RUB THE WRONG WAY

Meaning of RUB THE WRONG WAY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ phrasal ]

: to arouse the antagonism or displeasure of : irritate

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary. Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster. 2003

RUB THE WRONG WAY — phrasal to arouse the antagonism or displeasure of ; irritate
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
RUB THE WRONG WAY — phrasal : to arouse the antagonism, antipathy, or displeasure of : irritate a knack of understanding my fellow creatures … …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RUB THE WRONG WAY — irritate a person; annoy or bother someone
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
RUB THE WRONG WAY — to arouse the antagonism or displeasure of : IRRITATE
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
RUB THE WRONG WAY — Synonyms and related words : bristle, chafe, corrugate, crinkle, crumple, exacerbate, fret, gall, grate, grate on, gravel, grit, irritate, provoke, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
RUB THE WRONG WAY — {v. phr.}, {informal} To make (someone) a little angry; do something not liked by (someone); annoy; bother. * /John's bragging …
Slang English vocab
RUB THE WRONG WAY — {v. phr.}, {informal} To make (someone) a little angry; do something not liked by (someone); annoy; bother. * /John's bragging …
Словарь английских идиом
RUB THE WRONG WAY — bother, irritate, bug That waiter rubs me the wrong way. He's too impatient.
English Idioms vocab
RUB THE WRONG WAY — bother, irritate, bug That waiter rubs me the wrong way. He's too impatient.
English Idioms vocabulary
RUB THE WRONG WAY — v. phr. , informal To make (someone) a little angry; do something not liked by (someone); annoy; bother. John's bragging …
American Idioms English vocabulary
RUB THE WRONG WAY — гладить против шерсти
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
RUB THE WRONG WAY — гладить против шерсти, раздражать
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
RUB THE WRONG WAY — гладить против шерсти, раздражать
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
RUB THE WRONG WAY — гладить против шерсти
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
WAY — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a haphazard way/manner/fashion ▪ I continued my studies in a rather haphazard way. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WRONG — I. ˈrȯŋ also ˈräŋ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English wrong, wrang, from Old English wrang, from (assumed) Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WAY — I. ˈwā noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English way, wey, from Old English weg; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RUB — I. ˈrəb verb ( rubbed ; rubbed ; rubbing ; rubs ) Etymology: Middle English rubben; akin to Frisian rubben …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RUB — (v. i.) To move or pass with difficulty; as, to rub through woods, as huntsmen; to rub through the world.
Английский словарь Webster
WRONG — — wronger , n. — wrongly , adv. — wrongness , n. /rawng, rong/ , adj. 1. not in accordance …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WAY — way 1 — wayless , adj. /way/ , n. 1. manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RUB — /rub/ , v. , rubbed, rubbing , n. v.t. 1. to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WRONG — I. ˈrȯŋ noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wrang, from * wrang, adjective, wrong Date: before 12th century 1. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WAY — I. ˈwā noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English weg; akin to Old High German weg way, Old English wegan …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
RUB — I. ˈrəb verb ( rubbed ; rub·bing ) Etymology: Middle English rubben; akin to East Frisian rubben to rub, scrape, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WRONG — imp. of wring. wrung. 2. wrong ·adj that which is not right. 3. wrong ·adj twisted; wry; as, a wrong …
Webster English vocab
RUB — noun imperfection; failing; fault. 2. rub ·noun the act of rubbing; friction. 3. rub ·noun a chance. 4. rub ·noun …
Webster English vocab
WRONG — [wrong] n [ME, fr. OE wrang, fr. (assumed) wrang, adj., wrong] (bef. 12c) 1 a: an injurious, unfair, or unjust …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WAY — [way] n [ME, fr. OE weg; akin to OHG weg way, OE wegan to move, L vehere to carry, via …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
