hackles

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Meaning

a feeling of anger and animosity

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A sense of wrongness, of fraught unease, as if long nails scraped the surface of the moon, raising the hackles of the soul. China Miéville

Abe shook his head, and now the smile was gone altogether. "That's not the reason either. Don't lie to me little girl." I felt my hackles going up. "And don't interrogate me, old man. Richelle Mead

Nothing gets my hackles up like being told I can't do something. Lauren Mayberry

Discomfort levels in our societies are rising, or so it would seem. In theory, we invoke diversity and tolerance. But in real life, we raise our hackles and withdraw into ourselves. Tariq Ramadan

having one's hackles or dander up Source: Internet

Although it is possible for a hen to crow as well, crowing (together with hackles development) is one of the clearest signs of being a rooster. citation The rooster is often portrayed as crowing at the break of dawn ("cock-a-doodle-doo"). Source: Internet

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