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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Chrystal	['kristəl]
Nick	[nik]
Afra (2)	-	Arabic
Onni	ON-nee	Finnish
Jamaar	jə-MAHR	African American (Rare)
Phunihel	-	Biblical Latin