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get in one's hair

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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • /gɛt ɪn wʌnz hɛər/
    • /ˈɡet ɪn wʌnz heə(r)/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • /gɛt ɪn wʌnz hɛər/

Definition of get in one's hair words

  • noun get in one's hair to annoy one 0

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Parts of speech for Get in one's hair

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

get in one's hair popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% 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 get in one's hair

verb get in one's hair

  • bedevil — If you are bedevilled by something unpleasant, it causes you a lot of problems over a period of time.
  • annoy — If someone or something annoys you, it makes you fairly angry and impatient.
  • nag — to annoy by persistent faultfinding, complaints, or demands.
  • tease — to irritate or provoke with persistent petty distractions, trifling raillery, or other annoyance, often in sport.
  • hector — Classical Mythology. the eldest son of Priam and husband of Andromache: the greatest Trojan hero in the Trojan War, killed by Achilles.

Antonyms for get in one's hair

verb get in one's hair

  • delight — Delight is a feeling of very great pleasure.
  • 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.
  • comfort — If you are doing something in comfort, you are physically relaxed and contented, and are not feeling any pain or other unpleasant sensations.
  • pacify — to bring or restore to a state of peace or tranquillity; quiet; calm: to pacify an angry man.

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