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Antonyms for get under one skin
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : skin |
Phonetic Transcription : skɪn |
Definition of get under one skin
Origin :- c.1200, "animal hide" (usually dressed and tanned), from Old Norse skinn "animal hide, fur," from Proto-Germanic *skintha- (cf. Old English scinn (rare), Old High German scinten, German schinden "to flay, skin;" German dialectal schind "skin of a fruit," Flemish schinde "bark"), from PIE *sken- "to cut off" (cf. Breton scant "scale of a fish," Irish scainim "I tear, I burst"), from root *sek- "to cut" (see section (n.)).
- Ful of fleissche Y was to fele, Now ... Me is lefte But skyn & boon. [hymn, c.1430]
- The usual Anglo-Saxon word is hide (n.1). Meaning "epidermis of a living animal or person" is attested from early 14c.; extended to fruits, vegetables, etc. late 14c. Jazz slang sense of "drum" is from 1927. Meaning "a skinhead" is from 1970. As an adjective, it formerly had a slang sense of "cheating" (1868); sense of "pornographic" is attested from 1968. Skin deep is first attested in this:
- All the carnall beauty of my wife, Is but skin-deep. [Sir Thomas Overbury, "A Wife," 1613; the poem was a main motive for his murder]
- The skin of one's teeth as the narrowest of margins is attested from 1550s in the Geneva Bible literal translation of the Hebrew text in Job xix:20. To get under (someone's) skin "annoy" is from 1896. Skin-graft is from 1871. Skin merchant "recruiting officer" is from 1792.
- As in incense : verb make very angry
- As in provoke : verb make angry
- As in rub the wrong way : verb irritate
- As in vex : verb distress, bother
- As in : verb drive up the wall
- As in exasperate : verb upset, provoke
Synonyms for get under one skin
- abet
- abrade
- afflict
- affront
- aggravate
- agitate
- anger
- annoy
- ask for it
- be at
- bother
- bug
- chafe
- depress
- disgust
- displease
- disquiet
- disturb
- drive up the wall
- eat
- egg on
- embarrass
- embitter
- enrage
- exacerbate
- exasperate
- excite
- exercise
- fire up
- foment
- fret
- gall
- get
- get a rise out of
- get in one's hair
- get on one's nerves
- get to
- get under one's skin
- give a bad time
- give a hard time
- grate
- grate on
- harass
- harry
- hassle
- hit where one lives
- incense
- incite
- inflame
- infuriate
- insult
- ire
- irk
- irritate
- mad
- madden
- make blood boil
- make see red
- make waves
- molest
- nag
- needle
- nettle
- offend
- peeve
- perplex
- perturb
- pester
- pique
- plague
- provoke
- push one's buttons
- put out
- raise
- rankle
- rasp
- rattle
- rattle one's cage
- ride
- rile
- roil
- rouse
- ruffle
- ruffle one's feathers
- set
- set on
- T-off
- tease
- tick off
- torment
- trouble
- try one's patience
- try the patience of
- turn off
- umbrage
- upset
- vex
- whip up
- work into lather
- work up
- worry
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