"rub someone the wrong way" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-rub someone the wrong way.ogg Forms: rubs someone the wrong way [present, singular, third-person], rubbing someone the wrong way [participle, present], rubbed someone the wrong way [participle, past], rubbed someone the wrong way [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} rub someone the wrong way (third-person singular simple present rubs someone the wrong way, present participle rubbing someone the wrong way, simple past and past participle rubbed someone the wrong way)
  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To bother, disturb, irritate, or annoy. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Synonyms: chap someone's hide, raise someone's hackles, annoy Related terms: rub up the wrong way, take the wrong way Translations (to bother): ärsyttää (Finnish), jmdn. ein Dorn im Auge sein (German), jmdn. gegen den Strich gehen (German), jmdn. über die Hutschnur gehen (German), jucken (German), kratzen (German), infastidire (Italian), irritare (Italian), no caer bien (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "to bother",
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          "sense": "to bother",
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          "sense": "to bother",
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      "sense": "to bother",
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      "sense": "to bother",
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      "sense": "to bother",
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      "sense": "to bother",
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      "sense": "to bother",
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      "word": "kratzen"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "to bother",
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