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rub the wrong way

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nuzzle collapse: dig out with the snout; "the pig nuzzled the truffle"; rub noses

reversed collapse: turned inside out and resewn; "the reversed collar looked as good as new"

rub off collapse

impair collapse: make worse or less effective; "His vision was impaired"

maltreat collapse

burnish collapse

mistreat collapse: treat badly; "This boss abuses his workers"; "She is always stepping on others to get ahead"

massage collapse: kneading and rubbing parts of the body to increase circulation and promote relaxation; give a massage to; "She massaged his sore back"; manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes; "She rubbed down her child with a sponge"

crucify collapse: kill by nailing onto a cross; "Jesus Christ was crucified"

mistaken collapse

rub down collapse

fondle collapse

misbelieve collapse: hold a false or unorthodox belief

misinterpretation collapse: putting the wrong interpretation on; "his misinterpretation of the question caused his error"; "there was no mistaking her meaning"

disservice collapse: an act intended to help that turns out badly; "he did them a disservice"

misrender collapse

misconceive collapse

ill-use collapse

err collapse: to make a mistake or be incorrect

misunderstand collapse

misapprehend collapse

caress collapse: a gentle affectionate stroking (or something resembling it); "he showered her with caresses"; "soft music was a fond caress"; "the caresses of the breeze played over his face"; touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner; "He caressed her face"; "They caressed in the back seat of the taxi"

misjudge collapse: judge incorrectly

evildoing collapse

envenom collapse

afflict collapse: cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed; cause pain or suffering in; "afflict with the plague"; "That debasement of the verbal currency that afflicts terms used in advertisement"; cause great unhappiness for; distress; "she was afflicted by the death of her parents"

not true collapse

miscalculation collapse: a mistake in calculating

misconstrue collapse: interpret in the wrong way; "Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism"; "She misconstrued my remarks"

play havoc with collapse

deprave collapse

misreading collapse: misinterpretation caused by inaccurate reading

misread collapse: interpret wrongly; "I misread Hamlet all my life!"; read or interpret wrongly; "He misread the data"

knead collapse: make uniform; "knead dough"; "work the clay until it is soft"

crime collapse: (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"; an evil act not necessarily punishable by law; "crimes of the heart"

erase collapse: remove from memory or existence; "The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915"; wipe out magnetically recorded information; remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!"

rub out collapse

go wrong collapse

torture collapse: the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason; "it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession"; unbearable physical pain; subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible"

befoul collapse

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