bristle

Noun

• a stiff hair

• a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or synthetic

Verb

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

• have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles
  • bristling leaves
    

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

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

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  uprise , stand up , abound , burst