make someone angry

  • 1make someone's hackles rise — ► make someone s hackles rise make someone angry or indignant. Main Entry: ↑hackle …

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  • 2make someone's hackles rise — make someone angry or indignant. → hackle …

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  • 3make 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,… …

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  • 4make someone's blood boil — ● blood * * * informal infuriate someone * * * make someone s blood boil : to make someone very angry His hate filled speeches make my blood boil! [=make me see red] • • • Main Entry: ↑blood make someone s blood boil see ↑ …

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  • 5make someone's blood boil — make (someone s) blood boil to make someone very angry. When I saw the rude way she talked to him it made my blood boil …

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  • 6make someone sick — mainly spoken 1) to make someone become very angry or upset The way he treats her makes me sick. 2) humorous to make someone feel very jealous You make me sick! You re so lucky! …

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  • 7make your blood boil — phrase to make you feel very angry Her patronizing sarcasm made my blood boil. Thesaurus: to make someone angry or annoyedsynonym Main entry: blood …

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  • 8make — I [[t]me͟ɪk[/t]] CARRYING OUT AN ACTION ♦ makes, making, made (Make is used in a large number of expressions which are explained under other words in this dictionary. For example, the expression to make sense is explained at sense .) 1) VERB You… …

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  • 9angry — an|gry [ æŋgri ] adjective *** 1. ) very annoyed: angry about/at/over: He is very angry about the way he s been treated. Patients are angry at the increase in the cost of medicines. angry with: Are you angry with me? feel angry: I was left… …

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  • 10angry */*/*/ — UK [ˈæŋɡrɪ] / US adjective Word forms angry : adjective angry comparative angrier superlative angriest Metaphor: Being angry is like being hot or on fire. She burned with indignation. ♦ He has a fiery temper. ♦ Jack was a hot tempered young man.… …

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