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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | causing irritation |
| Synonyms: | aggravating, bothersome, disturbing, irritating, troublesome, vexatious |
| Antonyms: | agreeable, pleasant, pleasing, soothing, welcome |
| Main Entry: | abrasive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | irritating in manner |
| Synonyms: | annoying, biting, caustic, cutting, galling, hard to take, hateful, hurtful, nasty, rough, rubbing the wrong way, sharp, spiky, unpleasant |
| Antonyms: | likeable, pleasant, pleasing |
| Main Entry: | awkward |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | difficult to handle |
| Synonyms: | annoying, bulky, chancy, cramped, cumbersome, dangerous, disagreeable, discommodious, hard to use, hazardous, incommodious, inconvenient, perilous, risky, troublesome, uncomfortable, unhandy, unmanageable, unwieldy |
| Antonyms: | convenient, easy, straightforward |
| Main Entry: | bitter |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | painful, distressing |
| Synonyms: | afflictive, annoying, bad, brutal, calamitous, cruel, dire, disagreeable, displeasing, distasteful, disturbing, galling, grievous, hard, harsh, heartbreaking, hurtful, inclement, intemperate, intense, merciless, offensive, poignant, provoking, rigorous, rugged, ruthless, savage, severe, sharp, stinging, unpalatable, unpleasant, vexatious, woeful |
| Antonyms: | good, helping, wonderful |
| Main Entry: | bothersome |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | troubling |
| Synonyms: | aggravating, annoying, distressing, disturbing, exasperating, incommodious, inconvenient, irritating, rebarbative, remote, tiresome, troublesome, vexatious, vexing |
| Antonyms: | convenient, helpful, untroubling |
| Main Entry: | disagreeable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disgusting, offensive |
| Synonyms: | annoying, awful, bad, bothersome, displeasing, distasteful, distressing, drag, nasty, objectionable, obnoxious, pain, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, rotten, sour, unhappy, uninviting, unpalatable, unpleasant, unsavory, upsetting, woeful |
| Antonyms: | agreeable, inoffensive, nice, pleasant, pleasing |
| Main Entry: | disquieting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | upsetting |
| Synonyms: | annoying, bothersome, disconcerting, distressing, disturbing, irritating, perplexing, perturbing, troublesome, troubling, unnerving, unsettling, vexing, worrying |
| Antonyms: | calming, pleasing, settling, soothing |
| Main Entry: | frightful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | offensive |
| Synonyms: | annoying, awful, bad, calamitous, disagreeable, dreadful, extreme, ghastly, great, hideous, horrible, insufferable, lewd, shocking, terrible, terrific, unpleasant, vile, wicked, wrong |
| Antonyms: | delightful, gentle, inoffensive, nice |
| Main Entry: | galling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very upsetting |
| Synonyms: | acid, afflictive, aggravating, annoying, bitter, bothersome, distasteful, exasperating, grievous, harassing, humiliating, irksome, irritating, nettlesome, painful, plaguing, provoking, rankling, unpalatable, vexatious, vexing |
| Antonyms: | cheering, comforting, pleasing, satisfying, soothing, wonderful |
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