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bristle ['brɪsəl]1 noun∎ a brush with nylon/natural bristles une brosse en nylon/soie;∎ a pure bristle brush une brosse pur sanglier∎ they bristled at any suggestion of incompetence ils se hérissèrent lorsqu'on osa insinuer qu'ils étaient incompétentsBritish (swarm with) grouiller de;∎ the whole subject bristles with difficulties toute la question est hérissée de difficultés;∎ the town centre was bristling with police le centre-ville grouillait de policiers;∎ bristling with machine guns (fort, trench) hérissé de mitrailleuses
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bristle — /ˈbrɪsəl / (say brisuhl) noun 1. one of the short, stiff, coarse hairs of certain animals, especially swine, used in making brushes, etc. 2. any short, stiff hair or hair like appendage (often used facetiously of human hair). –verb (bristled,… …
roughness — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Quality of not being smooth or even Nouns 1. roughness, unevenness, ruggedness, asperity, rugosity, corrugation, nodosity, nodulation, hairiness, arborescence, tooth, grain, texture, ripple. 2. (hairlike … English dictionary for students
horrible — [14] The Latin verb horrēre was used for hair standing on end or bristling. A common cause of this phenomenon is of course fear, and so in due course horrēre came to mean ‘tremble, shake, be filled with fear and revulsion’. The latter sense has… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
horrible — [14] The Latin verb horrēre was used for hair standing on end or bristling. A common cause of this phenomenon is of course fear, and so in due course horrēre came to mean ‘tremble, shake, be filled with fear and revulsion’. The latter sense has… … Word origins
Sharpness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Sharpness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 sharpness sharpness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 acuity acuity acumination Sgm: N 1 spinosity spinosity GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 point point spike … English dictionary for students