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
Yaqub-Arabic
Khadija-Arabic, Malay
AllonAHL-ən (English)Biblical
JulioHOO-lyo (Spanish), ZHOO-lyoo (Portuguese)Spanish, Portuguese
JaylonJAY-lənAfrican American (Modern)
LenoxLEN-əksScottish, English (Rare)