have one's back up
incense
malding
have the dirts with
lose one's temper
frost
arc up
get bent out of shape
rattle someone's cage
huff
one's back is up
chockling
enturbulate
see red
wind up
grig
get someone's Irish up
broyges
get someone's dander up
lecture
nark
spleen
drive someone crazy
bridle
naggle
get on someone's tits
forset
orp
lay out
offend
stint
tew
irk
teasy
bristle up
rarked up
bridle at
ire
bristle at
bridle up
burn up
get under one's goat
blow a gasket
flip out
fill up
aflame
fret
moither
ropeable
black
torque off
terrify
shirty
rip into
rear
spit tacks
spit chips
displeasurable
beratingly
lay into
surly
argumentative
get one's bowels in an uproar
bellicose
weigh down
tight
ugly
rub up the wrong way
choler
catch heat
weigh on
get someone's goat
raise someone's hackles
get someone's back up
piss off
engaged
annoy
fume
bristle
hoot
heated
cut up nasty
furor
rark up
rustle someone's jimmies
cut up rough
affrontive
aggressionist
put out
cop the needle
simmer
ride
tchah
worry
rub someone the wrong way
ruck
snitty
repugnant

English words for 'To be angry or defensive.'

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