hackles
the erectile hairs along an animal's neck and back that rise in anger or fear; figuratively, a state of anger (as in 'raise someone's hackles')
Hackles in a sentence
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His condescending remarks raised the hackles of everyone in the meeting, leaving the room seething.
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