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| Main Entry: |
grate
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shred, grind down |
| Synonyms: | abrade, bark, bray, file, fray, gall, mince, pound, pulverize, rasp, raze, rub, scrape, scratch, scuff, skin, triturate |
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| Main Entry: | grating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | irritating; scraping |
| Synonyms: | annoying, disagreeable, discordant, displeasing, dissonant, dry, grinding, harsh, harsh-sounding, hoarse, irksome, jarring, offensive, rasping, raucous, rough, shrill, squeaky, strident, stridulent, stridulous, unpleasant, vexatious |
| Antonyms: | pleasing, soothing |
| Main Entry: | abrade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | scrape |
| Synonyms: | chafe, erode, grate, rub, rub off, scuff, triturate, wear, wear down |
Example Sentences
- TiVo acolytes won't mind, but others might find its rough edges a little grating.
- Germans found his personality grating and his obsession with tax cuts off-putting.
- The easiest way to shred your cabbage is with a food processor's grating attachment.
| Main Entry: | abrasion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | scraping or wearing down by friction |
| Synonyms: | abrading, chafing, erosion, grating, rubbing, scratching, scuffing |
| Notes: | abrasion is the process of wearing down or rubbing away by means of friction; corrosion is the act or process of destroying a metal or alloy gradually, especially by oxidation or chemical action; erosion is any of a group of natural processes, including weathering, dissolution, abrasion, corrosion, and transportation, by which material is worn away from the earth's surface |
| Main Entry: | aggravate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | annoy |
| Synonyms: | be at, be on the back of, bother, bug, bum*, dog, drive up the wall, exasperate, gall, get, get on one's nerves, get to, give a hard time, grate, hack, irk, irritate, nag, needle, nettle, peeve, pester, pick on, pique, provoke, tease, vex, wig |
| Antonyms: | appease, gladden, make happy, mollify, soften |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | brassy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vulgar, loud to the senses |
| Synonyms: | arrant, barefaced, blaring, blatant, bold, brash, brazen, flashy, flirtatious, forward, garish, gaudy, grating, hard, harsh, impudent, insolent, jarring, jazzy, loudmouthed, noisy, obtrusive, overbold, pert, piercing, rude, saucy, shameless, showy, shrill, strident, unabashed, unblushing |
| Antonyms: | careful, cautious, circumspect, humble, prudent |
| Main Entry: | cacophonous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | harsh sounding |
| Synonyms: | clinking, discordant, disharmonic, dissonant, grating, ill-sounding, immusical, inharmonious, jangly, jarring, noisy, raucous, sour, strident, unmusical |
| Antonyms: | quiet |
| Main Entry: | chafe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rub, grind against |
| Synonyms: | abrade, bark, corrode, damage, erode, excoriate, gall, grate, graze, hurt, impair, inflame, irritate, peel, ruffle, scrape, scratch, skin, wear |
| Main Entry: | chafe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | annoy |
| Synonyms: | abrade, anger, annoy, bother, exasperate, exercise, fret, fume, gall, grate, harass, incense, inflame, irk, irritate, itch, offend, provoke, rage, rasp, rub, ruffle, scrape, scratch, vex, worry |
| Antonyms: | make happy |
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