əˈbaʊnd əˈbaʊnd ˈbɹɪs.l̩ ˈbɹɪs.l̩ bɝst bɜːst

react in an offended or angry manner He bristled at her suggestion that he should teach her how to use the program a stiff hair rise up as in fear The dog's fur bristled It was a sight to make one's hair uprise! have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles bristling leaves be in a state of movement or action The room abounded with screaming children The garden bristled with toddlers a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic