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hair shirt
noun
Definition of HAIR SHIRT
1
: a shirt made of rough animal hair worn next to the skin as a penance
2
: one that irritates like a hair shirt
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First Known Use of HAIR SHIRT
14th century
Related to HAIR SHIRT
- Synonyms
- aggravation, aggro [British], bother, botheration, bugbear, exasperation, frustration, annoyance, hassle, headache, inconvenience, irk, irritant, nuisance, peeve, pest, rub, ruffle, thorn, trial, vexation
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Rhymes with HAIR SHIRT
advert, alert, assert, avert, bellwort, birthwort, Blackshirt, brownshirt, bush shirt, camp shirt, colewort, concert, convert, covert, desert, dessert, dissert, divert, dress shirt, evert, exert, expert, exsert, figwort, fleawort, glasswort, Hastert, hornwort, inert, insert, invert, lousewort, lungwort, madwort, milkwort, mugwort, nightshirt, outskirt, overt, pay dirt, pervert, pilewort, ragwort, redshirt, revert, ribwort, saltwort, sandwort, Schubert, seagirt, sea squirt, soapwort, spearwort, spleenwort, stitchwort, stonewort, stuffed shirt, subvert, sweatshirt, toothwort, T-shirt, ungirt
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