make someone's hackles rise
- make someone's hackles rise
ANNOY, irritate, exasperate, anger, incense, infuriate, irk, nettle, vex, put out, provoke, gall, antagonize, get on someone's nerves, ruffle someone's feathers, rankle with;
Brit. rub up the wrong way;
informal aggravate, peeve, needle, rile, make someone see red, make someone's blood boil, hack off, get someone's back up, get someone's goat, get up someone's nose, get someone's dander up, bug,
miff;
Brit. informal wind up, nark,
get on someone's wick;
N. Amer. informal tee off, tick off,
burn up;
informal, dated give someone the pip.
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make someone's hackles rise
To make someone angry
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Useful english dictionary.
2012.
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make someone's hackles rise — ► make someone s hackles rise make someone angry or indignant. Main Entry: ↑hackle … English terms dictionary
make someone's hackles rise — make someone angry or indignant. → hackle … English new terms dictionary
make someone's hackles rise — Julie s compulsive criticizing made her sister s hackles rise Syn: annoy, irritate, exasperate, anger, incense, infuriate, irk, nettle, vex, put out, provoke, gall, antagonize, get on someone s nerves, ruffle someone s feathers, rankle with; rub… … Thesaurus of popular words
make hackles rise — If someone or something makes your hackles rise, they make you angry. Her constant criticism really makes my hackles rise! … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
hackles — hack|les [ˈhækəlz] n [plural] [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: Probably from an unrecorded Old English hacule small hook ] 1.) sb s hackles rise if someone s hackles rise, they begin to feel very angry, because someone s behaviour or attitude offends… … Dictionary of contemporary English
hackles — noun (plural) 1 sb s hackles rise if someone s hackles rise they begin to feel very angry, because someone s behaviour or attitude offends them: Laura saw the insolent look on his face, and felt her hackles rising. | raise sb s hackles (=make… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
rub someone the wrong way — Regina s roommates rub her boyfriend the wrong way Syn: irritate, annoy, irk, vex, provoke, displease, exasperate, infuriate, get on someone s nerves, put out, pique, upset, nettle, ruffle someone s feathers, make someone s hackles rise, try… … Thesaurus of popular words
hackle — make someone s hackles rise … Thesaurus of popular words
hackle — ► NOUN 1) (hackles) hairs along an animal s back which rise when it is angry or alarmed. 2) a long, narrow feather on the neck or saddle of a domestic cock or other bird. 3) a steel comb for dressing flax. ● make someone s hackles rise Cf. ↑make… … English terms dictionary
hackle — noun 1》 (hackles) erectile hairs along an animal s back, which rise when it is angry or alarmed. 2》 a long, narrow feather on the neck or saddle of a domestic cock or other bird. 3》 Fishing a feather wound around a fishing fly so that its… … English new terms dictionary
