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make someone's ears sad

make someone's ears sad verb: to displease the ears of someone; to cause someone to hear music or sounds that are not to their liking.

Verb

make someone's ears sad (third-person singular simple present makes someone's ears sad, present participle making someone's ears sad, simple past and past participle made someone's ears sad)

  1. (idiomatic, rare) To displease the ears of someone; to cause someone to hear music or sounds that are not to their liking.
    • Your awful "song" is making my ears sad.

Forms of make someone's ears sad

third-person singular presentmakes someone's ears sad
present participlemaking someone's ears sad
past participlemade someone's ears sad
pastmade someone's ears sad

Questions about make someone's ears sad

What does make someone's ears sad mean?
Make someone's ears sad means to displease the ears of someone; to cause someone to hear music or sounds that are not to their liking.
What part of speech is make someone's ears sad?
Make someone's ears sad is a verb.
What is the past tense of make someone's ears sad?
The past tense of make someone's ears sad is made someone's ears sad.

Words near make someone's ears sad in the dictionary

  1. make some noise
  2. make someone hard to catch
  3. make someone's acquaintance
  4. make someone's blood boil
  5. make someone's day
  6. make someone's ears sad
  7. make someone's flesh crawl
  8. make someone's flesh creep
  9. make someone's hair curl
  10. make someone's hair stand on end
  11. make someone's head spin

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