To annoy; vex:
To stir or move from a state of calm or order
Bother is defined as annoy, worry, or cause discomfort.
To criticize or complain about (something).
(Intransitive) To do something to upset or anger someone; to be troublesome.
To cause to feel a sharp, smarting pain:
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To arouse to passionate feeling or action:
To give out light or heat; shine; glow
To stimulate is to excite, to invigorate or to spark someone's interest.
To disturb, irritate, or annoy
To move or be in a state of turbulence, especially because of an abundance of something:
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One of the main veins of a leaf.
To rankle is to cause someone to have long-lasting annoyance, anger or irritation.
To anger, irritate, or annoy
To wound the pride of; to sting; to nettle; to irritate; to fret; to excite to anger.
To irritate; annoy; vex
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(Informal) To provoke into doing something; goad; prod
To repeatedly remind or complain to someone in an annoying way, often about insignificant matters.
Miff is defined as to do something that makes another person feel bad, or have something done to you that makes you feel bad.
To cause (someone) to go mad; drive to madness.
The definition of irk is to annoy.
Intensify is defined as to make something much stronger or more intense.
To burn incense
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To intimidate or dominate in a blustering way.
To torment or worry; harass
To trouble by repeated raids or attacks, etc.; harry
To irritate; annoy; vex
To irritate; vex; annoy; worry
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Excite is defined as to stir up emotions, action or strong reactions.
To exasperate is defined as to cause someone to become greatly irritated or annoyed.
To break up the quiet or serenity of; agitate (what is quiet or still)
To annoy; pester.
Bait means to upset through saying and/or doing something that will annoy or hurt another.
To annoy or harass persistently; pester; nag
The definition of anger is to make someone mad or aggravated.
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To exasperate; annoy; vex
The definition of abrade means to wear away the surface of something or make something rougher, often by using friction.
To have or cause pain
To cause to burst forth; throw forth; eject
To cause to swell
To make red.
To bother, harass or annoy persistently.
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The definition of excoriate is to chafe, abrade or wear off the skin.
To be successful in coming or going:
soothes (antonym)
Soothe is defined as to calm or relieve.
delights (antonym)
To please greatly:
pleases (antonym)
To have the will or desire; wish:
assuages (antonym)
The definition of assuage is to fulfill the needs of.
aids (antonym)
To give help or relief (to); assist
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helps (antonym)
To wait on, as in a store or restaurant:
pacifies (antonym)
To calm or soothe (a feeling, such as anger).
calms (antonym)
To calm means to soothe and pacify someone to make him free of stress, or to become free of stress yourself.
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