TEAR ONE'S HAIR OUT

Meaning of TEAR ONE'S HAIR OUT in English

informal

feel extreme desperation.

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TEAR — I. ˈti(ə)r, ˈtiə noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English ter, tere, tear, from Old English tēar, tæhher, teagor; akin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OUT — I. |au̇t, usu |au̇d.+V adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ūt; akin to Old High German ūz out, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ONE — I. |wən adjective Etymology: Middle English oon, on, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HAIR — I. ˈha(a)](ə)r, ˈhe], ]ə noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English her, heer, hare, heir, hair, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TEAR — tear 1 /tear/ , n. 1. a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OUT — /owt/ , adv. 1. away from, or not in, the normal or usual place, position, state, etc.: out of alphabetical …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ONE — /wun/ , adj. 1. being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HAIR — — hairlike , adj. /hair/ , n. 1. any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TEAR — I. ˈtir noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English tæhher, tēar; akin to Old High German zahar tear, Greek dakry …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OUT — I. ˈau̇t adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ūt; akin to Old High German ūz out, Greek hysteros later, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ONE — I. ˈwən adjective Etymology: Middle English on, an, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HAIR — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hǣr; akin to Old High German hār hair Date: before …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TEAR — vt to pull with violence; as, to tear the hair. 2. tear ·vt to move violently; to agitate. 3. tear …
Webster English vocab
OUT — vt to come out with; to make known. 2. out ·vi to come or go out; to get out or …
Webster English vocab
HAIR — noun a haircloth. 2. hair ·noun a spring device used in a hair-trigger firearm. 3. hair ·noun any very small …
Webster English vocab
TEAR — [tear] n [ME, fr. OE taehher, tear; akin to OHG zahar tear, Gk dakry] (bef. 12c) 1 a: a drop …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
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HAIR — [hair] n, often attrib [ME, fr. OE haer; akin to OHG har hair] (bef. 12c) 1 a: a slender threadlike …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HAIR — in mammals, the characteristic threadlike outgrowths of the outer layer of the skin (epidermis) that form an animal's coat, or …
Britannica English vocabulary
TEAR — I tear 'liquid from the eye' BrE AmE tɪə AmE tɪ ə r ▷ tears tɪəz AmE tɪ ə rz …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TEAR — I . / teə(r); NAmE ter/ verb , noun —see also tear (II) ■ verb ( tore / tɔː(r); NAmE …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HAIR — / heə(r); NAmE her/ noun 1. [ U , C ] the substance that looks like a mass of fine …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TEAR — I. tear 1 S3 W3 /tɪə $ tɪr/ BrE AmE noun 1 . [countable usually plural] a drop of salty …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ONE — I. one 1 S1 W1 /wʌn/ BrE AmE number 1 . the number 1: They had one daughter. one hundred …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HAIR — hair S1 W1 /heə $ her/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ hair , ↑ hairiness ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TEAR — n. 1 a drop of clear salty liquid secreted by glands, that serves to moisten and wash the eye and …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TEAR — v. & n. --v. (past tore; past part. torn) 1 tr. (often foll. by up) pull apart or to pieces …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OUT — adv., prep., n., adj., int., & v. --adv. 1 away from or not in or at a place etc. (keep …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HAIR — n. 1 a any of the fine threadlike strands growing from the skin of mammals, esp. from the human head. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TEAR — n. 1 a drop of clear salty liquid secreted by glands, that serves to moisten and wash the eye and …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TEAR — v. & n. v. (past tore; past part. torn) 1 tr. (often foll. by up) pull apart or to pieces …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OUT — adv., prep., n., adj., int., & v. adv. 1 away from or not in or at a place etc. (keep …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ONE — adj., n., & pron. adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HAIR — n. 1 a any of the fine threadlike strands growing from the skin of mammals, esp. from the human head. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TEAR — 1. v. & n. --v. (past tore; past part. torn) 1. tr. (often foll. by up) pull apart or to …
Oxford English vocab
OUT — adv., prep., n., adj., int., & v. --adv. 1. away from or not in or at a place etc. (keep …
Oxford English vocab
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1. single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Oxford English vocab
HAIR — n.1 a any of the fine threadlike strands growing from the skin of mammals, esp. from the human head. b …
Oxford English vocab
TEAR — I. CRYING /tɪə(r)/ ( tears) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Tears …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE — ( ones) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. One is the number …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HAIR — ( hairs) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Your hair is the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TEAR — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a banging/tearing/hissing etc sound ▪ There was an odd buzzing sound in her ears. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HAIR — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a hair appointment (= to have your hair cut ) ▪ I’d like to make …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TEAR — (SEPARATE) [verb] [past simple] tore, [past participle] torn - to pull or be pulled apart, or to pull pieces offYou …
Cambridge English vocab
HAIR — [noun] - the mass of thin threadlike structures on the head of a person, or any of these structures that …
Cambridge English vocab
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HAIR — See: CURL ONE'S HAIR, GET GRAY HAIR or GET GRAY, GIVE GRAY HAIR, HANG BY A THREAD or HANG BY …
Slang English vocab
TEAR — I. noun from the eyes ADJECTIVE ▪ angry , bitter , emotional ▪ There were angry ~s in Lily's eyes. …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
TEAR — INDEX: 1. to damage paper, cloth, or clothing 2. to deliberately destroy something by tearing it into pieces 3. to …
Longman Activator English vocab
HAIR — n. 25B6; noun her thick black hair : HEAD OF HAIR, shock of hair, mane, mop; locks, tresses, curls, ringlets. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
HAIR — See: CURL ONE'S HAIR, GET GRAY HAIR or GET GRAY, GIVE GRAY HAIR, HANG BY A THREAD or HANG BY …
Словарь английских идиом
HAIR — The Hebrews were fully alive to the importance of the hair as an element of personal beauty. Long hair was …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
ONE — pronoun 1 BAD : Fluency in English is one of the best qualifications you can have. GOOD : Fluency in …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
HAIR — noun 1 BAD : He had a black hair and very clear eyes. GOOD : He had black hair and …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
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