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hackles — noun a feeling of anger and animosity having one s hackles or dander up • Syn: ↑dander • Hypernyms: ↑anger, ↑choler, ↑ire * * * hackles [ˈhæklz] [ˈhæklz] … Useful english dictionary
hackles — 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… … Dictionary of contemporary English
hackles — 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… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
hackles — [[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… … English dictionary
hackles — n. anger to raise smb. s hackles * * * [ anger ] to raise smb. s hackles … Combinatory dictionary
hackles — 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 … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
hackles — [ˈhæk(ə)lz] noun [plural] if your hackles rise, you begin to feel very angry … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
hackles 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 … New idioms dictionary
hackles — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. temper, dander, passion; see anger … English dictionary for students
hackles — n. erectile hairs on the back of animals; feathers on the back of the neck of birds that rise when the bird is scared or is just about to fight; feeling of anger; feeling of hostility; dander hack·le || hækl n. neck feather (of a rooster,… … English contemporary dictionary
