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

• 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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• annoy

  1. To harm by repeated attacks; harry; molest
  2. To be annoying
  3. To cause irritation to (another); make somewhat angry.

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  1. To harm by repeated attacks; harry; molest
  2. To be annoying
  3. To cause irritation to (another); make somewhat angry.

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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 trouble

• trouble

  1. To make an effort; take pains; bother
  2. To cause mental agitation to; worry; harass; perturb; vex
  3. To pester, annoy, tease, bother, etc.

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  1. To make an effort; take pains; bother
  2. To cause mental agitation to; worry; harass; perturb; vex
  3. To pester, annoy, tease, bother, etc.

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• plague

  1. To cause suffering or hardship for:
  2. To be a widespread or continuous problem or defect in:
  3. To vex; harass; trouble; torment

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  1. To cause suffering or hardship for:
  2. To be a widespread or continuous problem or defect in:
  3. To vex; harass; trouble; torment

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• 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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• distress

  1. To exhaust or weaken with strain of any sort
  2. To cause discomfort to; trouble
  3. To mar or otherwise treat (an object or fabric, for example) to give the appearance of an antique or of heavy prior use.

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  1. To exhaust or weaken with strain of any sort
  2. To cause discomfort to; trouble
  3. To mar or otherwise treat (an object or fabric, for example) to give the appearance of an antique or of heavy prior use.

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To annoy

• annoy

  1. To harm by repeated attacks; harry; molest
  2. To cause irritation to (another); make somewhat angry.
  3. (Archaic) To harass or disturb by repeated attacks.

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  1. To harm by repeated attacks; harry; molest
  2. To cause irritation to (another); make somewhat angry.
  3. (Archaic) To harass or disturb by repeated attacks.

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• anger

  1. To make angry; enrage or provoke.
  2. To become angry:

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  1. To make angry; enrage or provoke.
  2. To become angry:

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• irritate

  1. To cause someone to feel impatient or angry; annoy:
  2. To be a cause of impatience or anger.
  3. To excite to anger; provoke; annoy; exasperate

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  1. To cause someone to feel impatient or angry; annoy:
  2. To be a cause of impatience or anger.
  3. To excite to anger; provoke; annoy; exasperate

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• provoke

  1. To bring about deliberately; induce:
  2. To incite to anger or resentment:
  3. To anger, irritate, or annoy

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  1. To bring about deliberately; induce:
  2. To incite to anger or resentment:
  3. To anger, irritate, or annoy

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