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raise someone's hackles en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) To annoy or anger someone.
    • Every time I hear him talk, he just raises my hackles.
    • Much as I admire Wilson’s tour de force—I wish people would read it more and read about it less—my hackles have always risen at the entirely false suggestion that his book influenced mine. 1976, Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene, Kindle edition, OUP Oxford, published 2016, page 429:
    • View the film now and it’s not hard to see what raised the hackles of such groups. 2022 March 20, Jason Bailey, “‘Basic Instinct’ at 30: A Time Capsule That Can Still Offend”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
    • Google announced its breakthrough in a paper published in the science journal Nature. And its claims have raised the hackles of researchers at competing companies who believe the Silicon Valley giant is inflating its accomplishment. 2019 October 23, David Yaffe-Bellany, “Quantum Computing Explained (in Mere Minutes!)”, in New York Times:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
raises someone's hackles Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
raised someone's hackles Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
raised someone's hackles Tense=Past lexicographic
raising someone's hackles Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

make someone's hair stand on end · rub someone the wrong way

Synonyms

get under one's goat · madden · set up someone's birse · aggravate · rattle someone's cage · outrage · raise someone's shag · cross · piss off · get someone's dander up · get someone's nanny-goat · ruffle someone's feathers · ruffle · vex · devil · get someone's nanny · make someone's blood boil · rankle · tick off · boil someone's piss · disgruntle · burn up · envenom · cheese off · acerbate · exasperate · raise someone's hackles · chap someone's hide · make someone see red · peeve off · rankle · tee off · rile · get one's back up · bother · get someone's Irish up · irritate · grate · get on someone's tits · get · burn someone's ass · provoke · test someone's patience · cheese off · get on someone's wick · pee off · bug · get under someone's skin · irk · hack off · infuriate · put out · hassle · antagonize · get to · try one's patience · awrath · nettle · pique · offend · bedevil · rub the wrong way · persecute · set off · nark · peeve · steam · put someone's back up · nerve · wind up · get someone's back up · annoy · harsh one's mellow · put someone's back up · get on someone's nerves · mommick · jazz · nark · get someone's goat · get someone's goat · honk off · piss off · roil · frustrate · grotch · grind one's gears · provoke · sting · affront · make angry · rile up · get · get up · antagonize · gall · burn up · embitter · tick off · aggravate · storm · torque off · get someone's Irish up · give someone the shits · molest · botherate · get someone's dander up · roil · rub someone the wrong way · incense · anger · raise someone's hackles · Idioms: · ruffle some feathers · trouble · rile · rub up the wrong way · inflame

Translations (5)

pl grać na nerwach (Translations) · es levantar ampollas (Translations) · fr foutre en rogne (Translations) · pl działać na nerwy (Translations) · mi whakawanawana (Translations)