| Principales traductions |
| hérisser⇒ vtr | (dresser : des poils) (animal's fur) | bristle⇒ vi |
| | (animal's fur) | stand on end v expr |
| | (raise hair) | ruffle⇒, tousle⇒, fluff⇒ vtr |
| | Il est spectaculaire de voir un chat hérisser ses poils. |
| | It's quite a sight to see a cat's fur bristle. |
| hérisser vtr | (faire se dresser : des cheveux, poils) (hair, fur) | make [sth] stand on end v expr |
| | En entrant dans la salle, l'angoisse hérissa les poils du candidat. |
| | As he entered the room, fear made the candidate's hair stand on end. |
| hérisser vtr | figuré (irriter, horripiler) | annoy⇒, bother⇒, trouble⇒, irk⇒ vtr |
| | (UK, slang, vulgar) | piss [sb] off vtr phrasal sep |
| | (figurative) | get up [sb]'s nose, get [sb]'s back up v expr |
| | (figurative) | make [sb] bristle v expr |
| | Ses réflexions stupides me hérissent. |
| | His stupid remarks annoy me. |
| | ⓘCette phrase n'est pas une traduction de la phrase originale. It really gets up my nose when she turns up late. |
| se hérisser⇒ v pron | (devenir dressé) (become upright) | stick up, stand up vi phrasal |
| | Ses cheveux se hérissaient avec cette électricité statique. |
| | His hair was standing up with the static electricity. |
| se hérisser v pron | (s'irriter) (figurative) | bristle⇒ vi |
| | | get irritated, get annoyed vi + adj |
| | Mon frère se hérisse à la moindre contrariété. |
| | My brother bristles at the slightest aggravation. |
| Traductions supplémentaires |
| se hérisser de [qch] v pron + prép | soutenu (se remplir de [qch]) (figurative) | bristle with [sth] vi + prep |
| | En 1968, les rues se hérissaient de barricades. |
| | In 1968, the streets were bristling with barricades. |
| hérisser vtr | soutenu (garnir [qch] d'objets pointus) | spike⇒ vtr |
| | Contre les voleurs, il hérisse le mur de tessons de bouteilles. |
| | He is spiking the wall with shards of broken bottles to deter thieves. |
| hérisser vtr | (parsemer) | punctuate⇒, pepper⇒, intersperse⇒ vtr |
| | | sprinkle⇒, scatter⇒ vtr |
| | Les problèmes de santé ont hérissé sa vie mais il est toujours là. |
| | His life has been punctuated by health problems, but he's still around! |