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Adjective

Causing annoyance or frustration

Causing annoyance or bother

Deserving of condemnation or execration

(usually used in third person form "gets") Annoying or irritating (someone)

To be triggering a passionate feeling or reaction

Present participle for to make worse or more severe

Present participle for to color by prejudice or envy

Present participle for to describe or express in too exaggerated terms

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Adjective

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Causing annoyance or frustration

enough to try the patience of a saint

enough to drive you up the wall

bedevilling^UK

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

bedeviling^US

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“The rising market value of oysters in the 1850s became an increasingly aggravating issue to the governing body of Islip Township.”

Adjective

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Causing annoyance or bother

unfavorable^US

gruelling^UK

agonising^UK

sombre^UK

agonizing^US

somber^US

grueling^US

emotionally exhausting

emotionally depleting

humourless^UK

unsavoury^UK

unsavory^US

humorless^US

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Adjective

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Deserving of condemnation or execration

bedevilled^UK

bedeviled^US

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(usually used in third person form "gets") Annoying or irritating (someone)

rubbing up the wrong way

giving someone the hump

driving mad

driving crazy

driving nuts

making someone see red

getting in someone's hair

getting on one's nerves

getting on someone's nerves

getting on someone's tits

getting someone's back up

getting someone's dander up

getting someone's goat

getting someone's hackles up

getting someone's wick

getting under someone's skin

getting up someone's nose

gnawing

harrying

making someone's blood boil

making someone's hackles rise

rattling someone's cage

ruffling someone's feathers

trying someone's patience

getting on your nerves

outraging

exacerbating

bedevilling^UK

bedeviling^US

driving round the bend

rubbing the wrong way

driving to distraction

giving someone the pip

hurting

making cross

beleaguering

driving round the twist

giving someone a hard time

making your blood boil

getting under your skin

getting on somebody's nerves

getting under one's skin

agonizing^US

getting your dander up

hitting where one lives

agonising^UK

put somebody's nose out of joint

victimizing^US

driving you up the wall

getting across someone

tantalizing^US

tantalising^UK

getting in one's hair

rubbing you up the wrong way

putting on the spot

hanging up

putting someone's back up

cutting to the quick

victimising^UK

making you see red

putting someone's nose out of joint

dishonoring^US

making your hackles rise

making it tough

messing with

hurting someone's feelings

getting your hackles up

breathing down someone's neck

sticking in one's craw

distracting

trying the patience of

giving trouble

bending someone's ear

setting one's teeth on edge

trying one's patience

getting a rise out of

taking the mickey out of

wearing on

browbeating

putting in a spot

taking the piss out of

ruffling one's feathers

arousing hostility in

messing

pushing someon's buttons

making someone fed up

putting your nose out of joint

compressing

preying on one's mind

causing resentment to

rattling someone's chain

getting on someone's wick

losing one's temper

jarring upon

setting your teeth on edge

grating upon

wearing upon

pushing one's buttons

triggering

pushing someone's buttons

rubbing one the wrong way

putting someone to trouble

giving someone bother

discommodating

causing someone difficulty

making someone go out of his way

terrorizing^US

setting someone's teeth on edge

colouring^UK

leading someone a merry dance

punishing

playing cat and mouse

wringing

boning

putting through wringer

rubbing salt in wound

smiting

laying waste

bringing pressure to bear on

running up the wrong way

questioning

getting up somebody's nose

getting on the wrong side of

upsetting the apple cart

making it hot for someone

terrorising^UK

sticking the knife into

expelling

making things hot for someone

dragooning

singling out

getting the knife into

coloring^US

driving you to distraction

making somebody's blood boil

driving you out of your mind

driving you round the bend

shattering

driving you off your head

driving somebody up the wall

driving you round the twist

possessing

stirring

getting in the hair of

getting on the nerves of

quarreling^US

quarrelling^UK

hurting somebody's feelings

turning one off

giving offence

horrifying

treading on someone's toes

disillusioning

throwing

putting to some trouble

libeling^US

libelling^UK

putting someone off their stroke

causing someone to lose their composure

satirizing^US

smouldering^UK

calling someone names

casting aspersions on

doing an injustice to

ill-using

giving no quarter

stepping on the toes of

scoffing

degrading

debasing

treating disrespectfully

underestimating

cutting dead

stepping on one's toes

giving someone the cold-shoulder

pulling somebody's leg

pulling someone's leg

satirising^UK

getting on the wrong side of somebody

making an enemy of somebody

making somebody's hackles rise

smoldering^US

going at it hammer and tongs

fighting like cat and dog

criticizing^US

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

having a disagreement

contesting

criticising^UK

bumping heads

having a misunderstanding

discriminating against

surrounding

hemming and hawing

arguing over

putting up an argument

making a big thing about

having an altercation

indisposing

finding fault

jumping on one's case

putting the screws on

putting the squeeze on

overwhelming

causing suffering to

keeping complaining to

showing antagonism to

feeling ill will towards

showing ill will towards

pushing about

bearing a grudge towards

taxing

splitting hairs

picking to pieces

having shouting match

galvanizing^US

causing discomfort to

galvanising^UK

calling on the carpet

having a difference of opinion

getting into conflict

getting into a dispute

bandying

discepting

losing the affection of

batting around or back and forth

using strong-arm tactics on

riding roughshod over

jumping on each other

picking an argument

socking it to

going one on one

putting up a struggle

knocking around

getting in one's face

leaving no stone unturned

searching high heaven

giving one the business

bringing pressure to bear

causing inconvenience to

creating difficulties for

fighting like Kilkenny cats

demonizing^US

belabouring^UK

having your knife into

demonising^UK

tyrannizing^US

causing to feel mental strain

causing to feel emotional strain

tyrannising^UK

carrying a heavy load

getting into a dither

eating one's heart out

rivaling^US

rivalling^UK

dueling^US

duelling^UK

belaboring^US

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“The woman was STILL following me, and it was beginning to irritate and aggravate me.”

Verb

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To be triggering a passionate feeling or reaction

galvanizing^US

energising^UK

energizing^US

galvanising^UK

Verb

Present participle for to make worse or more severe

adding fuel to the fire

adding fuel to the flames

rubbing salt in the wound

adding insult to injury

fanning the flames of

putting salt on the wound

shooting up

jumping up

pouring gasoline on the fire

making something worse

fueling^US

maximizing^US

eulogizing^US

eulogising^UK

maximising^UK

sending through the roof

goosing up

going up

rubbing salt into the wound

tagging on

twisting the knife in the wound

rocketing

spiralling^UK

going through the roof

spiraling^US

emphasizing^US

emphasising^UK

compounding the problem

rubbing salt in the wounds

rubbing salt in a wound

going from bad to worse

coloring^US

optimizing^US

colouring^UK

optimising^UK

magnifying importance

economizing^US

dramatizing^US

economising^UK

dramatising^UK

increasing exponentially

manifolding

squaring

generating

becoming more numerous

blowing up out of all proportion

blowing out of all proportion

blossoming

evolving

making a big thing out of

blowing out of proportion

blowing up out of proportion

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“Ji said that the sudden crisis will aggravate people's mental problems if they are prone to depression, obsession and anxiety.”

Verb

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Present participle for to color by prejudice or envy

biasing^US

biassing^UK

Verb

Present participle for to describe or express in too exaggerated terms

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