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Main Entry: bristle
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: short, prickly hair

Synonyms:

barb, feeler, fiber, point, prickle, quill, spine, stubble, thorn, vibrissa, whisker
Main Entry: bristle
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: become upset, excited

Synonyms:

be angry, be infuriated, be maddened, blow up, boil, boil over, bridle, flare, flare up, fume, get one's dander up, rage, rise, ruffle, see red, seethe, spit*, stand on end, swell
Main Entry: anger
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make someone mad; become mad

Synonyms:

acerbate, affront, aggravate, agitate, annoy, antagonize, arouse, bait, blow up, boil over, boil, bristle, burn, burn up, chafe, craze*, cross, displease, egg on, embitter, enrage, exacerbate, exasperate, excite, fret, gall, get mad, get on one's nerves, goad, incense, inflame, infuriate, irritate, lose one's temper, madden, make sore, miff, nettle, offend, outrage, pique, provoke, raise hell, rankle, rant, rave, rile, ruffle, seethe, steam up, stew, stir up, tempt, umbrage, vex

Antonyms:

calm, forbear, make happy, quiet, soothe
Main Entry: barb
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: point

Synonyms:

arrow, bristle, dart, prickle, prong, quill, shaft, spike, spur, thistle, thorn
Main Entry: beard
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: facial hair on human

Synonyms:

Santa Claus, Vandyke, bristles, brush, five-o-clock shadow, fuzz, goatee, imperial, muttonchops, stubble
Main Entry: boil
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: be angry

Synonyms:

be indignant, blow up, bristle, burn, flare, foam at the mouth, fulminate, fume, rage, rave, sputter, storm

Antonyms:

be happy
Main Entry: burn
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: be excited about; yearn for

Synonyms:

be angry, be aroused, be inflamed, be passionate, be stirred up, blaze, boil, breathe fire, bristle, desire, eat up, fume, lust, rage, seethe, simmer, smoulder, tingle, yearn

Antonyms:

stifle, subdue
Main Entry: fume
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: get very upset about

Synonyms:

anger, blow up, boil, bristle, burn, chafe, chomp at the bit, get hot, get steamed up, rage, rant, rave, seethe, smoke*, storm*

Antonyms:

be calm, be happy
Main Entry: hair
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: threadlike growth on animate being

Synonyms:

beard, bristle, cilium, coiffure, cowlick, cut, down, eyebrow, eyelash, feeler, fiber, filament, fluff, fringe, frizzies, fur, grass, haircut, hairstyle, lock, mane, mop, moustache, quill, ruff, shock, sideburn, split ends, strand, thatch, tress, tuft, vibrissa, villus, whiskers, wig, wool
Notes: hair is any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal; a hare is a large, long-eared and long-legged rabbit; an heir is a person who is entitled by law or by the terms of a will to inherit the estate of another
Main Entry: rage
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: be angry

Synonyms:

be beside oneself, be furious, be uncontrollable, blow a fuse, blow one's top, blow up, boil over, bristle, chafe, champ at bit, erupt, fly off the handle, foam at the mouth, fret, fulminate, fume, go berserk, have a fit, have a tantrum, let off steam, look daggers, make a fuss over, overflow, rail at, rampage, rant, rant and rave, rave, roar, scold, scream, seethe, snap at, splutter, steam, storm, surge, tear, throw a fit, work oneself into sweat, yell

Antonyms:

be happy
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