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Meanings of hackles in English

A feeling of anger and animosity.

Synonyms
Examples for "dander"
Examples for "dander"
1
Common sense is safe commander, and we need not raise our dander
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, October 18, 1890
2
An Engineer is no match for a Historian with his dander up!
Mortal Engines
3
Poultry dust is composed of dander, chicken feed, litter bedding and microbes.
Pubmed
4
My dogs shed constantly, putting dander and hair in the air, too.
Wired
5
When my dander's up a hornet's nest ain't a patch to me.
Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks / A Picture of New ...
Usage of hackles in English
1
No sound came from that direction, but something made his hackles rise.
Any way you want me
2
A blur of hackles and then he's gone, slid out of view.
The Irish Times
3
I could almost see Rupert's hackles rising, but I held my ground.
Honour's Knight
4
It's meant to be reassuring, but it actually makes Deborah's hackles rise.
Pandaemonium
5
A chill went down her spine, and even the wolves' hackles rose.
Heir of Fire
6
Wresting control from the Department was bound to raise a few hackles.
The Irish Times
7
Memories of using the port-all, and opening the gate, stirred her hackles.
Tetrarch (Well of Echoes)
8
I looked round at her and saw that her hackles were up.
The Woman in Black
9
She reminded me of an animal, ears back, hackles raised, haunches tense.
Demon: a memoir
10
Jan's hackles rose the moment he set eyes on the big husky.
Jan: A Dog and a Romance
11
And it raised hackles over the assumptions that were made about him.
BBC
12
I caught the oldwolf's eye and saw that his hackles had lowered.
Secrets of the Wolves
13
There was an edge to this darkness that made his hackles rise.
A Game of Thrones
14
She's standing on the end of the cot with her hackles raised.
Water for elephants
15
Quicksilver circled the Ranger to sniff its huge tire footprint, hackles raised.
Silver zombie: delilah street: paranormal investigator
16
His hackles were engaged, giving him the look of an auburn wolf.
Bare Bones
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Hackles through the time
Hackles across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common