· be in a state of movement or action; "The room abounded with screaming children"; "The garden bristled with toddlers"

Synonym(s): abound, burst

Hypernym(s): have, feature

· rise up as in fear; "The dog's fur bristled"; "It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!"

Synonym(s): uprise, stand_up

· have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles; "bristling leaves"

Hypernym(s): have, feature

· react in an offended or angry manner; "He bristled at her suggestion that he should teach her how to use the program"

Hypernym(s): react, respond

· having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers"

Synonym(s): barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny, thorny