to get one's dander up
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9.1
- idiom
- Informal
- The unfair treatment of workers really gets my dander up.
Examples
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Now, don't get your dander up, but I still got a feeling that...
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How about smiley faces, do they get your dander up too?
Blog text (27) -
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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You're about to get my dander up.
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"One of these days you'll go too far, and he'll get his dander up."
Fiction book (1994) -
I guess that's why I've got my dander up over this one.
Blog text (20) -
When she heard the news about the policy change, it really got her dander up.
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Don't get your dander up over a minor mistake; it's not worth the stress.
Synonyms
250
4.8
To start a fight or argument by annoying someone
222
6.3
Annoy or upset someone gradually
220
3.9
Make someone very annoyed or upset
144
1.0
Make someone slightly angry or bothered by small repeated actions
126
4.8
To make people feel strong emotions like anger or fear
103
1.0
To make someone very upset or annoyed
87
3.6
Annoy someone again and again to make them react
60
4.9
To bother someone again and again until they feel angry
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7.1
To annoy someone with small repeated actions
46
3.2
Make someone very annoyed or upset
38
7.4
To annoy someone a lot by small things another person does
34
5.8
To make people's feelings stronger, especially anger or hate
34
3.0
Make someone feel annoyed because they cannot do something
30
5.0
Make someone very angry
28
7.6
To make someone angry or unfriendly
27
3.7
To make someone very angry
22
6.9
Make someone annoyed, often by small things
15
4.2
Annoy someone and make them angrier
14
4.8
To make people feel strongly excited or upset
13
4.7
To make someone feel annoyed or unhappy
10
6.8
Make someone angry or annoyed on purpose by teasing them
10
8.0
To continue to make someone feel angry or hurt
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8.4
To annoy someone or make them angry
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7.1
To annoy someone deeply
3
7.9
To make someone angry or upset
3
9.8
To make someone feel very annoyed or upset
2
7.9
To annoy someone or make them feel defensive
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8.2
To offend someone and make them feel annoyed or hurt
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6.8
To make someone feel annoyed
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9.1
To become upset or worried about small things
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7.7
To make someone angry or ready to argue
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7.2
To annoy someone again and again so they feel bothered
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9.9
To annoy someone by doing the same small things again and again
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8.0
To make someone feel unhappy or annoyed
To annoy someone so they become defensive
To cause someone to feel very angry
To become angry or upset
To become upset over a small problem
To become too upset about a small problem
To become very annoyed or frustrated by something small and repeated
Antonyms
How Angry
Surface Forms
Morphology
Given knowledge of the constituents (especially 'dander' as anger), the phrase is compositionally interpretable: 'get' + 'one's dander' + 'up' straightforwardly means to cause someone's anger to rise. The pattern 'get one's X up' meaning 'raise X' is a regular, transparent construction that a B1 learner can deduce from the parts.
Etymology
Get one's dander up may come from the picture of an angry dog. When a dog is upset its hair stands up, and that raised hair was called dander, so to get your dander up came to mean to become 'angry' or 'annoyed'.