"set someone's teeth on edge" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: sets someone's teeth on edge [present, singular, third-person], setting someone's teeth on edge [participle, present], set someone's teeth on edge [participle, past], set someone's teeth on edge [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|set<,,set> someone's teeth on edge}} set someone's teeth on edge (third-person singular simple present sets someone's teeth on edge, present participle setting someone's teeth on edge, simple past and past participle set someone's teeth on edge)
  1. To irritate or strike as unpleasant. Translations (to irritate or be unpleasant): az idegeire megy (Hungarian), قماشدیرمق (kamaştırmak) (Ottoman Turkish), раздража́ть (razdražátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-set_someone's_teeth_on_edge-en-verb-SJOST3xX Disambiguation of 'to irritate or be unpleasant': 91 9
  2. To cause a disagreeable tingling sensation in one's teeth, as when acids are brought into contact with them. Related terms: make someone's hair stand on end Translations (to cause unpleasant sensation in one's teeth): allegare (Italian), allappare (Italian), far venire il mal di denti (Italian), dar dentera (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-set_someone's_teeth_on_edge-en-verb-w3k-ORWP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of "to cause unpleasant sensation in one's teeth": 2 98

Inflected forms

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