ruffle someone's feathers

verb

Definitions

  1. To unease, cause discomfort to someone.

    • Sutton and David Templeton both had efforts just off target as Hearts' tactics of high-tempo, pressing football ruffled the English side's feathers.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for ruffle someone's feathers. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA