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bite one's nails

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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • /ˈbaɪt wʌnz ˈneɪlz/
    • /baɪt wʌnz neɪlz/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • /ˈbaɪt wʌnz ˈneɪlz/

Definitions of bite one's nails words

  • noun bite one's nails to chew off the ends of one's fingernails 3
  • noun bite one's nails to be worried or apprehensive 3

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Parts of speech for Bite one's nails

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

bite one's nails popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

Synonyms for bite one's nails

verb bite one's nails

  • annoy — If someone or something annoys you, it makes you fairly angry and impatient.
  • depress — If someone or something depresses you, they make you feel sad and disappointed.
  • disturb — to interrupt the quiet, rest, peace, or order of; unsettle.
  • unsettle — to alter from a settled state; cause to be no longer firmly fixed or established; render unstable; disturb: Violence unsettled the government.
  • perturb — to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate.

Antonyms for bite one's nails

verb bite one's nails

  • aid — Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
  • soothe — to tranquilize or calm, as a person or the feelings; relieve, comfort, or refresh: soothing someone's anger; to soothe someone with a hot drink.
  • comfort — If you are doing something in comfort, you are physically relaxed and contented, and are not feeling any pain or other unpleasant sensations.
  • appease — If you try to appease someone, you try to stop them from being angry by giving them what they want.
  • calm — A calm person does not show or feel any worry, anger, or excitement.

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