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bristling

verb

Present participle of bristle

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'bristling' is a correct and usable word in written English.
It means to become tense or angry, typically accompanied by an outward display of annoyance or irritation. Example: As I criticized his work, the artist's face began bristling with anger, and he retorted fiercely, defending his masterpiece.

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The Slovaks feel betrayed by what has happened to their money, like the many Germans who are bristling with indignation in part because they were never keen on the currency in the first place.

None of this is what I expected when I first arrived to interview the 53-year-old director, bristling with preoccupations about a ballet institution that was funded by gambling, car racing and tax exiles.

In the Tate's exhibition, an 1846 oil by William Parrott, Turner on Varnishing Day, shows a top-heavy man bristling with brushes, with grey sideburns and short legs.

All the latent talent that England fans had seen only in glimpses burst forth in a torrent of shots bristling with power allied to timing.

And in a last-minute deal the bill added another $46 billion (up from $8 billion in the original version) to fortify the Mexican border, which is already bristling with fences, armed guards and drones, and to beef up systems for checking that firms do not hire illegal workers.

These measures must be implemented before most illegal immigrants can earn a permanent reprieve.America's border with Mexico is already bristling with motion detectors, floodlights, cameras and barricades of different sorts.

The Colosseum, shot from above as if helicopters existed then, is an awesome sight, bristling with ant-like figures scurrying about their business.

Amid decaying Soviet concrete hangars, modern Western jets bristling with missiles are ready to take off at a few minutes' notice.

Ramallah, their administrative capital, is bristling with new buildings, electronic and liquor shops and various spin-offs of foreign aid.

"They never see our programmes or transcripts before transmission," says the high-up, Caroline Thomson, the service's deputy managing director, bristling at the very idea.When broadcasting to a global audience, politics is not the only subject that needs delicate handling.

Its main trading partner, China, plays the part of Germany, a new economic power bristling with nationalist indignation and building up its armed forces rapidly.

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