grates Sentence Examples
- The constant screeching of metal on metal grated against my nerves.
- The sharp sound of fingernails scraping against a chalkboard grated on my eardrums.
- The creaking and groaning of old machinery grated on my ears.
- Her grating voice made me want to cover my ears.
- The lecturer's monotone droning grated on my attention.
- The relentless rainfall grated on my patience.
- The dissonance of the orchestra's performance grated on my musical sensibilities.
- The harsh laughter of the bullies grated on my conscience.
- The grating noise of the malfunctioning fan drove me to distraction.
- The sound of the ice skating blades grating against the rink made me cringe.
grates Meaning
grates
to grind or rub against something with a scratching noise, fret, irritate, a frame of iron bars for holding burning fuel (as in a fireplace), grating sense 1, to gnash or grind noisily, to utter in a harsh voice, fireplace, a barred frame for cooking over a fire, to have a harsh or irritating effect, to cause to make a rasping sound, to furnish with a grate, to reduce to small particles by rubbing on something rough, cage, prison, to rub or rasp noisily, to make into small particles by rubbing against something rough, abrade, a frame or bed of iron bars to hold a stove or furnace fire, grating sense 2, to cause irritation
Synonyms & Antonyms of grates
Synonyms:
- frets
- sticks-in-one-s-craw
- unsettles
- harries
- sets-one-s-teeth-on-edge
- rankles
- maddens
- distresses
- heckles
- affronts
- pesters
- badgers
- rouses
- nags
- enrages
- exercises
- incenses
- disquiets
- upsets
- harasses
- bullyrags
- undoes
- enflames
- antagonizes
- agitates
- devils
- inflames
- outrages
- perturbs
- hassles
- ballyrags
- gets-on-one-s-nerves
- unhinges
- offends
- rubs-the-wrong-way
- gets-one-s-goat
- discomforts
- freaks-out-
- roils
- hacks-off-
- baits
Antonyms:
FAQs About the word grates
to grind or rub against something with a scratching noise, fret, irritate, a frame of iron bars for holding burning fuel (as in a fireplace), grating sense 1, t
irritates, bothers, persecutes,annoys, bugs, gripes, plagues, insults, ruffles, exasperates
gladdens, pleases, placates, pacifies, satisfies, appeases, delights, mollifies, contents, gratifies
The constant screeching of metal on metal grated against my nerves.
The sharp sound of fingernails scraping against a chalkboard grated on my eardrums.
The creaking and groaning of old machinery grated on my ears.
Her grating voice made me want to cover my ears.
