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get on one's nerves

nerve
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [nurv]
    • /gɛt ɒn, ɔn wʌnz nɜrv/
    • /ˈɡet ɒn wʌnz nɜːv/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [nurv]
    • /gɛt ɒn, ɔn wʌnz nɜrv/

Definitions of get on one's nerves words

  • noun get on one's nerves one or more bundles of fibers forming part of a system that conveys impulses of sensation, motion, etc., between the brain or spinal cord and other parts of the body. 1
  • noun get on one's nerves a sinew or tendon: to strain every nerve. 1
  • noun get on one's nerves firmness or courage under trying circumstances: an assignment requiring nerve. 1
  • noun get on one's nerves boldness; audacity; impudence; impertinence: He had the nerve to say that? 1
  • noun get on one's nerves nerves, nervousness: an attack of nerves. 1
  • noun get on one's nerves strength, vigor, or energy: a test of nerve and stamina. 1
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Origin of get on one's nerves

First appearance:

before 1350
One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English: nerve, tendon < Latin nervus sinew, tendon; akin to Greek neûron (see neuron); replacing Middle English nerf < Middle French < Latin, as above

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Parts of speech for Get on one's nerves

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
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get on one's nerves popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% 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 on one's nerves

verb get on one's nerves

  • bother — If you do not bother to do something or if you do not bother with it, you do not do it, consider it, or use it because you think it is unnecessary or because you are too lazy.
  • provoke — to anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex.
  • irritate — to excite to impatience or anger; annoy.
  • pester — to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble: Don't pester me with your trivial problems.
  • needle — a small, slender, rodlike instrument, usually of polished steel, with a sharp point at one end and an eye or hole for thread at the other, for passing thread through cloth to make stitches in sewing.
All 107 Synonyms of get on one's nerves

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verb get on one's nerves

  • aid — Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
  • delight — Delight is a feeling of very great pleasure.
  • calm — A calm person does not show or feel any worry, anger, or excitement.
  • soothe — to tranquilize or calm, as a person or the feelings; relieve, comfort, or refresh: soothing someone's anger; to soothe someone with a hot drink.
  • appease — If you try to appease someone, you try to stop them from being angry by giving them what they want.
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