Rebel commanders also bristle at what they say is the Western media’s uncritical reporting of the YPG, much of it focused on the Kurdish group’s embrace of secularism and the presence of young women fighters in its ranks.
Source: tatoeba (11035848)
Bristle
//ˈbɹɪsəl//
Synonyms for "bristle" (182 found)
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Closest matches (37)
Strong matches (54)
Related words (91)
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Translations
91 translations across 31 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- μῆριγξ noun (stiff or coarse hair)
Bulgarian
2 entries- четина noun (stiff or coarse hair)
- настръхвам verb (to rise or stand erect, like bristle)
Catalan
1 entries- cerra noun (stiff or coarse hair)
Czech
1 entries- štětina noun (stiff or coarse hair)
Danish
3 entries- børste noun (stiff or coarse hair)
- børste noun (hair or straw of a brush, broom etc.)
- børstehår noun (hair or straw of a brush, broom etc.)
Dutch
4 entries- borstelhaar noun (hair or straw of a brush, broom etc.)
- stoppelhaar noun (stiff or coarse hair)
- recht overeind staan verb (to be on one's guard)
- stekelig reageren verb (to be on one's guard)
Esperanto
1 entries- hirtiĝi verb (to rise or stand erect, like bristle)
Faroese
1 entries- bust noun (stiff or coarse hair)
Finnish
2 entries- harjas noun (stiff or coarse hair)
- harjas noun (hair or straw of a brush, broom etc.)
French
3 entries- poil noun (hair or straw of a brush, broom etc.)
- soie noun (stiff or coarse hair)
- se hérisser verb (to rise or stand erect, like bristle)
Galician
4 entries- seda noun (stiff or coarse hair)
- serda noun (stiff or coarse hair)
- encrechar verb (to rise or stand erect, like bristle)
- erizar verb (to rise or stand erect, like bristle)
German
2 entries- Borste noun (stiff or coarse hair)
- Borste noun (hair or straw of a brush, broom etc.)
Hawaiian
1 entries- heu noun (stiff or coarse hair)
Hungarian
4 entries- szál noun (hair or straw of a brush, broom etc.)
- szőr noun (hair or straw of a brush, broom etc.)
- sörte noun (stiff or coarse hair)
- sörte noun (hair or straw of a brush, broom etc.)
Italian
4 entries- barba corta ispida noun (stiff or coarse hair)
- pelo ispido noun (stiff or coarse hair)
- setola noun (hair or straw of a brush, broom etc.)
- setole noun (hair or straw of a brush, broom etc.)
Latin
1 entries- saeta noun (stiff or coarse hair)
Macedonian
1 entries- четина noun (stiff or coarse hair)
Māori
3 entries- perehina noun (stiff or coarse hair)
- tarakina noun (stiff or coarse hair)
- wana noun (stiff or coarse hair)
Norwegian
1 entries- bust noun (stiff or coarse hair)
Occitan
2 entries- pel noun (stiff or coarse hair)
- pel noun (hair or straw of a brush, broom etc.)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- قیل noun (stiff or coarse hair)
Polish
4 entries- sierść noun (stiff or coarse hair)
- szczecina noun (stiff or coarse hair)
- włosie noun (hair or straw of a brush, broom etc.)
- jeżyć się verb (to be on one's guard)
Portuguese
3 entries- cerda noun (stiff or coarse hair)
- cerda noun (hair or straw of a brush, broom etc.)
- eriçar verb (to rise or stand erect, like bristle)
Russian
4 entries- ворс noun (hair or straw of a brush, broom etc.)
- щети́на noun (stiff or coarse hair)
- щети́на noun (hair or straw of a brush, broom etc.)
- ощети́ниваться verb (to rise or stand erect, like bristle)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- kostret noun (stiff or coarse hair)
- kostrijet noun (stiff or coarse hair)
- osje noun (stiff or coarse hair)
- čekinja noun (stiff or coarse hair)
Spanish
4 entries- ceda noun (stiff or coarse hair)
- cerda noun (stiff or coarse hair)
- cerda noun (hair or straw of a brush, broom etc.)
- cerdamen noun (hair or straw of a brush, broom etc.)
Swedish
4 entries- borst noun (stiff or coarse hair)
- borst noun (hair or straw of a brush, broom etc.)
- svinborst noun (stiff or coarse hair)
- lystra verb (to be on one's guard)
Tagalog
1 entries- tutsang noun (stiff or coarse hair)
Turkish
2 entries- kıl noun (hair or straw of a brush, broom etc.)
- sert kıl noun (stiff or coarse hair)
Ukrainian
1 entries- щети́на noun (stiff or coarse hair)
Welsh
1 entries- gwrych noun (stiff or coarse hair)
Sample sentences
27 total sentences available.
Many New Yorkers bristle at the notion that the site where the Twin Towers once stood has become a major tourist attraction.
Source: tatoeba (11035877)
Soft bristle paintbrushes are best for watercolour painting.
Source: tatoeba (13560158)
the bristles of a pig
Source: wiktionary
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