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setting one's teeth on edgephrasepresent participle of set one's teeth on edge to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable actsThe construction sounds outside are setting everyone's teeth on edge today. aggravating, annoying, bothering, bugging, burning (up), chafing, eating, exasperating, frosting, galling, getting, grating, griping, hacking (off), irking, irritating, itching, narking(British), nettling, peeving, persecuting, piquing, putting out, rasping, riling, ruffling, spiting, vexing hassling, hecklingnagginginflaming(also enflaming), provoking, rousingbadgering, baiting, bullyragging(also ballyragging), deviling(or devilling), hagriding, harassing, harrying, pestering, plaguing, teasingangering, antagonizing, enraging, incensing, infuriating, maddening, rankling, roilingagitating, discomforting, discomposing, disquieting, distressing, exercising, freaking (out), fretting, perturbing, undoing, unhinging, unsettling, upsetting, worryingaffronting, insulting, miffing, offending, outraging getting one's goat, getting on one's nerves, getting to, rubbing the wrong way, sticking in one's craw, wearing on appeasing, conciliating, mollifying, obliging, pacifying, placating, propitiatingdelighting, gladdening, gratifying, pleasing, satisfyingassuring, cheering, comforting, consoling, contenting, quieting, reassuring, solacing, soothing |