rubs salt in the wound
Adds to hurt
To rub salt in the wound means to make a painful situation even worse by drawing attention to it or exacerbating the pain: After losing the game, his comments about our performance just rubbed salt in the wound.
- antagonizingDeliberately causing hostility
- adds insult to injuryWorsens with disrespect
- mockeryScornful ridicule or travesty
- provokingCausing a reaction
- instigatingPrompting action to begin
taunting · humiliation · twists the knife · soothing · comforting · inflaming · adds fuel to fire · belittling · aggravating · reconciling · apologizing · mending · goading · scorn · rubs it in · needling · forgiving · derision
rubs salt in the woundsoothes
Gently relieves distress
pours oil on troubled waters · consoles · comforts · softens the blow · eases the pain
rubs salt in the woundmends fences
Repairs damaged relations
makes amends · takes the edge off · lightens the load · turns the page
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