grate

1 to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts unintentionally or not, you say rude things that grate people Synonyms aggravate, annoy, bother, bug, burn (up), chafe, eat, exasperate, frost, gall, get, irritate, gripe, hack (off), irk, itch, nark [British], nettle, peeve, persecute, pique, put out, rasp, rile, ruffle, spite, vexRelated Words hassle, heckle; nag; inflame (also enflame), provoke, rouse; badger, bait, bullyrag (also ballyrag), devil, hagride, harass, harry, pester, plague, tease; anger, antagonize, enrage, incense, infuriate, madden, rankle, roil; agitate, discomfort, discompose, disquiet, distress, exercise, freak (out), fret, perturb, undo, unhinge, unsettle, upset, worry; affront, insult, miff, offend, outrageNear Antonyms appease, conciliate, mollify, oblige, pacify, placate, propitiate; delight, gladden, gratify, please, satisfy; assure, cheer, comfort, console, content, quiet, reassure, solace, soothe

2 to pass roughly and noisily over or against a surface the sled grated along the bare pavement Synonyms scrape, grind, rasp, scratchRelated Words rub; groan, whineNear Antonyms glide, skate, slide

3 to press or strike against or together so as to make a scraping sound he grated the pieces of metal together Synonyms crunch, gnash, grind, grit, scrape, scrunchRelated Words creak, groan, moan, rasp, scratch, whine; clash, collide, jangle, jar