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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | annoyance |
| Synonyms: | aggravation, bother, burden, nuisance, trouble |
| Main Entry: | bother |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trouble, inconvenience |
| Synonyms: | ado, aggravation, annoyance, anxiety, bellyache, botheration, bustle, care, concern, difficulty, distress, drag*, exasperation, flurry, fuss, headache, irritant, irritation, molestation, nudge, nuisance, pain, pain in the neck, perplexity, pest, plague, pother, pressure, problem, strain, to-do, trial, trouble, vexation, worriment, worry |
| Antonyms: | aid, convenience, help |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exasperation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | upset, provocation |
| Synonyms: | aggravation, anger, annoyance, besetment, bother, botheration, displeasure, exacerbation, fury, ire, irritant, irritation, nuisance, passion, pest, pique, plague, rage, resentment, vexation, wrath |
| Antonyms: | calming, calmness, comfort, ease, placation, pleasing, soothing |
| Main Entry: | gadfly |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | goad; nuisance |
| Synonyms: | annoyance, energizer, excitant, irritant, motivator, mover, pest, prod, spur, stimulator |
| Main Entry: | hate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extreme dislike |
| Synonyms: | abhorrence, abomination, anathema, animosity, animus, antagonism, antipathy, aversion, black beast, bother, bugbear, bête noire, detestation, disgust, enmity, execration, frost*, grievance, gripe, hatred, horror, hostility, ill will, irritant, loathing, malevolence, malignity, mislike, nasty look, no love lost, nuisance, objection, odium, pain, rancor, rankling, repugnance, repulsion, resentment, revenge, revulsion, scorn, spite, trouble, venom |
| Notes: | hate means to 'dislike intensely, loathe' and despise means 'look down on contemptuously' |
| Antonyms: | liking, love, loving |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nuisance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | annoyance; annoying person |
| Synonyms: | besetment, blister, bore, bother, botheration, botherment, bum*, creep, drag*, drip*, exasperation, frump, gadfly, headache, inconvenience, infliction, insect*, irritant, irritation, louse, nag*, nudge*, offense, pain, pain in the neck, pest, pester, pesterer, pill, plague, poor excuse, problem, terror, trouble, vexation |
| Antonyms: | delight, happiness, pleasantry, pleasure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person or thing that presents problem |
| Synonyms: | annoyance, badgerer, bane, besetment, blight, blister, bore, bother, botheration, bug*, contagion, crashing bore, creep, curse, drag, drip, epidemic, exasperation, headache, infection, irritant, irritation, nag, nudge, nuisance, pain in the neck, pain*, pesterer, pestilence, pill, plague*, scourge*, tease*, thorn in side, tormentor, trial*, trouble, vexation, virus* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | plague |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | annoyance, curse |
| Synonyms: | affliction, aggravation, bane, besetment, blast, blight, bother, botheration, calamity, cancer, evil, exasperation, hydra, irritant, nuisance, pain, pest, problem, scourge, thorn in side, torment, trial, vexation |
| Antonyms: | advantage, good fortune, good luck |
| Main Entry: | annoyance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | source of irritation |
| Synonyms: | aggravation, difficulty, discomfort, headache, inconvenience, irritant, nuisance, trouble |
| Antonyms: | comfort |
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