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
Bellatrix-Astronomy
Mack[mæk]
Laoghaire-Irish
Kapua-Hawaiian
Avra-Greek
Corina-English, German, Romanian