make someone's hackles rise
- make someone's hackles rise
Julie's compulsive criticizing made her sister's hackles rise
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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 — 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 — make someone angry or indignant. → hackle … English new terms dictionary
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
