irritate (verb)
51do someone's head in — verb To frustrate, irritate or disturb someone. Please stop reading the name of every sign we came across, its doing my head in! …
52miff — verb informal irritate: she was miffed at not being invited. Origin C17: perh. imitative …
53rankle — verb 1》 (of a comment or fact) cause continuing annoyance or resentment. ↘chiefly N. Amer. annoy or irritate. 2》 archaic (of a wound or sore) continue to be painful; fester. Origin ME: from OFr. rancler, from rancle, draoncle festering sore …
54rile — verb 1》 informal annoy or irritate. 2》 N. Amer. make (water) turbulent or muddy. Origin C19: var. of roil …
55rub — verb (rubs, rubbing, rubbed) 1》 apply firm pressure to the surface of, using a repeated back and forth motion. ↘move to and fro against a surface. ↘apply with a rubbing action: she rubbed some cream on her nose. ↘(rub something… …
56annoy — verb their barking dog annoys me where the movie attempts to amuse, it only annoys Syn: irritate, vex, make angry/cross, anger, exasperate, irk, gall, pique, put out, antagonize, get on someone s nerves, get to, ruffle someone s feathers, make… …
57antagonize — verb have I done something to antagonize you? Syn: arouse hostility in, alienate; anger, annoy, provoke, vex, irritate; rub the wrong way; informal aggravate, rile, needle, rattle someone s cage, get someone s back up Ant: pacify, placate …
58bedevil — verb past mistakes that continue to bedevil her he accused Congress of allowing single interest group politics to bedevil U.S. foreign policy Syn: afflict, torment, beset, assail, beleaguer, plague, blight, rack, oppress, harry, curse, dog;… …
59displease — verb I d never seen his mom when she wasn t displeased about something Syn: annoy, irritate, anger, irk, vex, pique, gall, nettle; put out, upset, aggravate, peeve, needle, bug, rile, miff; informal tee off, tick off, piss off …
60exasperate — verb her bratty children exasperate their teachers Syn: infuriate, incense, anger, annoy, irritate, madden, enrage, antagonize, provoke, irk, vex, get on someone s nerves, ruffle someone s feathers, rub the wrong way; informal aggravate, rile,… …
