| NOUN | substance | gravel, crushed rock | rock fragments and pebbles |
|---|---|---|---|
| VERB | emotion | gravel, annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, vex, chafe, devil | cause annoyance in |
| contact | gravel | cover with gravel | |
| cognition | gravel, perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, amaze, dumbfound | be a mystery or bewildering to |
| Sounds | grae'vahl | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | rock fragments and pebbles. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | crushed rock | |
| Narrower | ballast | coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroads |
| bank gravel, pit-run gravel, pit run | gravel as found in natural deposits | |
| shingle | coarse beach gravel of small waterworn stones and pebbles (or a stretch of shore covered with such gravel) | |
| Broader | rock, stone | material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust |
| Spanish | grava, gravilla | |
| Catalan | grava | |
| Adjectives | gravelly | abounding in small stones |
| Verbs | gravel | cover with gravel |
| Meaning | Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The performance is likely to gravel Sue | |
| Synonyms | annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, vex, chafe, devil | |
| Narrower | antagonize, antagonise | Provoke the hostility of |
| eat into, fret, rankle, grate | gnaw into | |
| fret | Cause annoyance in | |
| get, get under one's skin | irritate | |
| harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke | annoy continually or chronically | |
| peeve | Cause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentful | |
| ruffle | Trouble or vex | |
| Broader | displease | Give displeasure to |
| Similar to | chafe | Feel extreme / extreme irritation or anger |
| Spanish | agobiar, enfadar, fastidiar, incomodar, irritar, molestar, mortificar, provocar, vejar | |
| Catalan | amoïnar, atabalar, enfadar, fastidiar, incomodar, irritar, molestar, mortificar, provocar, vexar | |
| Meaning | Cover with gravel. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "We gravelled the driveway" | |
| Broader | cover | Provide with a covering or cause to be covered |
| Spanish | empedrar, engravar | |
| Catalan | cobrir amb grava, empedrar | |
| Nouns | gravel | rock fragments and pebbles |
| Meaning | Be a mystery or bewildering to. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | perplex, vex, stick, get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, amaze, dumbfound | |
| Narrower | elude, escape | Be incomprehensible to |
| riddle | Set a difficult problem or riddle | |
| stump, mix up | Cause to be perplexed or confounded | |
| Broader | confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate | Be confusing / confusing or perplexing to |
| Spanish | asombrar, confundir, desconcertar, incomodar, irritar, molestar, sorprender | |
| Catalan | desconcertar, incomodar, irritar, molestar | |
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