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Verb: bristle up
  1. Show anger or indignation
    - bristle at, bridle at, bridle up

Derived forms: bristles up, bristled up, bristling up

Type of: mind

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briskly
briskness
brisling
Briss
bristle
bristle at
bristle brush
bristle fern
bristle grass
bristle up
bristlecone fir
bristlecone pine
bristled
bristlegrass
bristlelike
bristle-pointed
bristletail
bristliness
bristly
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