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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | annoy |
| Synonyms: | be at, be on the back of, bother, bug, bum*, dog, drive up the wall, exasperate, gall, get, get on one's nerves, get to, give a hard time, grate, hack, irk, irritate, nag, needle, nettle, peeve, pester, pick on, pique, provoke, tease, vex, wig |
| Notes: | to aggravate is to make something worse, while to exacerbate is to increase something's bitterness or harshness aggravate means 'to add to' an already troublesome or vexing matter or condition while irritate means 'to vex, annoy, or chafe' irritate means 'inflame' (originally 'excite, rouse'); aggravate means 'worsen' |
| Antonyms: | appease, gladden, make happy, mollify, soften |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | grate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | irritate |
| Synonyms: | aggravate, annoy, burn, chafe, exasperate, fret, gall, get on one's nerves, irk, nettle, peeve, pique, provoke, rankle, rile, rub the wrong way, vex |
| Antonyms: | make happy, please |
| Main Entry: | pester |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bother, harass |
| Synonyms: | annoy, badger, be at, bedevil, beleaguer, bug*, disturb, dog*, drive crazy, drive up the wall, fret, get at, get in one's hair, get on one's nerves, get to, harry, hassle, hector, hound, importune, insist, irk, mess with, nag, nudge, pick at, plague, provoke, remind, ride*, tantalize, tease, torment, work on, worry |
| Antonyms: | delight, make happy, please |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | provoke |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make angry |
| Synonyms: | abet, abrade, affront, aggravate, anger, annoy, bother, bug*, chafe, enrage, exasperate, exercise, foment, fret, gall*, get on one's nerves, get under one's skin, get*, grate, hit where one lives, incense, incite, inflame, infuriate, insult, irk, irritate, madden, make blood boil, make waves, nag, offend, perturb, pique, put out, raise, rile, roil, ruffle, set on, set*, try one's patience, upset, vex, whip up, work into lather, work up |
| Notes: | provoke means to stir up or arouse - or to incite to anger or resentment; evoke means to call forth or call to mind emotions, feelings, and responses |
| Antonyms: | delight, make happy, please |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rub the wrong way |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | irritate |
| Synonyms: | aggravate, anger, annoy, bother, bug*, disturb, drive up the wall, enrage, get on one's nerves, get to, get under one's skin, infuriate, irk, needle, pester, rattle, ruffle one's feathers |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | anger |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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acrimonious, angry, begrumpled, bitter, boiling, boiling over, burning, cantankerous, convulsed with rage, cross, diversivolent, emporté, fierce, fiery, flushed with anger, flushed with rage, foaming, foaming at the mouth, fractious, fuming, furibund, furious, glowering, horn, indignant, infuriate, iracund, irascent, irate, ireful, mad with rage, madbrained, offended, on one's high ropes, rabid, rageful, raging, relentless, savage, set against, sore, spleenful, splenetic, stomachous, sulky, surly, thrunched, umbrageous, up in arms, violent, virulent, warm, waxy, wild, worked up, wrath, wrathful, wrought, zowerswopped
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