verb
Meaning 1
To annoy or anger someone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- Every time I hear him talk, he just raises my hackles.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: aggravate, annoy, nettle, rankle, ruffle, sting, antagonize, bother, disgruntle, botherate, bug, get, grate, burn up, bedevil, cheese off, devil, exasperate, frustrate, get up, grotch, hack off, hassle, irk, irritate, jazz, molest, mommick, nark, nerve, pee off, peeve, peeve off, persecute, pique, piss off, provoke, rile, rile up, roil, storm, test someone's patience, tick off, trouble, try one's patience, vex, wind up, Idioms:, boil someone's piss, chap someone's hide, get on someone's nerves, get on someone's tits, get on someone's wick, get someone's back up, get someone's dander up, get someone's goat, get someone's Irish up, get someone's nanny, get someone's nanny-goat, get under one's goat, get under someone's skin, give someone the shits, grind one's gears, harsh one's mellow, put someone's back up, raise someone's hackles, rub someone the wrong way, rub up the wrong way, ruffle someone's feathers, tee off, torque off, affront, anger, awrath, cross, embitter, envenom, gall, get to, honk off, incense, inflame, infuriate, madden, make angry, offend, outrage, put out, set off, steam, get one's back up, make someone see red, make someone's blood boil, raise someone's shag, rattle someone's cage, rub the wrong way, ruffle some feathers, set up someone's birse
Antonyms: none provided