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DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar
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bristle

/ˈbrɪs(ə)l/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈbrɪs(ə)l/
bristle
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Final e often stays silent

bris - tle -> bristle

Myanmar meaning

(n) (ကြက်သီးမွေးညင်း)ထခြင်း။အမွေး ထိုးထိုး ထောင်ထောင်။ (v.i) အမွေးထောင်သည်။

Full entry

bristle /'brÇsl/ n

၁။ မာကြမ်းသောအမွေးတို။ a face covered with bristles.
၂။ သွားပွတ်တံ။ ဝက်မှင်ဘီး အမွေး။ My toothbrush is losing its bristles.
v
၁။ ~ (up) စောင်းမွေးထသည်။ ကျောမွေးထောင်သည်။ The dog's fur bristled as it sensed danger.
၂။ ~ (with sth) (at sth) မျက်နှာထား၊ ကိုယ်အမူအရာ တင်းလိုက်သည်။ ကိုယ် အမူအရာ ဆတ်ခနဲ တောင့်လိုက်သည်။ bristle with defiance/pride ❍ She bristled (with rage) at the mention of his name.
❏ bristle with sth [PHRV ] ပြည့်နှက်နေသည်။ troops bristling with weapons ❍ The problem bristles with difficulties.
❏ bristly /'brÇsli/ adj မွေးကြမ်းတိုများနှင့် တူသော။ ယင်း အမွေးထူသော။ ကြမ်းတမ်းစူးရှသော။ a bristly chin ❍ She finds his beard too bristly. ❍ dry bristly grass.

More examples
  • She bristled (with rage) at the mention of his name. ❏ bristle with sth [PHRV] ပြည့်နှက်နေသည်။ troops bristling with weapons
  • The problem bristles with difficulties. ❏ bristly /'brÇsli/ adj မွေးကြမ်းတိုများနှင့် တူသော။ ယင်း အမွေးထူသော။ ကြမ်းတမ်းစူးရှသော။ a bristly chin
  • She finds his beard too bristly.
  • dry bristly grass.
Synonyms
hair, spine, spike, quill, coat, hackle, barb, be angry, be full, be infuriated, be maddened, be packed with, be thick with, become annoyed, become erect, become indignant, become upset, blow up, boil, boil over, bridle, brim, excited, feeler, fiber, flare, flare up, fume, get angry, get one's dander up, get your hackles up, object, overflow, point, poke out, prickle, prickly hair, rage, recoil, resent, rise, ruffle, see red, seethe, short, spit, stand on end, stand up, stick out, stiffen, stubble, swell, take umbrage, teem, thorn, vibrissa, whisker
Antonyms
be happy
Cross references
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