RUB — [rub] vb rubbed ; rub.bing [ME rubben; akin to Icel rubba to scrape] vi (14c) 1 a: to move along …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WRONG — / rɒŋ; NAmE rɔːŋ/ adjective , adverb , noun , verb ■ adjective NOT CORRECT 1. not right or correct …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WAY — / weɪ; NAmE / noun , adverb ■ noun METHOD / STYLE 1. [ C ] way (to do sth) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RUB — / rʌb; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( -bb- ) 1. rub sth (with sth) to move your …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WRONG — I. wrong 1 S1 W1 /rɒŋ $ rɒːŋ/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: adverb : ↑ wrong , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WAY
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
RUB — I. rub 1 S2 /rʌb/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle rubbed , present participle rubbing ) …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WRONG — adj., adv., n., & v. --adj. 1 mistaken; not true; in error (gave a wrong answer; we were wrong to …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WAY — n. & adv. --n. 1 a road, track, path, etc., for passing along. 2 a course or route for reaching …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
RUB — v. & n. --v. (rubbed, rubbing) 1 tr. move one's hand or another object with firm pressure over the surface …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WRONG — adj., adv., n., & v. adj. 1 mistaken; not true; in error (gave a wrong answer; we were wrong to …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WAY — n. & adv. n. 1 a road, track, path, etc., for passing along. 2 a course or route for reaching …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
RUB — v. & n. v. (rubbed, rubbing) 1 tr. move one's hand or another object with firm pressure over the surface …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WRONG — adj., adv., n., & v. --adj. 1. mistaken; not true; in error (gave a wrong answer; we were wrong to …
Oxford English vocab
WAY — n. & adv. --n. 1. a road, track, path, etc., for passing along. 2 a course or route for reaching …
Oxford English vocab
RUB — 1. v. & n. --v. (rubbed, rubbing) 1. tr. move one's hand or another object with firm pressure over the …
Oxford English vocab
WRONG — ( wrongs, wronging, wronged) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WAY — ( ways) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you refer to …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RUB — ( rubs, rubbing, rubbed) 1. If you rub a part of your body, you move your hand or fingers backwards …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WRONG
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
RUB — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES rub your eyes ▪ Anna rubbed her eyes wearily. rubbing alcohol rubbing...hands with glee …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WRONG — (NOT SUITABLE) [adjective] [not gradable] - not suitable or desirable, or not as it should beShe's the wrong person for …
Cambridge English vocab
RUB — [verb] -bb- - to press or be pressed against (something) with a circular or up and down repeated movementShe yawned …
Cambridge English vocab
RUB — Synonyms and related words : Discordia, Eris, ablate, abrade, abrase, afflict, aggravate, agonize, ail, air-dry, anhydrate, annoy, apple of discord, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
WRONG — See: BARK UP THE WRONG TREE, BET ON THE WRONG HORSE, GET OFF ON THE WRONG FOOT, GET UP ON …
Slang English vocab
RUB — To run away. Don't rub us to the whit; don't send us to Newgate. CANT.--To rub up; to refresh: to …
Slang English vocab
RUB
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
WRONG — See ↑ BAD 13, ↑ UNSUITABLE 1,2, ↑ WRONG 1,2,4,5 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be wrong • ↑ can do no …
Longman Activator English vocab
WRONG
Longman Activator English vocab
WAY — See ↑ DIRECTION 1, ↑ WAY 1,7,9 ◆◆◆ • ↑ a fair way/quite a way/a good way • ↑ a …
Longman Activator English vocab
WAY — INDEX: a way of doing something 1. a way or method of doing something 2. the correct way of doing …
Longman Activator English vocab
RUB — INDEX: 1. to move your hand or a cloth several times over something 2. to make one thing rub against …
Longman Activator English vocab
WRONG
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
RUB — n. 25B6; verb Polly rubbed her arm : MASSAGE, knead; stroke, pat. he rubbed sun lotion on her back : …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
WRONG — adj. 1 improper, unjust, unfair, injudicious, unethical, terrible, foul, awful, bad, immoral, sinful, evil, iniquitous, villainous, wicked, vile, diabolic(al), infernal, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary

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