(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If you say that someone has the ~ to do something, you are criticizing them for behaving in a rude or disrespectful way.
She had the ~ to suggest that I might supply her with information about what Steve was doing.
= nerve
N-UNCOUNT: oft the N of n, the N to-inf disapproval
2.
If someone’s action ~s you, it makes you feel very angry or annoyed, often because it is unfair to you and you cannot do anything about it.
It must have ~ed him that Bardo thwarted each of these measures...
It was their serenity which ~ed her most.
VERB: it V n that, V n, also it V n to-inf
~ing
It was especially ~ing to be criticised by this scoundrel.
ADJ: usu v-link ADJ
3.
A ~ is a growth on the surface of a plant that is caused by an insect, disease, fungus, or injury.
N-COUNT