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Synonyms for gravel

34 synonyms
3 meanings

verb
noun

Most common

vex baffle stupefy flummox devil nettle

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Stick

non-plus, get, stick, beat, puzzle, baffle, vex, pose, perplex, bewilder, amaze, mystify, stupefy, flummox, dumbfound

2. Devil

get to, get at, devil, nettle, rag, chafe, bother, irritate, annoy, rile, gall

Noun

1. Stones — kidney stones, or nephrolithiasis

chisel, chesil, stones slang

Other

sand, grit, shingle, narc, alpha-pyrrolidinopentiophenone

Definitions

v. 1
To apply a layer of gravel to the surface of a road, etc.
v. 2
To puzzle or annoy.
The physician was so gravelled and amazed withal, that he had not a word more to say.
n. 1
Kidney stones, or nephrolithiasis

Related words

Word family: gravelish gravelly
Phrases: gravel cruncher gravel road gravel trap kidney gravel

Forms

Plural: gravels → chisels, sands, grits, shingles…
Past participle: graveled
e.g. graveled → non-plused, getten, sticked, beaten…

Example sentences

vex Vex not too far the lion, chained though he be.
baffle Ziri's disappearance continues to baffle everybody.
devil Don't shoot the devil in the back. You might miss.
nettle I found a very good drug for nettle rash.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
gravel		falling
vex		rising
baffle		falling
stupefy		rising
flummox		steady
devil		rising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters: get¹, rag¹, vex¹
4 letters: beat¹, sand¹, pose¹, grit¹, gall¹, narc¹, rile¹
5 letters: stick¹, devil², annoy², amaze², chafe¹
6 letters: bother², stones¹, puzzle², chisel², baffle², nettle², chesil
7 letters: shingle², perplex², mystify³, stupefy, flummox²
8 letters: irritate³, bewilder³
9 letters: dumbfound²

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (devil² = 2 syllables).