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vervelen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • annoy verb To bother or irritate someone, especially through repeated small actions.
  • bore verb To make someone feel uninterested and tired through dullness.
  • chafe noun Heat excited by friction.
  • chagrin noun A distress of mind caused by a failure of aims or plans, a want of appreciation, mistakes, etc.; vexation or mortification.
  • grate noun A metal frame of bars used to hold fuel in a fireplace, or a metal grid that lets small things pass through while blocking larger ones.

Senses

vervelen is used for these senses in English:

  • annoy (transitive) To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds.
  • bore (transitive) To inspire boredom in somebody.
  • chafe (intransitive, figurative) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.
  • chagrin (transitive) To bother or vex; to mortify.
  • grate (by extension, intransitive) To get on one's nerves; to irritate, annoy.

bore — full definition

  1. verb To make someone feel uninterested and tired through dullness.
  2. verb To drill a hole through something.
  3. noun A person or thing that is dull and uninteresting.
  4. noun The inner diameter of a tube or gun barrel.

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