HACKLES

[plural] [noun] - the hairs on the back of some animals or the feathers on the back of the neck of some birds which rise when the animal or bird is frightened or about to fightIf something makes someone's hackles rise, gets their hackles up or raises hackles, it makes them angry.It really gets my hackles up when government ministers start moralizing.The prime minister's speech has raised hackles among the opposition.