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like fingernails on a chalkboard

like fingernails on a chalkboard adjective: annoying.

Adjective

like fingernails on a chalkboard (not comparable)

  1. annoying

Questions about like fingernails on a chalkboard

What does like fingernails on a chalkboard mean?
Like fingernails on a chalkboard means annoying.
What part of speech is like fingernails on a chalkboard?
Like fingernails on a chalkboard is an adjective.

Words near like fingernails on a chalkboard in the dictionary

  1. like farms
  2. like father like son
  3. like father, like son
  4. like feeding time at the zoo
  5. like ferrets in a bag
  6. like fingernails on a chalkboard
  7. like fits
  8. like flies on a rib roast
  9. like flies on pie
  10. like fuck
  11. like fudge

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