bristled
- v be in a state of movement or action
The garden bristled with toddlers - v rise up as in fear
The dog's fur bristled - v have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles
- v react in an offended or angry manner
He bristled at her suggestion that he should teach her how to use the program - s having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
bristly
- s very irritable
bristly exchanges between the White House and the press - s having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
a horse with a short bristly mane
bristly shrubs
british
- n the people of Great Britain
- a of or relating to or characteristic of Great Britain or its people or culture
briton
- n a native or inhabitant of Great Britain
- n an inhabitant of southern Britain prior to the Anglo-Saxon invasions
- a characteristic of or associated with the Britons
brittle
- n caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets
- s having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped
brittle bones
glass is brittle - s lacking warmth and generosity of spirit
a brittle and calculating woman - s (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured