get someone's hackles up

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• 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 — Julie s compulsive criticizing made her sister s hackles rise Syn: 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; rub… …   Thesaurus of popular words

• 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

• irritate — verb 1) they seem to enjoy irritating me Syn: annoy, vex, make angry, make cross, anger, exasperate, irk, gall, pique, nettle, put out, antagonize, get on someone s nerves, try someone s patience, ruffle someone s feathers, make someone s hackles …   Thesaurus of popular words

• irk — verb clearly, the prosecutor s opening questions irked him Syn: irritate, annoy, gall, pique, nettle, exasperate, try someone s patience; anger, infuriate, madden, incense, get on someone s nerves; antagonize, provoke; informal get someone s… …   Thesaurus of popular words

• provoke — verb 1) the plan has provoked outrage Syn: arouse, produce, evoke, cause, give rise to, occasion, call forth, elicit, induce, excite, spark off, touch off, kindle, generate, engender, instigate, result in …   Thesaurus of popular words

• annoy — verb their barking dog annoys me where the movie attempts to amuse, it only annoys Syn: irritate, vex, make angry/cross, anger, exasperate, irk, gall, pique, put out, antagonize, get on someone s nerves, get to, ruffle someone s feathers, make… …   Thesaurus of popular words

• vex — verb Alice was vexed by his remarks Syn: annoy, irritate, anger, infuriate, exasperate, irk, gall, pique, put out, antagonize, nettle, get on someone s nerves, ruffle someone s feathers, rattle someone s cage, make someone s hackles rise, rub the …   Thesaurus of popular words

• gall — I noun 1) she had the gall to ask for money Syn: effrontery, impudence, impertinence, cheek, cheekiness, insolence, audacity, temerity, presumption, cockiness, nerve, shamelessness, disrespect, bad manners; informal face, chutzpah; sauce …   Thesaurus of popular words

• anger — 1. noun his face was livid with anger Syn: rage, vexation, exasperation, displeasure, crossness, irritation, irritability, indignation, pique; annoyance, fury, wrath, ire, outrage, irascibility, ill temper/humor; informal slow burn, aggravation;… …   Thesaurus of popular words

• madden — verb 1) what maddens people most is his vagueness Syn: infuriate, exasperate, irritate; incense, anger, enrage, provoke, upset, agitate, vex, irk, make someone s hackles rise, make someone see red; informal aggravate, make someone s blood boil,… …   Thesaurus of popular words