Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vexatious |
| Synonyms: | annoying, bothersome, disturbing, provoking, trying |
| 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: | burning |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stinging, painful |
| Synonyms: | acrid, biting, caustic, irritating, painful, piercing, prickling, pungent, reeking, sharp, smarting, tingling |
| Main Entry: | difficult |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hard on someone; hard to do |
| Synonyms: | Gargantuan, Herculean, ambitious, arduous, backbreaker, bothersome, burdensome, challenging, crucial, demanding, difficile, easier said than done, effortful, exacting, formidable, galling, hard-won, heavy, immense, intricate, irritating, labored, laborious, no picnic, not easy, onerous, operose, painful, problem, problematic, prohibitive, rigid, severe, stiff, strenuous, titanic, toilsome, tough, troublesome, trying, unyielding, uphill, upstream, wearisome |
| Antonyms: | calm, easy, free, manageable, plain, simple, uncomplicated |
| 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: | 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 |
| Main Entry: | irksome |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | annoying |
| Synonyms: | aggravating, boring, bothersome, burdensome, irritating, tedious, tiresome, troublesome, troubling, vexing |
| Main Entry: | nerve-racking |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | distressing |
| Synonyms: | aggravating, annoying, disquieting, disturbing, exasperating, irksome, irritating, maddening, stressful, taxing, tense, trying, upsetting |
| Main Entry: | offensive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disrespectful, insulting; displeasing |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, abusive, annoying, biting, cutting, detestable, disagreeable, discourteous, distasteful, dreadful, embarrassing, evil, foul, ghastly, grisly, gross, hideous, horrible, horrid, impertinent, insolent, invidious, irritating, nauseating, objectionable, obnoxious, odious, off-color, offending, opprobrious, outrageous, repellent, reprehensible, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, rotten, rude, shocking, stinking, terrible, uncivil, unmannerly |
| Antonyms: | agreeable, kind, nice, pleasing, respectful |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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