dander
3
9.3
- noun
- /ˈdændər/
- Informal
:
enfado
- She gets her dander up whenever someone interrupts her during a meeting.
- get your dander
Examples
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Good to have your dander up, but discipline wins the day.
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" Why don't you know what you're doing? " she asked, her own dander rising.
Fiction book (1992) -
When she got her dander up, look out.
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Oh, sure, he do get my dander up once in a while.
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My boys got their dander up.
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Best not to get mama's dander up.
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You're about to get my dander up.
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My dander was up.
Fiction book (1998) -
When the SPCA got its dander up, why, The Sheriff just had to go along with them, That's all there is to it.
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As a mother of one child with autism and one with an attachment disorder, I have to say that the line "about as tough as things get for most people in this life" got my dander up.
Blog text (29)
Synonyms
4
8.4
A feeling of anger that makes someone feel defensive or act aggressive
3
9.9
A strong angry feeling because you are treated unfairly
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How Angry
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Etymology
A helpful way to remember the angry sense of dander is the phrase 'get your dander up', where you can imagine tiny things inside you rising. So when your dander is up you are angry or irritated.