Rub Someone the Wrong Way 1100 Words You Need Week 46 Day 2
Rub Someone the Wrong Way 1100 Words You Need Week 46 Day 2
to anger or irritate someone, annoy, get on someone’s nerves, infuriate, bother, rub up the wrong way, vex, peeve, enrage, madden, exasperate, aggravate
Does your spouse have any of these risk factors? In other words, his/her being annoyed and irritated may very well reflect what’s going on with him/her, not you. Unfortunately, many spouses dump their stress and unhappiness onto each other, which is why you feel like you’re bearing the brunt of his/her discontent. Don’t try to worsen the situation and rub your spouse the wrong way by being so self-defensive.
Source: https://www.psychologytoday.com/
Antonym: soothe, pacify, mollify
