1
as in buzzed
to be copiously supplied
a recent college grad thrilled to be starting a new life in a city bristling with possibilities
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2
as in stormed
to express one's anger usually violently
the man bristled at the accusation, and threatened to file a lawsuit
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Recent Examples of bristled
Vogt says that Rattlesnake Master's spiky yucca-like leaves and bristled golf-ball flowers add architectural drama to a prairie planting and lure adult pollinators throughout the late summer.
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Teresa Woodard, Midwest Living, 3 May 2026
The city is once again grappling with an extended vacancy in the chief job, following the departure last fall of Floyd Mitchell, who openly bristled about needing to answer to the citizen volunteers who are appointed to the police commission.
—Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 1 May 2026
The president has long bristled at the otherwise customary joking at his expense by celebrity comedians.
—Dennis Romero, NBC news, 28 Apr. 2026
Tim Cook, ever the pragmatist bent on slow-rolling product upgrades that maximize profit, presumably bristled at attempts to cut into the iPhone’s profit margins.
—Dominic Preston, The Verge, 25 Apr. 2026
Galvin bristled at the idea of these ads being campaign ads.
—David Wade, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
Yet some in Malaysia have bristled at Singapore’s statements over the Iran conflict.
—Angelica Ang, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
Powell has bristled at Warsh’s critiques Warsh has also called for the Fed to use new models, a potential reference to bringing new technologies and big data into the Fed’s forecasting process.
—Steve Liesman,matt Peterson, CNBC, 20 Apr. 2026
Once soaked, use a soft sponge or a non-wired brush (soft-bristled is best) to gently scrub the filters.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2026
Teresa Woodard, Midwest Living, 3 May 2026
The city is once again grappling with an extended vacancy in the chief job, following the departure last fall of Floyd Mitchell, who openly bristled about needing to answer to the citizen volunteers who are appointed to the police commission.
—Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 1 May 2026
The president has long bristled at the otherwise customary joking at his expense by celebrity comedians.
—Dennis Romero, NBC news, 28 Apr. 2026
Tim Cook, ever the pragmatist bent on slow-rolling product upgrades that maximize profit, presumably bristled at attempts to cut into the iPhone’s profit margins.
—Dominic Preston, The Verge, 25 Apr. 2026
Galvin bristled at the idea of these ads being campaign ads.
—David Wade, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
Yet some in Malaysia have bristled at Singapore’s statements over the Iran conflict.
—Angelica Ang, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
Powell has bristled at Warsh’s critiques Warsh has also called for the Fed to use new models, a potential reference to bringing new technologies and big data into the Fed’s forecasting process.
—Steve Liesman,matt Peterson, CNBC, 20 Apr. 2026
Once soaked, use a soft sponge or a non-wired brush (soft-bristled is best) to gently scrub the filters.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bristled
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The girls, buzzed on miniature cans of soda, lingered in the liminal space between rolling credits and parental pickup.—
Anna Wiener,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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At the time of his murder, Mizell was in a lounge on the studio’s second floor with another man when two men were buzzed in.—
Andrew Flanagan,
Variety,
28 Apr. 2026
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Activists said Israeli forces stormed their vessels, smashed engines and detained some of those aboard.—
Melanie Lidman,
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2026
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Shea Theodore had a goal and an assist and Brayden McNabb scored a short-handed goal as the Golden Knights stormed to a 5-0 lead after two periods, silencing a sellout crowd in Orange County and erasing memories of their rough offensive outing in Game 2.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 May 2026
Verb
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All of this only adds to conviction in AI, but also has some investors with long memories likening the current period to the late 1990s when the stock market boomed thanks to internet investment before the bubble eventually burst in 2000.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
8 May 2026
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Skin is elastic enough to permit significant expansion with bursting.—
Alan Bradley,
Space.com,
8 May 2026
Verb
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Homicides increased in 2019 and again in 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic raged and cities across the country saw similar spikes, but declined each of the next four years, the data show.—
Hailey Wang,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2026
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For a long time the war that raged inside my soul was all of my intellectual hatred of religion versus the religious art that deeply moved me, especially music.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 May 2026
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To the right hummed Interstate 190; beyond the highway, the Niagara River; beyond the river, Canada.—
Dan Barry,
New York Times,
12 May 2026
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Others gathered in clusters of desks, showing their artwork to friends as lo-fi music hummed in the background.—
Noah Alcala Bach,
San Antonio Express-News,
22 Apr. 2026
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For years, Red Sox fans fumed over the Panda, a beloved Giant who morphed into an expensive New England disaster.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
1 May 2026
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Trump has similarly fumed at Thune, going so far as to refuse to sign bills until the SAVE America Act reaches his desk.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The Apple engineers’ eyes bulged in astonishment.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Mar. 2026
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Angelenos’ eyes bulged at the $1,500-a-head price tag.—
Sam Stone,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
13 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Her reply brimmed with enthusiasm.—
Julia Coin
April 14,
Charlotte Observer,
14 Apr. 2026
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Come winter, beach towns like this one dotting the Atlantic Coast stretch of Florida surrounding Fort Lauderdale have long brimmed with French Canadian tourists and other snowbirds who arrive for warmth and sunshine.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Bristled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bristled. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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