irritate (verb)
91chafe — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. abrade, wear, rub; vex, anger, annoy, eat. See friction, resentment, pain, discontent. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To rub] Syn. abrade, grate, scrape, massage; see rub 1 . 2. [To annoy] Syn. irritate,… …
92fret — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. agitate, irritate, vex; worry, chafe, rub, fume, complain. See discontent, pain, resentment, dejection. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To cause annoyance] Syn. disturb, agitate, vex, irritate; see bother 2 ,… …
93ruffle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. gather, shirr, crinkle, corrugate, plait; agitate, ripple, tousle, rumple, disarrange; vex, irritate. See agitation, excitement, disorder, roughness, fold. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. flounce, furbelow …
94vex — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. tease, plague, harass, torment; roil, pique; fret, chafe, irritate, annoy, provoke, nettle. Informal, peeve, rile. See resentment, discontent. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To trouble] Syn. distress, worry,… …
95peeve — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. irritate, annoy, anger; see bother 2 . See Synonym Study at irritate . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. irk, annoy, irritate, *bug, bother, aggravate, *rub the wrong way, nettle, vex, gall, *burn one up. III (Roget s… …
96agitate — I (activate) verb actuate, arouse, coax, electrify, energize, excite, exhort, ferment, foment, goad, impel, incite, induce, inflame, influence, inspire, inspirit, instigate, irritate, kindle, persuade, prompt, provoke, roil, rouse, spur,… …
97List of British words not widely used in the United States — Differences between American and British English American English …
98aggravate — ag·gra·vate / a grə ˌvāt/ vt vat·ed, vat·ing: to make more serious, more severe, or worse maliciousness aggravated the offense aggravated her preexisting condition aggravating factors compare …
99molest — mo·lest /mə lest/ vt 1: to annoy, disturb, or persecute esp. with hostile intent or injurious effect 2: to make annoying sexual advances to; specif: to force physical and usu. sexual contact on (as a child) mo·les·ta·tion /ˌmō ˌles tā shən, ˌmä …
100offend — I (insult) verb abuse, affront, anger, annoy, be discourteous, be impolite, chagrin, displease, distress, disturb, embarrass, enrage, gall, horrify, hurt, incense, inflame, infuriate, injure, irk, irritate, laedere, madden, make angry, mortify,… …
