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Raise Some Hackles Crossword Clue

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verb

• cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

• make turbid by stirring up the sediments of

49%7Raise hackles
verb

• call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)

• evoke or provoke to appear or occur

• provide the needed stimulus for

• annoy continually or chronically

35%13 Raising hackles
adjective

• marked by or capable of arousing controversy

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