Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic)To annoy or irritate someone; to bother someone.

    There’s an insect buzzing around in my bedroom tonight, and it’s really getting on my nerves.

    auf die Nerven gehen

    де́йствовать на не́рвыdéjstvovatʹ na nérvy, играть на нервахigratʹ na nervax

Translations

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Русский
By meaning 1
annoy or irritate:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
annoy or irritate:

Forms

gets on someone's nerves, getting on someone's nerves, got on someone's nerves, got on someone's nerves
Base formget on someone's nerves · to get on someone's nerves
3rd person singulargets on someone's nerves
Present participlegetting on someone's nerves
Past simplegot on someone's nerves
Past participlegot on someone's nerves / gotten on someone's nerves

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyget on someone's nerves
he, she, itgets on someone's nerves

Past simpleLesson

all personsgot on someone's nerves

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave got on someone's nerves
he, she, ithas got on someone's nerves

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill get on someone's nerves

Synonyms

67 synonyms
annoyA2botherA2bugA2getA1devilB2irritateB1jazzB1nerveB2persecuteC1provokeC1stormA2troubleB1aggravatenettle

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
gestureB1getA1getawayB2getter
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