Show anger or indignation.
synonyms: bridle at, bridle up, bristle at.
Roget 250:
be prominent
etc.
adj.;
project,
bulge,
protrude,
pout,
bouge [Fr.],
bunch;
jut out,
stand out,
stick out,
poke out;
stick up,
bristle up,
start up,
cock up,
shoot up;
swell over,
hang over,
bend over;
beetle.
render prominent
etc.
adj.;
raise
307;
emboss,
chase.
[become convex]
belly out.
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Roget 900:
resent,
take amiss,
take ill,
take to heart,
take offense,
take umbrage,
take huff,
take exception;
take in ill part,
take in bad part,
take in dudgeon;
ne pas entendre raillerie [Fr.];
breathe revenge,
cut up rough.
fly into a rage,
fall into a rage,
get into a rage,
fly into a passion;
bridle up,
bristle up,
froth up,
fire up,
flare up;
open the vials of one's wrath,
pour out the vials of one's wrath.
pout,
knit the brow,
frown,
scowl,
lower,
snarl,
growl,
gnarl,
gnash,
snap;
redden,
color;
look black,
look black as thunder,
look daggers;
bite one's thumb;
show one's teeth,
grind one's teeth;
champ the bit,
champ at the bit.
chafe,
mantle,
fume,
kindle,
fly out,
take fire;
boil,
boil over;
boil with indignation,
boil with rage;
rage,
storm,
foam,
vent one's rage,
vent one's spleen;
lose one's temper,
stand on one's hind legs,
stamp the foot,
stamp with rage,
quiver with rage,
swell with rage,
foam with rage;
burst with anger;
raise Cain.
have a fling at;
bear malice
etc.
(revenge)
919.
cause anger,
raise anger;
affront,
offend;
give offense,
give umbrage;
anger;
hurt the feelings;
insult,
discompose,
fret,
ruffle,
nettle,
huff,
pique;
excite
etc.
824;
irritate,
stir the blood,
stir up bile;
sting,
sting to the quick;
rile,
provoke,
chafe,
wound,
incense,
inflame,
enrage,
aggravate,
add fuel to the flame,
fan into a flame,
widen the breach,
envenom,
embitter,
exasperate,
infuriate,
kindle wrath;
stick in one's gizzard;
rankle
etc.
919;
hit on the raw,
rub on the raw,
sting on the raw,
strike on the raw.
put out of countenance,
put out of humor;
put one's monkey up,
put one's back up;
raise one's gorge,
raise one's dander,
raise one's choler;
work up into a passion;
make one's blood boil,
make the ears tingle;
throw,
into a ferment,
madden,
drive one mad;
lash into fury,
lash into madness;
fool to the top of one's bent;
set by the ears.
bring a hornet's nest about one's ears.
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