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单词 rub someone up the wrong way
释义
(idiom) 
Definition
to annoy
Synonyms
annoy
Try making a note of the things that annoy you.
anger
The decision to allow more construction angered the residents.
bug (informal)
I only did it to bug my parents.
irritate
Their attitude irritates me.
aggravate (informal)
What aggravates you most about this country?
vex
Everything about that man vexes me.
irk
The rehearsal process irked him increasingly.
peeve (informal)
get under your skin (informal)
Her mannerisms can just get under your skin and needle you.
get on your nerves (informal)
nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang)
piss you off (taboo, slang)
get your goat (slang)
get in your hair (informal)
hack you off (informal)
See rub

Additional synonyms

in the sense of aggravate
Definition
to annoy
What aggravates you most about this country?
Synonyms
annoy,
bother,
provoke,
needle (informal),
irritate,
tease,
hassle (informal),
gall,
exasperate,
nettle,
pester,
vex,
irk,
get under your skin (informal),
get on your nerves (informal),
nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang),
get up your nose (informal),
be on your back (slang),
piss you off (taboo, slang),
rub (someone) up the wrong way (informal),
get in your hair (informal),
get on your wick (British, slang),
hack you off (informal)
in the sense of anger
Definition
to make (someone) angry
The decision to allow more construction angered the residents.
Synonyms
enrage,
provoke,
outrage,
annoy,
offend,
excite,
irritate,
infuriate,
hassle (informal),
aggravate (informal),
incense,
fret,
gall,
madden,
exasperate,
nettle,
vex,
affront,
displease,
rile,
pique,
get on someone's nerves (informal),
antagonize,
get someone's back up,
piss someone off (taboo, slang),
put someone's back up,
nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang),
make someone's blood boil,
get in someone's hair (informal),
get someone's dander up (informal)
in the sense of bug
Definition
to irritate or upset (someone)
I only did it to bug my parents.
Synonyms
annoy,
bother,
disturb,
needle (informal),
plague,
irritate,
harass,
hassle (informal),
aggravate (informal),
badger,
gall,
nettle,
pester,
vex,
irk,
get under your skin (informal),
get on your nerves (informal),
nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang),
get up your nose (informal),
be on your back (slang),
piss you off (taboo, slang),
get in your hair (informal),
get on your wick (British, slang),
hack you off (informal)

Nearby words of
rub someone up the wrong way

  • rub salt into the wound
  • rub shoulders with someone
  • rub someone out
  • rub someone up the wrong way
  • rub something in
  • rub something or someone down
  • rub something out

Synonyms of 'rub someone up the wrong way'

rub someone up the wrong way

Explore 'rub sb up the wrong way' in the dictionary

Additional synonyms

in the sense of get under your skin
Definition
to annoy one
Her mannerisms can just get under your skin and needle you.
Synonyms
annoy,
irritate,
aggravate (informal),
needle (informal),
nettle,
irk,
grate on,
get on your nerves (informal),
piss you off (taboo, slang),
get in your hair (informal),
rub you up the wrong way,
hack you off (informal)
in the sense of irk
Definition
to irritate or vex
The rehearsal process irked him increasingly.
Synonyms
irritate,
annoy,
aggravate (informal),
provoke,
bug (informal),
put out (informal),
gall,
ruffle,
nettle,
vex,
rile,
peeve (informal),
get on your nerves (informal),
nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang),
miff (informal),
be on your back (slang),
piss you off (taboo, slang),
get in your hair (informal),
rub you up the wrong way (informal),
put your nose out of joint (informal),
get your back up,
put your back up,
hack you off (informal)
in the sense of irritate
Definition
to annoy or anger (someone)
Their attitude irritates me.
Synonyms
annoy,
anger,
bother,
provoke,
offend,
needle (informal),
harass,
infuriate,
aggravate (informal),
incense,
fret,
enrage,
gall,
ruffle,
inflame,
exasperate,
nettle,
pester,
vex,
irk,
pique,
rankle with,
get under your skin (informal),
get on your nerves (informal),
nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang),
drive you up the wall (slang),
piss you off (taboo, slang),
rub you up the wrong way (informal),
get your goat (slang),
try your patience,
get in your hair (informal),
get on your wick (informal),
get your dander up (informal),
raise your hackles,
get your back up,
get your hackles up,
put your back up,
hack you off (informal)
in the sense of nark
Definition
to annoy
Synonyms
annoy,
bother,
provoke,
bug (informal),
irritate,
aggravate (informal),
gall,
exasperate,
nettle,
irk,
rile,
pique,
peeve,
get on your nerves (informal),
miff (informal),
piss you off (taboo, slang),
hack you off (informal)
in the sense of vex
Definition
to cause (someone) to feel annoyance or irritation
Everything about that man vexes me.
Synonyms
annoy,
bother,
irritate,
worry,
trouble,
upset,
disturb,
distress,
provoke,
bug (informal),
offend,
needle (informal),
plague,
put out,
tease,
torment,
harass,
hassle (informal),
aggravate (informal),
afflict,
fret,
gall,
agitate,
exasperate,
nettle,
pester,
displease,
rile,
pique,
peeve (informal),
grate on,
get on your nerves (informal),
nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang),
give someone grief (British, South Africa),
get your back up,
put your back up,
hack you off (informal)
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