bristle with indignation

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
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • indignation
  • bristle with anger
  • bristle with rage
  • bristle
  • bristle at
  • bristle at (something)
  • What about it?
  • have no hard feelings
  • hard feelings
  • in the hell
References in periodicals archive
AS a country, we bask in the praise of foreigners, but when they are critical as they often are we bristle with indignation and go into our usual ostrich mode.
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And that gives a strident voice to his verses which bristle with indignation and fiery assertions about what is right, what is wrong, where we are, where we were, and where we should be.
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The truth is - and as much as the suggestion will make Lennon bristle with indignation - Scottish football is a wasteland now that Rangers are rotting in a mess of their own making.
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The BNP will bristle with indignation, and claim their opposition to both, but their very existence creates the anti-matter of protesters who will ensure violence whenever the two sides should collide.
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Some Newcastle fans will bristle with indignation that their club might be considered a stepping stone to bigger and better things, but the lure of Old Trafford for Hughes is similar to the affinity Shearer has with St James's Park.
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It is a criticism which has been levelled at the Parkhead men for five years, and one which causes Celtic manager Martin O'Neill to bristle with indignation.
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With a few exceptions, Scots just don't have that kind of mentality, yet they bristle with indignation when someone like the Irish travel firm CIE picks up the honours.
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What really makes me bristle with indignation is hearing people say they don't trust bearded men.
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the editor bristle with indignation at the Dangerous Antics of
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It is an illustration of the strength of feeling in this regional dispute that those on Wearside will bristle with indignation at the pomposity of such an arrogant suggestion.
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Ask if he's considering retirement, Sir Norman suddenly pretends to bristle with indignation, although his trademark cheeky, chirpy wink and smirk persuade that this is only a prank.
The clown prince of falling down; Norman Wisdom, whose comic antics have even delighted audiences in AlbaniaI reckons he will probably die falling over, as Lew Baxter discovers
SEEING a picture of himself in an advertisement made Barry Wedgwood bristle with indignation.
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