DANDER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A feeling of anger and animosity

Example:

having one's hackles or dander up

Synonyms:

dander; hackles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("dander" is a kind of...):

anger; choler; ire (a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance)

Meaning:

Small scales from animal skins or hair or bird feathers that can cause allergic reactions in some people

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("dander" is a kind of...):

exfoliation; scale; scurf (a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin)