bristle-v; 3 Senses

Sense Number 1: react with anger or fear

Commentary: Includes: BRISTLE AT/UP Syntax Is: NP1[agent[animate]] BRISTLE AT/UP (NP2)

Examples:
He bristled at her suggestion that he should teach her how to use
the program.
He bristled up and tore into me like a wild cat.

Mappings:
VerbNet: entity_specific_modes_being-47.2
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: bristle.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 4
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
bristle_at 1
bristle_up 1

Sense Number 2: be in a state of movement

Commentary: Syntax Is: NP1[location] BRISTLE WITH NP2[theme]

Examples:
The room bristled with TV and paparazzi cameras from four nations.
The island bristled with coast artillery.

Mappings:
VerbNet: bulge-47.5.3
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 3: have or be covered with bristles

Commentary: Syntax Includes: NP1[concrete] BRISTLE WITH NP2 NP1[abstract] BRISTLE WITH NP2

Examples:
The flower bristled with thorns.
This plan bristled with difficulties.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3