2. verge, point, moment; crisis, crossroads, juncture,
brisk, adj. 1. active, lively, animated, spirited, vivacious; enlivened, invigorated, energetic, energized, vivified, vitalized, inspirited; vigorous, spry, sprightly, pert, Inf. peppy, Inf. snappy, Music, allegro; swift, quick, prompt, alacritous; airy, breezy, jaunty, zestful, sportive; full of life, full of get up and go, full of vim and vigor, in high spirits; eager, zealous, ardent, vehement, enthusiastic, fervent, Inf. sparking, fired up. 2. sharp, crisp, fresh, bracing, nipping; invigorating, refreshing, stirring, roborant; stimulating, revivatory, tonic, strengthening, beneficial; restorative, rejuvenating, revitalizing.
bristle, n. 1. hair, whisker, nub, stubble, Scot. birse; prickle, Zool. seta, Bot. trichome, spicule, spine, quill, shoot; thorn, barb, barbule, point.
-v. 2. prickle, horripillate, stand up, rise; start up, stir up, arouse; be angered, be infuriated, be maddened,
bristly, adj. prickly, stubbly, stubby, nubby, whiskered, bewhiskered; tipped, prickled, spined, quilled, pointed, barbed, pronged; rough, shaggy, hairy, bearded, comose; horrent, thorny, spiny; All Zool., Bot. trichomic, trichoid, barbellate, hispid, hispidu-lous, strigose, spicular, spiculate.
brittle, adj. 1. fragile, frail, weak, infirm, delicate, feeble, rickety.
2. breakable, frangible, smashable, shivery, splintery, shattery, (of wood) brash; crumbly, friable, pulverulent, pulverable, pulverizable, powdery, triturable.
broach, v. suggest, mention, bring up, open; propose, offer, proffer, pose; introduce, submit, present, set forth, put before; throw out, bring to [s.o.'s] attention, place before, hold out; advance, put forward, propound, tender, move, make a motion,
broad, adj. 1. wide, extensive, expansive, large; beamy, outspread, splay, spread out, thick, hippopo-tamic; spacious, capacious, roomy, ample, commodious, voluminous.
2. immense, vast, sweeping, far-reaching, far-flung; unlimited, illimitable, unbounded, boundless, measureless, infinite, interminable, endless.
3. full, entire, whole, complete, perfect; absolute, plenary, total, utter, thorough, all, out and out.
4. comprehensive, inclusive, encyclopedic, of great scope, compendious; all-inclusive, composite, exhaustive, all-embracing; general, universal, ecumenical, world-wide, catholic, latitudinarian, widespread.
5. plain, clear, direct, straightforward, sincere, candid, frank; undisguised, unconcealed, unquestionable, clear-cut; evident, visible, pronounced, apparent; striking, glaring, staring, bare, naked, well-marked.
6. broad-minded, liberal, good-hearted, good, fair, just. See - broad-minded.
7. indelicate, indecent, improper, indecorous, infelicitous; unseemly, unbecoming, uncomely; unrefined, inelegant, ungentle, ungentlemanly, unladylike.
8. free, unrestrained, unconstrained, unconfined, unobstructed; open, untrammeled; uncontrolled, unbridled, unchecked, unfettered, unhindered, unimpeded.
broadcast, v. 1. transmit, send out, cable, relay, radio; air, put on the air, televise, telecast.
2. scatter, disperse, strew, bestrew, sow, disseminate; spread, circulate, distribute, propagate, pass the word around.
3. advertise, announce, publish, voice; proclaim, herald, trumpet, blazon, blurb, ballyhoo, beat the drum, Inf. shout from the housetops or rooftops. -n. 4. show, program, telecast, radiobroadcast, radio program,
broaden, v. 1. widen, enlarge, expand, extend; open,