hackles

/ ˈhækəlz /

plural noun

1. the hairs on the back of the neck and the back of a dog, cat, etc, which rise when the animal is angry or afraid

2. anger or resentment (esp in the phrases get one's hackles up, make one's hackles rise )

Idioms and Phrases

see raise someone's hackles.

Example Sentences

There, he reiterated that he had "no agenda" and stated that "all debates are possible" on the thorny issue of reforms to France's pension system that has raised the hackles of leftist parties.

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The effect of this deal on other companies also raises the hackles of economists and trade experts.

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The success of high-speed rail in other countries raises our competitive hackles.

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Among those he ministered to were two female prisoners, one of them a Muslim, which raised some hackles in the Vatican.

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Scottish hackles had been raised enough by the suggestion that they - winners of the past four meetings - would be bullied out of the game.

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