get someone's dander up
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get someone's — ● dander … Useful english dictionary
get your dander up — get your/someone’s/dander up informal old fashioned phrase to become angry, or to make someone become angry Thesaurus: to be, or to become angry or annoyedsynonym to make someone angry or annoyedsynonym … Useful english dictionary
dander — dan|der [ dændər ] noun uncount very small pieces of dead skin from an animal s body get your/someone s dander up INFORMAL OLD FASHIONED to become angry or make someone become angry … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
dander — UK [ˈdændə(r)] / US [ˈdændər] noun get your/someone s dander up informal old fashioned to become angry, or to make someone become angry … English dictionary
dander — dan|der [ˈdændə US ər] n get sb s dander up to make someone angry often used humorously … Dictionary of contemporary English
dander — noun old fashioned get sb s dander up to make someone angry … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
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,… … Useful english 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
irritate — verb 1) they seem to enjoy irritating me Syn: annoy, vex, make angry, make cross, anger, exasperate, irk, gall, pique, nettle, put out, antagonize, get on someone s nerves, try someone s patience, ruffle someone s feathers, make someone s hackles … Thesaurus of popular words
irk — verb clearly, the prosecutor s opening questions irked him Syn: irritate, annoy, gall, pique, nettle, exasperate, try someone s patience; anger, infuriate, madden, incense, get on someone s nerves; antagonize, provoke; informal get someone s… … Thesaurus of popular words
