bristled

    • verb
    • To show sudden displeasure or anger at some provocation. (idioms.thefreedictionary.com/)
    • Here, Poverty And Privilege Are Neighbors; Income Gaps Are a Source Of Resentment and Guilt  “Some oldtime P.S. 38 parents bristled at the influx at first”
    • it help me understand the senteced because now i know to bristled me a sundden displeasure. they parents were suddently angry.