Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rubbed up the wrong way

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.56 in modern English

Syllables
rubbed up the wrong way
IPA
39
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
1
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does rubbed up the wrong way mean?
simple past and past participle of rub up the wrong way

How to pronounce rubbed up the wrong way

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