To trouble the nerves or peace of mind of, especially by repeated vexations

• vex

  1. To cause difficulty or trouble to:
  2. To keep bringing up, going over, or returning to (a matter difficult to solve)
  3. To give trouble to, esp. in a petty or nagging way; disturb, annoy, irritate, etc.

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  1. To cause difficulty or trouble to:
  2. To keep bringing up, going over, or returning to (a matter difficult to solve)
  3. To give trouble to, esp. in a petty or nagging way; disturb, annoy, irritate, etc.

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• ruffle

  1. To turn over (the pages of a book, etc.) rapidly
  2. To search for something in a container:
  3. To put a ruffle on (a garment, for example).

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  1. To turn over (the pages of a book, etc.) rapidly
  2. To search for something in a container:
  3. To put a ruffle on (a garment, for example).

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• rile

  1. Roil
  2. To stir up (liquid); roil.
  3. To anger; irritate

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  1. Roil
  2. To stir up (liquid); roil.
  3. To anger; irritate

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• put out

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• provoke

  1. To stir to action or feeling:
  2. To give rise to; bring about:
  3. To bring about deliberately; induce:

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  1. To stir to action or feeling:
  2. To give rise to; bring about:
  3. To bring about deliberately; induce:

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• peeve

  1. To cause to be annoyed or resentful.
  2. To make peevish or bad-tempered; annoy
  3. To annoy; vex.

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  1. To cause to be annoyed or resentful.
  2. To make peevish or bad-tempered; annoy
  3. To annoy; vex.

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• nettle

  1. To sting with or as if with a nettle.
  2. To irritate; annoy; vex

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  1. To sting with or as if with a nettle.
  2. To irritate; annoy; vex

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• irritate

  1. (Physiology) To cause a physiological response to a stimulus in (a cell, body tissue, or organism).
  2. To make sore or inflamed:
  3. To cause (someone) to feel impatient or angry; annoy:

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  1. (Physiology) To cause a physiological response to a stimulus in (a cell, body tissue, or organism).
  2. To make sore or inflamed:
  3. To cause (someone) to feel impatient or angry; annoy:

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• irk

  1. To be irritating, wearisome, or vexing to.
  2. To annoy, disgust, irritate, tire out, etc.

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  1. To be irritating, wearisome, or vexing to.
  2. To annoy, disgust, irritate, tire out, etc.

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• get

  1. To work for gain or profit; make money:
  2. To go and bring
  3. To cause to move or leave:

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  1. To work for gain or profit; make money:
  2. To go and bring
  3. To cause to move or leave:

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• gall

  1. To become worn or sore by abrasion.
  2. To irk or exasperate; vex:
  3. To wear away or make sore by abrasion; chafe:

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  1. To become worn or sore by abrasion.
  2. To irk or exasperate; vex:
  3. To wear away or make sore by abrasion; chafe:

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• fret

  1. To wear away by gnawing, rubbing, corroding, etc.
  2. To move agitatedly.
  3. To make or form by wearing away

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  1. To wear away by gnawing, rubbing, corroding, etc.
  2. To move agitatedly.
  3. To make or form by wearing away

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• exasperate

  1. To increase the gravity or intensity of:
  2. (Archaic) To intensify (a feeling, disease, etc.); aggravate
  3. To irritate or annoy very much; make angry; vex

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  1. To increase the gravity or intensity of:
  2. (Archaic) To intensify (a feeling, disease, etc.); aggravate
  3. To irritate or annoy very much; make angry; vex

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• disturb

  1. To break up the quiet or serenity of; agitate (what is quiet or still)
  2. To intrude on; inconvenience:
  3. To break in on; interrupt

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  1. To break up the quiet or serenity of; agitate (what is quiet or still)
  2. To intrude on; inconvenience:
  3. To break in on; interrupt

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• chafe

  1. To be or become vexed, irritated, or impatient
  2. To rub so as to stimulate or make warm
  3. To wear away or irritate by rubbing or friction:

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  1. To be or become vexed, irritated, or impatient
  2. To rub so as to stimulate or make warm
  3. To wear away or irritate by rubbing or friction:

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• bug

  1. (Slang) To annoy, bother, anger, etc.
  2. To equip (a room or telephone circuit, for example) with a concealed electronic listening device.
  3. To make (the eyes) bulge or grow large.

