what does hackles mean?
HACKLES as NOUN
- Meaning
- a feeling of anger and animosity
Synonym(s)
Usage Example(s)
- having one’’s hackles or dander up
Hypernyms(s) hackles is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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