hackles
1hackles — noun a feeling of anger and animosity having one s hackles or dander up • Syn: ↑dander • Hypernyms: ↑anger, ↑choler, ↑ire * * * hackles [ˈhæklz] [ˈhæklz] …
2hackles — hack|les [ˈhækəlz] n [plural] [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: Probably from an unrecorded Old English hacule small hook ] 1.) sb s hackles rise if someone s hackles rise, they begin to feel very angry, because someone s behaviour or attitude offends… …
3hackles — noun (plural) 1 sb s hackles rise if someone s hackles rise they begin to feel very angry, because someone s behaviour or attitude offends them: Laura saw the insolent look on his face, and felt her hackles rising. | raise sb s hackles (=make… …
4hackles — [[t]hæ̱k(ə)lz[/t]] PHRASE: V inflects If something raises your hackles or makes your hackles rise, it makes you feel angry and hostile. Oh boy, this record s going to raise a few hackles... You could see her hackles rising as she heard him… …
5hackles — n. anger to raise smb. s hackles * * * [ anger ] to raise smb. s hackles …
6hackles — hack|les [ hæklz ] noun plural 1. ) if your hackles rise, or something raises your hackles, you begin to feel very angry 2. ) the hairs on the back of the neck of cats, dogs, and some other animals that stick up when they are angry …
7hackles — UK [ˈhæk(ə)lz] / US noun [plural] 1) if your hackles rise, or if something raises your hackles, you begin to feel very angry 2) the hairs on the back of the neck of cats, dogs, and some other animals that stick up when they are angry …
8hackles — [ˈhæk(ə)lz] noun [plural] if your hackles rise, you begin to feel very angry …
9hackles rise — (someone s) hackles rise raise (someone s) hackles to annoy someone. She spoke to me as if I was about thirteen and I felt my hackles rise …
10hackles — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. temper, dander, passion; see anger …