make (someone's) hackles rise



make (someone's) hackles rise

To greatly irritate, annoy, or aggravate someone. The disrespect he showed our professor during class made my hackles rise so badly that I had to go take a walk to calm down. The politician has a gift for making his opponents' hackles rise during debates.
See also: hackle, make, rise

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Marietta-Italian
Nadav-Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Davor-Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Johana-Czech
Tracy['treisi]
IngimÁRr-Ancient Scandinavian