gratingly
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7.8
- adverb
- /ˈɡreɪtɪŋli/
:
desagradablemente
- She spoke gratingly, her constant complaints ruining the mood of the party.
- said gratingly
Examples
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His voice was gratingly loud, making it hard to focus on anything else.
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Both coldly show you that you are woolgathering too large or perhaps ever-so-gently, practically gratingly, supply you with the "isn't it good that you just imagine you can use that" little?
Blog text (26) -
" The voice was familiar, gratingly --
Fiction book (1997) -
Never had the retroflex r fallen more softly, less gratingly on his ears.
Fiction book (1994) -
"He's gone," Mrs. Deen said, her words gratingly bitter.
Fiction book (1992) -
So it must be me who tells her, gratingly, "Get out of my way!" and heads for the phone without my usual Catholic schoolgirl poise.
Fiction book (1999) -
Smiling in that gratingly knowing way of hers, she smacked her pillow as if it were her enemy and opened a book, her signal that the conversation had ended.
Fiction book (1992) -
Most of the planet's volcanoes smoldered where the edges of great crustal plates met gratingly or rode up over each other, as along this great ocean's famous Ring of Fire.
Fiction book (1990) -
Her performance is gratingly over-the-top, as if she is voicing a creepy, possible villain in a new Pixar cartoon for the kids, not one from an M-rated video game.
Blog text (17) -
The music played gratingly in the background, causing everyone to feel uneasy.
Synonyms
49
3.5
In a severe or unkind way that feels unpleasant
6
6.4
In a way that annoys and upsets other people
2
4.2
In a way that annoys or makes someone uncomfortable
1
8.2
In a way that shocks and feels out of place
1
8.2
In a harsh, rough voice that sounds unpleasant
1
7.9
In a way that makes people feel annoyed
In a sharp, unpleasant way that makes your nose or throat sting
Antonyms
How Harshly
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Gratingly comes from the word grate, which meant 'to scrape' and brings to mind the sharp scraping sound of a kitchen grater or a chair rubbing across the floor. So when something is done gratingly, it 'scrapes' against your ears or feelings and feels harsh and unpleasant.