons.
Five more patients visited the ED during August 2011--June 2012 after inadvertent ingestion of a wire bristle that had become dislodged from a grill-cleaning brush and embedded in food.
Through the above observing and analyzing, we could further discover there are some tiny stripe-type groove, with the characteristics of the arrangement around near each pit and bump, on the surface structure of pincers besides the small pits, small bumps, and the clusters of bristles. Meanwhile, there are lots of acicular spinules, extending outward, at the edge of each bristle.