get under skin
Provoke lasting irritation
To get under someone's skin is to irritate or annoy them persistently: His constant humming really gets under my skin.
The image suggests something burrowing beneath the surface where it can't easily be removed.
Less commonly, it means to affect someone deeply or become an obsession: That song gets under your skin and stays there.
- irritateCause mild anger
- annoyCause mild irritation
- botherTo annoy or disturb
- push buttonsDeliberately provoke irritation
- needlePointed implement for sewing
provoke · rub wrong way · aggravate · drive crazy · rankle · grate · vex · pet peeve · fester · itch · crawl · prickle · burrow · dig · nag · gnaw · bristle · rub
- troublemakingtroublemaker, troublemaking, instigate, agitator, instigating
- agitateagitate, stir, rouse, disturb, rile up
get under skinsoothe
Gently ease discomfort
put at ease · calm · comfort · relax · pacify
get under skinbrush off
Dismissive rejection of someone
go in one ear and out the other · bounce off · wash over · glance off · let slide
gets, getting, gotten, under, skin, skins, skinned, skinning, skinny