make+unpleasant
1make a virtue of necessity — To do as if from a sense of duty (or with a sense of duty called in for the occasion) something unpleasant one is forced to do • • • Main Entry: ↑virtue * * * make a virtue of necessity phrase to pretend that you are doing something because you… …
2make yourself scarce — phrase to stay away from a particular place in order to avoid a difficult or embarrassing situation Dad’s pretty mad – you’d better make yourself scarce. Thesaurus: absent, lost and unavailablesynonym Main entry: scarce * * * make yourself scarce …
3make your skin crawl — make your skin/flesh/crawl phrase to give you a very unpleasant and slightly frightened feeling Thesaurus: to make someone afraid or frightenedsynonym Main entry: crawl * * * make your ˈskin crawl …
4make (someone's) flesh crawl — make (someone s) flesh crawl/creep if someone or something makes your flesh creep, you think they are extremely unpleasant or frightening. Spiders and insects really make my flesh crawl. (often in present tenses) I hate that guy in accounts, he… …
5make (someone's) flesh creep — make (someone s) flesh crawl/creep if someone or something makes your flesh creep, you think they are extremely unpleasant or frightening. Spiders and insects really make my flesh crawl. (often in present tenses) I hate that guy in accounts, he… …
6make it hot for — (informal) To make it unpleasant or impossible for • • • Main Entry: ↑hot …
7make your flesh crawl — make your skin/flesh/crawl phrase to give you a very unpleasant and slightly frightened feeling Thesaurus: to make someone afraid or frightenedsynonym Main entry: crawl …
8make it hot for someone — make it (or things) hot for someone informal make things unpleasant for someone; persecute …
9make your toes curl — see ↑toe, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑curl make your toes curl informal : to cause you to have a very strong and usually unpleasant feeling (such as a feeling of being embarrassed, annoyed, etc.) Just thinking about my old boyfriend makes my toes curl.… …
10make someone's skin crawl — make (someone s) skin crawl if something or someone makes your skin crawl, you think they are very unpleasant or frightening. Just thinking about the way he had touched her made her skin crawl …
