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:
- inflames
- hacks-off-
- enflames
- undoes
- outrages
- rouses
- ballyrags
- discomforts
- antagonizes
- nags
- heckles
- distresses
- frets
- devils
- agitates
- gets-on-one-s-nerves
- freaks-out-
- sets-one-s-teeth-on-edge
- perturbs
- bullyrags
- gets-one-s-goat
- enrages
- badgers
- unhinges
- rankles
- baits
- offends
- sticks-in-one-s-craw
- incenses
- roils
- disquiets
- maddens
- hassles
- harasses
- pesters
- rubs-the-wrong-way
- unsettles
- harries
- exercises
- affronts
- upsets
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
persecutes, bothers, bugs,annoys, irritates, piques, frosts, itches, irks, riles
delights, gladdens, placates, contents, satisfies, pacifies, pleases, mollifies,obliges, appeases
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.
