One becomes greatly irritated, annoyed, or aggravated. The disrespect he showed our professor during class made my hackles rise so badly that I had to go take a walk to calm down.I could see her hackles rising at the suggestion of reducing her hours at work.See also: hackle, rise
your, his, etc. ˈhackles rise
become angry: Ben felt his hackles rise as the speaker continued.See also: hackle, rise