set of teeth
1set your teeth on edge — phrase if something such as a sound sets your teeth on edge, you think it is very unpleasant or annoying That whining voice of hers always sets my teeth on edge. Thesaurus: to make someone angry or annoyedsynonym Main entry: tooth * * * set your… …
2set your teeth on edge — set (your) teeth on edge to annoy you or make you feel nervous or uncomfortable. Jason used his knife to scratch our initials into the wall, which was nice to do but made a noise that set my teeth on edge. Related vocabulary: on edge …
3set your teeth on edge — If something, especially sounds, sets your teeth on edge, you react very negatively to it …
4set your teeth on edge — Meaning Origin From Shakespeare s Henry IV. HOTSPUR: Marry, And I am glad of it with all my heart: I had rather be a kitten and cry mew Than one of these same metre ballad mongers; I had rather hear a brazen canstick turn d, Or a dry wheel grate… …
5set your teeth on edge — irritate, irk, bug Some songs set my teeth on edge really bother me …
6To set the teeth on edge — Set Set (s[e^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Set}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Setting}.] [OE. setten, AS. setton; akin to OS. settian, OFries. setta, D. zetten, OHG. sezzen, G. setzen, Icel. setja, Sw. s[ a]tta, Dan. s?tte, Goth. satjan; causative from the root… …
7set your teeth on edge — if something such as a sound sets your teeth on edge, you think it is very unpleasant or annoying That whining voice of hers always sets my teeth on edge …
8To set the teeth on edge — Edge Edge ([e^]j), n. [OE. eg, egge, AS. ecg; akin to OHG. ekka, G. ecke, Icel. & Sw. egg, Dan. eg, and to L. acies, Gr. akh point, Skr. a[,c]ri edge. [root]1. Cf. {Egg}, v. t., {Eager}, {Ear} spike of corn, {Acute}.] 1. The thin cutting side of… …
9set the teeth on edge — bother, annoy, harass …
10Set — (s[e^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Set}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Setting}.] [OE. setten, AS. setton; akin to OS. settian, OFries. setta, D. zetten, OHG. sezzen, G. setzen, Icel. setja, Sw. s[ a]tta, Dan. s?tte, Goth. satjan; causative from the root of E.… …