bristle up

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bristle up - show anger or indignation; "She bristled at his insolent remarks"

bridle at, bridle up, bristle at

mind - be offended or bothered by; take offense with, be bothered by; "I don't mind your behavior"

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He was of a sickly color, and his thin, sandy hair seemed to bristle up with the intensity of his emotion.

Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context

At first glance it might have been thought that he was perpetually ashamed of something--that he had on his conscience something which always made him, as it were, bristle up and then shrink into himself.

Poor Folk by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context

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