your, his, etc. hackles rise

(one's) hackles rise

One becomes greatly irritated, annoyed, or aggravated. 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. I could see her hackles rising at the suggestion of reducing her hours at work.
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your, his, etc. ˈhackles rise

become angry: Ben felt his hackles rise as the speaker continued.
See also: hackle, rise
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See also:
  • (one's) hackles rise
  • hackle
  • make (someone's) hackles rise
  • make somebody's hackles rise
  • make someone's hackles rise
  • raise (one's) hackles
  • raise one's hackles
  • raise someone's hackles
  • rise
  • raise one's hackles, to