raise someone's hackles

English

Verb

raise someone 's hackles

(idiomatic) To annoy or anger someone.
Every time I hear him talk, he just raises my hackles.

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:annoy and Thesaurus:enrage

Translations

French: foutre en rogne
Maori: whakawanawana

Spanish: levantar ampollas

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