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Showing words for BRISTLE using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Bristle

blister, bristle, riblets

6 Letter Words for Bristle

bestir, birles, birsle, bister, biters, bitser, bliest, blites, libers, lister, liters, relist, riblet, tilers, tribes

5 Letter Words for Bristle

belts, besit, betis, biers, biles, birle, birls, birse, biter, bites, blets, blier, blirt, blist, blite, breis, brest, bries, brise, brist, brite, brits, btise, eblis, islet, istle, iters, leirs, liber, libre, liers, liest, liter, lites, rebit, reist, resit, ribes, riels, riles, rites, siler, slier, slirt, slite, steil, steri, stilb, stile, stire, teils, tiber, tiers, tiler, tiles, tires, tirls, tribe, tries

4 Letter Words for Bristle

bels, belt, best, bets, bier, bile, birl, birt, bist, bite, bits, blet, blit, brei, bret, brie, bris, brit, elts, eris, erst, ires, isle, itel, iter, leir, leis, lest, lets, libr, libs, lier, lies, lire, list, lite, lits, rebs, reit, rest, rets, ribe, ribs, riel, ries, rile, rise, rist, rite, rits, seil, seir, seit, selt, serb, sert, sier, sile, silt, sire, site, slit, ster, stib, stie, stir, stre, teil, teli, tels, tier, ties, tile, tils, tire, tirl, tres, trib, trie

3 Letter Words for Bristle

bel, ber, bes, bet, bis, bit, bls, blt, brl, btl, ebs, eir, elb, eli, els, elt, ers, ert, esr, est, ile, ire, irs, ise, isl, ist, its, lbs, lei, ler, les, let, lib, lie, lir, lis, lit, lst, ltr, rbi, reb, rei, rel, res, rib, rie, rit, rle, rte, rti, sbe, sei, sel, ser, set, sib, sie, sil, sir, sit, sle, slt, sri, str, tbs, tel, ter, tes, tib, tie, til, tis, tlr, tri, trs, tsi

Definitions for Bristle

[1] one of the short, stiff, coarse hairs of certain animals, especially hogs, used extensively in making brushes.
[2] anything resembling these hairs.
[3] to stand or rise stiffly, like bristles.
[4] to erect the bristles, as an irritated animal (often followed by up ): The hog bristled up.
[5] to become rigid with anger or irritation: The man bristled when I asked him to move.
[6] to be thickly set or filled with something suggestive of bristles: The plain bristled with bayonets. The project bristled with difficulties.
[7] to be visibly roused or stirred (usually followed by up ).
[8] to erect like bristles: The rooster bristled his crest.
[9] to furnish with a bristle or bristles.
[10] to make bristly.
[11] any short stiff hair of an animal or plant
[12] something resembling these hair toothbrush bristle
[13] (when intr , often foll by up ) to stand up or cause to stand up like bristles the angry cat's fur bristled
[14] (intr sometimes foll by up ) to show anger, indignation, etc she bristled at the suggestion
[15] (intr) to be thickly covered or set the target bristled with arrows
[16] (intr) to be in a state of agitation or movement the office was bristling with activity
[17] (tr) to provide with a bristle or bristles

Words related to Bristle

fume, seethe, bridle, fiber, point, spine, thorn, barb, feeler, whisker, prickle, stubble, vibrissa, quill, ruffle, spit, rage, flare, swell, rise

Words nearby Bristle

brisken, brisket, brisling, brisso, brissot, bristle, bristle worm, bristle-grass, bristle-thighed curlew, bristlebird, bristlecone pine

Origin of Bristle

before 1000; Middle English bristel, equivalent to brist (Old English byrst bristle, cognate with German Borste, Old Norse burst ) + -el diminutive suffix

Other words from Bristle

bris·tle·less , adjective
bris·tle·like , adjective
non·bris·tled , adjective
un·bris·tled , adjective

Word origin for Bristle

C13 bristil , brustel , from earlier brust , from Old English byrst ; related to Old Norse burst , Old High German borst

Synonyms for Bristle

barb, feeler, fiber, point, prickle, quill, spine, stubble, thorn, vibrissa, whisker