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tearing one's hair

tearing one's hair is the present participle and gerund of tear one's hair.

Meaning of tear one's hair

Verb

tear one's hair (third-person singular simple present tears one's hair, present participle tearing one's hair, simple past tore one's hair, past participle torn one's hair)

  1. To pull at one's own hair in a frenzy of grief or rage.
    • When he heard that Devaki was pregnant again, for the seventh time, he tore his hair in fury.2005, Shanta Rameshwar Rao, Krishna

Questions about tearing one's hair

What is tearing one's hair the present participle and gerund of?
Tearing one's hair is the present participle and gerund of tear one's hair.

Words near tearing one's hair in the dictionary

  1. tearing away
  2. tearing down
  3. tearing into
  4. tearing it up
  5. tearing off
  6. tearing one's hair
  7. tearing one's hair out
  8. tearing out
  9. tearing someone a new asshole
  10. tearing someone a new one
  11. tearing someone off a strip

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