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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | annoy |
| Synonyms: | bother, burden, disoblige, disquiet, disturb, fluster, harass, incommode, inconvenience, irk, molest, perturb, put out, trouble, upset, vex |
| Antonyms: | make happy, please |
| Main Entry: | derange |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make crazy; confuse |
| Synonyms: | confound, craze*, dement, disarrange, disarray, discommode, discompose, disconcert, disorder, disorganize, displace, distract, disturb, drive mad, frenzy, madden, make insane, mess up*, misplace, muss, perplex, ruffle, rummage, unbalance, unhinge, unsettle, upset |
| Antonyms: | calm, comfort |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disoblige |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | displease, annoy |
| Synonyms: | affront, bother, discommode, disturb, incommode, inconvenience, insult, offend, put about, put out, slight, trouble, upset, vex |
| Antonyms: | agree, oblige, please |
| Main Entry: | encumber |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bother, burden |
| Synonyms: | block, charge, clog, cramp, discommode, embarrass, hamper, handicap, hang up, hinder, hog-tie, hold up, impede, incommode, inconvenience, lade, load, make difficult, obstruct, oppress, overburden, overload, retard, saddle, saddle with, slow down, tax, trammel, weigh down, weight |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, help |
| Main Entry: | harm |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | injure; cause evil |
| Synonyms: | abuse, blemish, bruise, cripple, crush, damage, dilapidate, discommode, disserve, do violence to, dump on, get, hurt, ill-treat, impair, incommode, inconvenience, louse up, maim, maltreat, mangle, mar, mess up*, misuse, molest, muck up, mutilate, nick, outrage, prejudice, put down, ruin, sabotage, sap*, scathe, shatter, shock, spoil, stab, tarnish, total, trample, traumatize, tweak*, undermine, vandalize, vitiate, wing*, wound, wreck, wrench, wrong, zing |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, benefit, care, fix, help, improve, mend |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hurt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause mental pain |
| Synonyms: | abuse, afflict, aggrieve, annoy, burn, chafe, constrain, cut to the quick, discomfit, discommode, displease, distress, excruciate, faze, give no quarter, go for jugular, grieve, hit where one lives, injure, lambaste, lay a bad trip on, lean on, martyr, martyrize, prejudice, punish, put down, put out, sadden, sting*, thumb nose at, torment, torture, try, upset, vex, vitiate, work over, wound, zing |
| Antonyms: | calm, placate, please, relieve, soothe |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inconvenience |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bother, trouble |
| Synonyms: | aggravate, discombobulate, discommode, discompose, disoblige, disrupt, disturb, exasperate, give a hard time, give trouble, hang up, interfere, irk, make it tough, meddle, put in a spot, put on the spot, put to trouble, try, upset |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, be convenient, benefit, help |
| Main Entry: | interfere |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | meddle, intervene |
| Synonyms: | baffle, balk, barge in, busybody, butt in, conflict, discommode, foil, fool with, frustrate, get in the way, get involved, hamper, handicap, hang up, hinder, hold up, horn in, impede, incommode, inconvenience, inhibit, intercede, interlope, intermeddle, intermediate, intermit, interpose, intrude, jam, make*, mix in, obstruct, obtrude, oppose, poke nose in, prevent, remit, step in, stop, suspend, tamper, thwart, trammel, trouble |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, help |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | irk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | aggravate; rub the wrong way |
| Synonyms: | abrade, annoy, bother, bug*, discommode, disturb, eat*, fret, gall, get on nerves, get to, give a hard time, harass, incommode, inconvenience, irritate, make waves, miff, nettle, peeve, provoke, put out, rasp, rile, ruffle, trouble, vex |
| Antonyms: | delight, please |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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