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ruffle one's feathers

VERB

rub the wrong way

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WEAK

aggravate anger annoy bother bug disturb drive up the wall enrage get on one's nerves get to get under one's skin infuriate irk needle pester rattle

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Miss Blake did sometimes ruffle one's feathers most confoundedly, and yet I knew it would have grieved me had we parted in enmity.

From The Uninhabited House by Riddell, Mrs. J. H.

ruffle one's feathers

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