Antonyms for get under skin


Grammar : Verb
Spell : skin
Phonetic Transcription : skɪn


Definition of get under skin

Origin :
  • c.1200, "animal hide" (usually dressed and tanned), from Old Norse skinn "animal hide, fur," from Proto-Germanic *skintha- (cf. Old English scinn (rare), Old High German scinten, German schinden "to flay, skin;" German dialectal schind "skin of a fruit," Flemish schinde "bark"), from PIE *sken- "to cut off" (cf. Breton scant "scale of a fish," Irish scainim "I tear, I burst"), from root *sek- "to cut" (see section (n.)).
  • Ful of fleissche Y was to fele, Now ... Me is lefte But skyn & boon. [hymn, c.1430]
  • The usual Anglo-Saxon word is hide (n.1). Meaning "epidermis of a living animal or person" is attested from early 14c.; extended to fruits, vegetables, etc. late 14c. Jazz slang sense of "drum" is from 1927. Meaning "a skinhead" is from 1970. As an adjective, it formerly had a slang sense of "cheating" (1868); sense of "pornographic" is attested from 1968. Skin deep is first attested in this:
  • All the carnall beauty of my wife, Is but skin-deep. [Sir Thomas Overbury, "A Wife," 1613; the poem was a main motive for his murder]
  • The skin of one's teeth as the narrowest of margins is attested from 1550s in the Geneva Bible literal translation of the Hebrew text in Job xix:20. To get under (someone's) skin "annoy" is from 1896. Skin-graft is from 1871. Skin merchant "recruiting officer" is from 1792.
  • As in incense : verb make very angry
  • As in irritate : verb upset, anger
  • As in pique : verb offend, provoke
  • As in provoke : verb make angry
  • As in rile : verb anger, upset
  • As in rub the wrong way : verb irritate
  • As in vex : verb distress, bother
  • As in : verb drive up the wall
  • As in enrage : verb make very upset
  • As in exasperate : verb upset, provoke

Synonyms for get under skin

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