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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | irritate |
| Synonyms: | agitate, annoy, bother, displease, disquiet, disturb, rile, stir up, vex |
| Main Entry: | displease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make unhappy |
| Synonyms: | aggravate, anger, annoy, antagonize, bother, cap, chagrin, cool, curdle, cut to the quick, disappoint, discontent, disgruntle, disgust, disoblige, dissatisfy, enrage, exasperate, fret, frustrate, gall, hurt, incense, irk, irritate, nettle, offend, perplex, pique, play dirty, provoke, put out, repel, revolt, rile, roil, sound, turn off, upset, vex, wing*, worry, zing |
| Antonyms: | appease, calm, compose, delight, humor, make happy, please, satisfy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exasperate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | upset, provoke |
| Synonyms: | T-off, aggravate, agitate, anger, annoy, bug*, disturb, drive up the wall, embitter, enrage, exacerbate, excite, gall, get under one's skin, get*, incense, inflame, infuriate, irk, irritate, madden, make waves, needle, nettle, peeve, pique, rankle, rile, roil, rouse, try the patience of, vex, work up |
| Antonyms: | calm, comfort, ease, placate, please, soothe |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Example Sentences
- In summer the roads roil with bicycles and mopeds and minicars and joggers and walkers.
- Toxic gases constantly bubble to the surface of the lava, causing it to roil and sputter.
- The springs roil the waters they flow into in a phantasmal slipstream.
| Main Entry: | gall |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | upset, irritate |
| Synonyms: | aggravate, annoy, bedevil, bother, burn, chafe, chide, disturb, exasperate, fret, grate, harass, harry, inflame, irk, nag, peeve, pester, plague, provoke, rile, roil, rub, ruffle, scrape, torment, trouble, vex, worry |
| Antonyms: | cheer, encourage, enliven, exhilarate, make happy |
| Main Entry: | inflame |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | anger, aggravate |
| Synonyms: | agitate, annoy, arouse, burn, disturb, embitter, enrage, exacerbate, exasperate, excite, fan, fire, fire up, foment, gall, get*, grate, heat, heat up, ignite, impassion, incense, increase, infuriate, intensify, intoxicate, irritate, kindle, light, madden, provoke, put out, rile, roil, rouse, steam up, stimulate, vex, worsen |
| Antonyms: | alleviate, appease, cool, pacify, placate, put out, quench, soothe, tranquilize |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | irritate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | upset, anger |
| Synonyms: | abrade, affront, aggravate, annoy, bother, bug*, burn*, chafe, confuse, distemper, disturb, drive up the wall, enrage, exasperate, fret, gall, get, get on nerves, get under skin, grate, harass, incense, inflame, infuriate, irk, madden, needle, nettle, offend, pain, peeve, pester, pique, provoke, put out, rankle, rasp, rattle, rile, roil, rub the wrong way, ruffle, sour, try, vex |
| Notes: | 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: | aid, assuage, delight, help, please |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nettle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | provoke, upset |
| Synonyms: | annoy, chafe, disgust, disturb, exasperate, fret, get*, goad, harass, huff, incense, insult, irritate, miff, peeve*, pester, pet, pique, put out, rile, roil, ruffle, snit, stew, sting*, tease, tiff, vex |
| Antonyms: | appease, mollify, please |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | peeve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bother, annoy |
| Synonyms: | T-off, aggravate, anger, bug*, bum*, burn*, disturb, drive up the wall, exasperate, gall, get, get one's goat, hack*, irk, irritate, miff, nettle, pique, provoke, put out, rile, roil, rub the wrong way, steam, vex |
| Antonyms: | attract, charm, enchant, 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 |
| Antonyms: | delight, make happy, please |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
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