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  1. (Slang) To annoy, bother, anger, etc.
  2. To equip (a room or telephone circuit, for example) with a concealed electronic listening device.
  3. To make (the eyes) bulge or grow large.

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• bother

  1. To take the time and trouble; concern oneself
  2. To take the trouble (to do something); concern oneself with (accomplishing something):
  3. (Intransitive) To feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome.

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  1. To take the time and trouble; concern oneself
  2. To take the trouble (to do something); concern oneself with (accomplishing something):
  3. (Intransitive) To feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome.

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• aggravate

  1. To exasperate; annoy; vex
  2. To annoy or exasperate:
  3. To make worse or more troublesome:

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  1. To exasperate; annoy; vex
  2. To annoy or exasperate:
  3. To make worse or more troublesome:

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To disturb by repeated attacks

• worry

  1. To bother or annoy, as with petty complaints.
  2. To annoy, bother, harass, vex, etc.
  3. To touch or handle something nervously or persistently:

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  1. To bother or annoy, as with petty complaints.
  2. To annoy, bother, harass, vex, etc.
  3. To touch or handle something nervously or persistently:

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• torment

  1. To annoy, pester, or harass:
  2. To cause to undergo great physical pain or mental anguish.
  3. To annoy, harass, or tease

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  1. To annoy, pester, or harass:
  2. To cause to undergo great physical pain or mental anguish.
  3. To annoy, harass, or tease

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• tease

  1. To extract, identify, or cause to come about. Used with out :
  2. To urge persistently; coax:
  3. To say in a playful or mocking way:

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  1. To extract, identify, or cause to come about. Used with out :
  2. To urge persistently; coax:
  3. To say in a playful or mocking way:

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• plague

  1. To be a widespread or continuous problem or defect in:
  2. To afflict with a plague
  3. To vex; harass; trouble; torment

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  1. To be a widespread or continuous problem or defect in:
  2. To afflict with a plague
  3. To vex; harass; trouble; torment

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• pester

  1. To annoy persistently, as with repeated demands or questions.
  2. To annoy constantly or repeatedly with petty irritations; bother; vex
  3. To bother, harass or annoy persistently.

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  1. To annoy persistently, as with repeated demands or questions.
  2. To annoy constantly or repeatedly with petty irritations; bother; vex
  3. To bother, harass or annoy persistently.

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• harry

  1. To raid, esp. repeatedly, and ravage or rob; pillage; plunder
  2. To disturb, distress, or exhaust by repeated demands or criticism; harass.
  3. To torment or worry; harass

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  1. To raid, esp. repeatedly, and ravage or rob; pillage; plunder
  2. To disturb, distress, or exhaust by repeated demands or criticism; harass.
  3. To torment or worry; harass

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• harass

  1. To make repeated attacks or raids on (an enemy, for example).
  2. To trouble by repeated raids or attacks, etc.; harry
  3. To trouble, worry, or torment, as with cares, debts, repeated questions or demands, etc.

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  1. To make repeated attacks or raids on (an enemy, for example).
  2. To trouble by repeated raids or attacks, etc.; harry
  3. To trouble, worry, or torment, as with cares, debts, repeated questions or demands, etc.

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• beset

  1. To attack from all sides; harass or besiege
  2. To cover or set thickly with; stud
  3. To trouble persistently; harass.

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  1. To attack from all sides; harass or besiege
  2. To cover or set thickly with; stud
  3. To trouble persistently; harass.

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• beleaguer

  1. To vex, harass, or beset.
  2. To beset, as with difficulties; harass
  3. To harass; beset:

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  1. To vex, harass, or beset.
  2. To beset, as with difficulties; harass
  3. To harass; beset:

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• bedevil

  1. To plague diabolically; torment; harass
  2. To spoil; ruin.
  3. To worry, annoy, or frustrate.

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  1. To plague diabolically; torment; harass
  2. To spoil; ruin.
  3. To worry, annoy, or frustrate.

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• bait

  1. (Archaic) To feed (animals) during a break in a journey
  2. To set attacking dogs against
  3. To entice or provoke, especially by trickery or strategy:

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  1. (Archaic) To feed (animals) during a break in a journey
  2. To set attacking dogs against
  3. To entice or provoke, especially by trickery or strategy:

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