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| acerbate |
to aggravate or annoy. [1/3 definitions] |
| aggravate |
(informal) to annoy or bother. [1/2 definitions] |
| bedevil |
to annoy or harass devilishly; torment. |
| bother |
to annoy or irritate, usu. with something minor. [1/7 definitions] |
| bug |
(informal) to annoy or pester. [1/8 definitions] |
| devil |
to annoy, pester, or tease. [1/8 definitions] |
| displease |
to annoy, dissatisfy, or disappoint. [1/2 definitions] |
| earwig |
to annoy or instill biases in (someone) by persistent secretive communications. [1/2 definitions] |
| exasperate |
to annoy or irritate greatly; cause to lose patience. [1/2 definitions] |
| frost |
(informal) to annoy or anger. [1/9 definitions] |
| get one's goat |
to irritate, annoy, or anger. [1/2 definitions] |
| get on someone's nerves |
to annoy or cause agitation in (someone). |
| get to |
to annoy or irritate (someone). [1/5 definitions] |
| gnaw |
to annoy, afflict, or trouble, esp. over a period of time. [1/6 definitions] |
| gripe |
(informal) to annoy or bother; irritate. [1/6 definitions] |
| harry |
to attack or annoy repeatedly or constantly; harass. [1/3 definitions] |
| irk |
to annoy, irritate, or exasperate. |
| irritate |
to anger or annoy. [1/4 definitions] |
| molest |
to annoy, disturb, or attack. [1/2 definitions] |
| needle |
(informal) to provoke, annoy, or tease. [1/7 definitions] |
| nettle |
to provoke, irritate, or annoy. [1/3 definitions] |
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