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Adjective

Causing annoyance, anger or frustration

Verb

To be irritating or upsetting, typically with repeated or unpleasant acts

Adjective

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Causing annoyance, anger or frustration

bedevilling^UK

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

bedeviling^US

enough to try the patience of a saint

enough to drive you up the wall

unsavory^US

unsavoury^UK

unfavorable^US

ill-humored^US

ill-favored^US

rubbing the wrong way

hard to take

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Verb

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To be irritating or upsetting, typically with repeated or unpleasant acts

bedeviling^US

bedevilling^UK

rubbing up the wrong way

driving to distraction

getting under your skin

getting up your nose

getting your goat

giving someone grief

giving someone the hump

hacking off

making your blood boil

driving round the bend

driving round the twist

getting your dander up

hacking you off

heating up

making someone see red

getting on your nerves

giving someone the pip

putting your back up

hitting where one lives

getting on someone's nerves

getting someone's wick

ruffling someone's feathers

making someone's blood boil

getting in someone's hair

rattling someone's cage

getting someone's dander up

getting on one's nerves

trying someone's patience

getting on someone's tits

getting up someone's nose

getting someone's hackles up

getting under someone's skin

getting someone's goat

making someone's hackles rise

getting someone's back up

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

giving someone a hard time

rubbing the wrong way

terrorizing^US

getting under one's skin

terrorising^UK

tantalizing^US

putting someone off their stroke

tantalising^UK

victimizing^US

criticizing^US

criticising^UK

getting on someone's wick

mixing up

dumping on

bending someone's ear

victimising^UK

driving you up the wall

getting across someone

getting in one's hair

putting someone's nose out of joint

causing discomfort to

getting on nerves

throwing into a tizz

destabilising^UK

breathing down someone's neck

wearing

trying the patience of

rubbing you up the wrong way

putting someone's back up

putting to trouble

getting a rise out of

getting on somebody's nerves

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

making self-conscious

making it hot for someone

hurting someone's feelings

getting your hackles up

raising your hackles

bleeding

getting down

sticking in one's craw

lousing up

hacking

setting one's teeth on edge

making someone scratch their head

inflicting anguish on

making things hot for someone

causing someone to lose their composure

intoxicating

scouting

leaning on

hurting one's feelings

getting someone

pulling the rug out from under

pulling the rug from under

throwing into a tizzy

trying one's patience

niggling at

suffering

blowing one's mind

taking the piss out of

making punchy

setting someone back on their heels

causing resentment to

wigging

ruffling one's feathers

putting your nose out of joint

galvanizing^US

pushing someon's buttons

messing

putting to some trouble

hurting the feelings of

pushing one's buttons

making restless

finding fault

preying on one's mind

putting off his or her stride

taking the wind out of someone's sails

running up the wrong way

galvanising^UK

causing to lose heart

deprecating

drooping

jarring upon

setting your teeth on edge

catching somebody unawares

astonishing

catching somebody off balance

riling up

rubbing one the wrong way

making severe demands on

upsetting the apple cart

brutalising^UK

brutalizing^US

bringing pressure to bear on

putting pressure on

boning

leading someone a merry dance

playing cat and mouse

putting through wringer

rubbing salt in wound

paralysing^UK

getting up somebody's nose

getting on the wrong side of

knocking the wind out of

harshing one's mellow

lampooning

dishing out

overcharging

getting on the nerves of

getting in the hair of

razzing

taking the mickey out of

affrighting

deriding

slandering

sticking the knife into

dispraising

singling out

abusing

giving the cold shoulder

exiling

expelling

dragooning

getting the knife into

giving a zinger

pushing the buttons of

thumbing nose at

causing suffering

causing anguish

throwing into confusion

throwing into disorder

making your hackles rise

driving you out of your mind

driving you off your head

making you see red

driving you round the twist

driving out of mind

driving you to distraction

making somebody's blood boil

driving you round the bend

driving somebody up the wall

causing inconvenience to

creating difficulties for

sending over the edge

hurting somebody's feelings

screwing up

filling with consternation

paralyzing^US

giving someone a turn

fouling up

putting the wind up someone

dishonoring^US

putting out of countenance

leaving no stone unturned

searching high heaven

pouring cold water on

throwing cold water on

bringing tears to your eyes

knocking the stuffing out of

breaking someone's heart

making someone fed up

harshing someone's mellow

giving someone the blues

reducing to tears

making desolate

making your heart bleed

putting someone to trouble

giving someone bother

causing someone difficulty

making someone go out of his way

tyrannizing^US

belabouring^UK

tyrannising^UK

causing to be at a stand

staggering

messing with one's head

setting someone thinking

breaking the heart of

dragging down

having an adverse effect on

striking down

going against the grain

turning one's stomach

making one sick

causing aversion

surfeiting

causing to feel nauseous

making someone want to throw up

cloying on

making shudder

filling with loathing

jumping on one's case

giving the needle

falling on

giving one the business

putting the squeeze on

causing to feel mental strain

causing to feel emotional strain

belaboring^US

imperilling^UK

imperiling^US

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