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adjective

Definition of bristlingnext
as in bristly

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bristling

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verb

present participle of bristle
1
as in bursting
to be copiously supplied a recent college grad thrilled to be starting a new life in a city bristling with possibilities

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2
as in storming
to express one's anger usually violently the man bristled at the accusation, and threatened to file a lawsuit

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  1. bristly
  2. bursting
  3. seething
  4. buzzing
  5. raging
  6. boiling
  7. brimming
  8. passionate
Adjective
  • Step 3: Tidy the Harvest When the garlic is fully cured with papery skins and brittle, brown leaves, brush away any excess soil with your fingers and clip back the bristly roots.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2024
  • The authors dutifully report that each pappus, the bristly head of a seed, contains 100 rod-like filaments on average, each about 7.4 mm long and 16.3 μm thick.
    Bill Andrews, Discover Magazine, 18 Oct. 2018
Definition of bristly
Verb
  • Another bonus is that with September comes many spectacles of nature—from harvest bounties (meaning that local cuisine is at its best, bursting with fresh flavours) and New England’s leaf-peeping displays to the great migration of wildebeest in the Serengeti.
    Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Graceful Arizona sycamores shade the courtyards where shoppers stroll past splashing fountains and beds bursting with flowers.
    Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of bursting
Adjective
  • The posts linked a global network of agitators who have seized on the influx of migrants seeking political asylum or economic opportunity to build seething followings online.
    Steven Lee Myers, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2024
  • Terrorism is a generational and self-sustaining beast, fed by the doctrine of managing crises instead of solving them, letting seething resentments fester with no eye toward protecting the generation to come.
    Chris Cannon, The New Republic, 18 Oct. 2023
Definition of seething
Verb
  • The ongoing geopolitical issues globally have kept the defense stocks buzzing.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Those who consume it are plunged into vivid hallucinations, often preceded by a loud buzzing noise, that last between 24 and 48 hours.
    Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 20 Oct. 2024
Definition of buzzing
Verb
  • The bright orange-and-red water spouts off the cliff with the visual intensity of a raging forest fire.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Han has kept a low profile following the win, reportedly refusing a celebration her father planned, citing the wars still raging in Gaza and Ukraine.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2024
Definition of raging
Adjective
  • One idea is that about a million years after the Big Bang, the universe cooled and underwent a phase transition, an event similar to how boiling water turns liquid into gas.
    Yasemin Saplakoglu, Scientific American, 3 Mar. 2020
  • If candy is still stuck on, pour more boiling water over whatever hasn’t come clean.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2019
Definition of boiling
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  • For lovers of joie de vivre, the impressive new Wine & Travel France is a treasure of pleasures, brimming with French beauty and bounty.
    Laura Manske, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
  • As one of the oldest cities in America, the town is brimming with 18th-century history and charm.
    Madeline Weinfield, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2024
Definition of brimming
Adjective
  • Hannah is particularly passionate about beauty and wellness as a force for good that can lift our...
    Hannah Coates, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Harry has been a passionate player for decades, often competing side by side with his brother, Prince William.
    Clara Strunck, Glamour, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of passionate
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