Nearby Words
pestering
| Main Entry: |
pestering
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | annoyance |
| Synonyms: | anger, botheration, bothering, discontent, displeasure, distress, exasperation, frustration, harassment, indignation, irascibility, irritation, pique, provocation, unhappiness, vexation |
| Main Entry: | harassment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | badgering |
| Synonyms: | aggravation, annoyance, bedevilment, bother, bothering, disturbance, exasperation, hassle, irking, irritation, molestation, nuisance, persecution, perturbation, pestering, provocation, provoking, torment, trouble, vexation, vexing |
| Antonyms: | aid, assistance, facilitation, furtherance, help, support |
| Main Entry: | persecution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | affliction |
| Synonyms: | annoyance, banishment, bashing, exile, expulsion, galling, ill-treatment, imprisonment, infliction, killing, maltreatment, massacre, mistreatment, murder, oppression, pestering, provoking, teasing, torment, torture, torture |
| Antonyms: | help, stimulation, succor |
| Main Entry: | botheration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | annoyance |
| Synonyms: | aggravation, bothering, bugging, disturbance, exasperation, harassment, hassle, headache, inconvenience, irritation, nuisance, pestering, problem, vexation |
| Main Entry: | bothering |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | annoyance |
| Synonyms: | botheration, bugging, disturbance, exasperation, harassment, irritation, pestering, vexation |
| Main Entry: | afflict |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause or become hurt |
| Synonyms: | agonize, annoy, beset, bother, burden, crucify, distress, grieve, harass, harrow, harry, irk, lacerate, martyr, oppress, pain, pester, plague, press, rack, smite, strike, torment, torture, trouble, try, vex, worry, wound |
| Notes: | afflict is generally used with living beings; inflict is generally used with inanimate objects inflict takes 'on,' afflict takes 'with' |
| Antonyms: | aid, comfort, help, solace, stay away from, take care of |
| Main Entry: | aggravate |
| 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: | annoy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | irritate, upset |
| Synonyms: | T-off, abrade, agitate, ask for it, badger, be at, be on the back of, bedevil, beleaguer, bore, bother, break, bug, burn up, chafe, displease, distress, disturb, egg on, exasperate, fire up, gall, get, gnaw, harass, harry, heat up, henpeck, hit where one lives, irk, madden, make waves, miff, nag, needle, nettle, nudge, peeve, perturb, pester, plague, provoke, push button, ride, rile, ruffle, tease, tick off, trouble, turn off, vex, work on, worry |
| Antonyms: | aid, gratify, make happy, please, soothe |
| Main Entry: | badger |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | nag, bother |
| Synonyms: | annoy, bait, bug, bully, eat*, give the business, goad, harass, harry, hassle, heckle, hound, importune, insist on, needle, nudge, pester, plague, ride, tease, torment, work on |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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