hangnail

Noun

Meaning

A small piece or silver of skin which hangs loose, near the root of finger nail.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

agnail skin hanging dependency nail flap cuticle felon annulus cutis stepfather fingernail toenail whitlow tegument
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Hypernyms

skin cutis tegument

Phrases with the word

nail polish on a hangnail

Anagrams

Langhian

Examples

If you really want to upset a witch, do her a favor which she has no means of repaying. The unfulfilled obligation will nag at her like a hangnail. Terry Pratchett

I am not religious. I do not believe that personhood is conferred upon conception. But I also do not believe that a human embryo is the moral equivalent of a hangnail and deserves no more respect than an appendix. Charles Krauthammer

By the same logic, if you have a hangnail, cut off your hand. Source: Internet

Reasonable people can disagree on what the best system might be, but to suggest the problems of the current system as a mere hangnail -- to me that just sounds very out of touch. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

hangman's wages hangmanship hangment hangnailed hangnest hangnest tody-tyrant