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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exasperate |
| Synonyms: | aggravate, annoy, disturb, perturb, provoke, rattle one's cage |
| Main Entry: | exacerbate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | infuriate; make worse |
| Synonyms: | add insult to injury, aggravate, annoy, egg on, embitter, enrage, envenom, exasperate, excite, fan the flames, feed the fire, go from bad to worse, heat up, heighten, hit on, increase, inflame, intensify, irritate, madden, provoke, push one's button, rattle one's cage, rub salt in a wound, vex, worsen |
| Notes: | to aggravate is to make something worse, while to exacerbate is to increase something's bitterness or harshness |
| Antonyms: | aid, calm, comfort, help, soothe |
| Main Entry: | harass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | badger |
| Synonyms: | annoy, attack, bait, bedevil, beleaguer, bother, bug*, bullyrag, burn*, despoil, devil*, distress, disturb, eat*, exasperate, exhaust, fatigue, foray, get to, give a bad time, give a hard time, gnaw, harry, hassle, heckle, hound, intimidate, irk, irritate, jerk around, macerate, maraud, noodge, pain*, perplex, persecute, pester, plague, raid, rattle one's cage, ride, strain, stress, tease, tire, torment, trouble, try, vex, weary, work on, worry |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, facilitate, help, support |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nonplus |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse, perplex |
| Synonyms: | astonish, astound, baffle, balk, beat, bewilder, boggle, buffalo, confound, daze, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, dismay, dumbfound, embarrass, faze, floor*, flurry, fluster, frustrate, get*, mess with one's head, muddle, mystify, overcome, paralyze, puzzle, rattle, rattle one's cage, stagger, stick, stump, stun, stymie*, take aback, throw into tizzy, throw*, thwart |
| Antonyms: | clear up, educate, enlighten, explain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rattle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disconcert, upset someone |
| Synonyms: | abash, addle, bewilder, bother, confound, confuse, discombobulate, discomfit, discompose, discountenance, distract, disturb, embarrass, faze, flummox, frighten, get to, muddle, nonplus, perplex, perturb, psych out, put off, put out, put out of countenance, rattle one's cage, scare, shake, throw, unnerve |
| Antonyms: | appease, placate, soothe |
| Main Entry: | ruffle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | upset, irritate |
| Synonyms: | abrade, agitate, anger, annoy, bluster, bother, browbeat, bully, chafe, confuse, cow*, disconcert, disquiet, disturb, excite, floor*, flummox, flurry, fluster, fret, fuddle, gall, get to, harass, intimidate, irk, nettle, peeve, perturb, provoke, put off, put out, rattle, rattle one's cage, shake up, stir, stump, throw into tizzy, torment, trouble, unsettle, vex, wear, worry |
| Notes: | a continuous low drumbeat is a ruffle, a continuous even drumbeat is a tattoo, a continuous loud drumbeat is a drumroll |
| Antonyms: | calm, soothe |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | get under one's skin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drive up the wall |
| Synonyms: | annoy, bother, exasperate, get in one's hair, infuriate, irk, irritate, madden, needle, pester, provoke, push one's buttons, rattle one's cage, rile, ruffle, upset, vex |
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