| 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 |