make someone's hackles rise
• make someone angry or indignant.
Similar:
annoy,
irritate,
exasperate,
anger,
irk,
vex,
put out,
nettle,
provoke,
incense,
gall,
rile,
infuriate,
antagonize,
get on someone's nerves,
rub up the wrong way,
make someone's blood boil,
ruffle someone's feathers,
ruffle,
try someone's patience,
offend,
pique,
peeve,
rankle with,
aggravate,
needle,
make someone see red,
hack off,
get someone's back up,
get someone's goat,
get under someone's skin,
get in someone's hair,
get someone's dander up,
bug,
get,
miff,
wind up,
get at,
nark,
get across,
get on someone's wick,
get up someone's nose,
tee off,
tick off,
burn up,
rankle,
ride,
gravel,
give someone the pip,
exacerbate,
hump,
rasp,
piss off,