“The nurse should be careful not to be too optimistic about his seeming spurt of energy, and should not egg him on into an ever-increasing cycle of activities.”

Verb

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

annoying

bedeviling^US

bedevilling^UK

rubbing up the wrong way

driving to distraction

getting someone's goat

getting under your skin

getting up your nose

giving someone grief

giving someone the hump

hacking off

making your blood boil

driving round the bend

driving round the twist

getting someone's dander up

getting your back 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

putting someone's nose out of joint

steaming up

getting a rise out of

getting your dander up

rattling someone's cage

getting your goat

ruffling one's feathers

getting up someone's nose

making somebody's hackles rise

rubbing the wrong way

getting on one's nerves

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

victimizing^US

victimising^UK

brutalizing^US

brutalising^UK

tyrannizing^US

tyrannising^UK

terrorizing^US

discriminating against

terrorising^UK

breathing down someone's neck

doing over

bending someone's ear

tantalizing^US

tantalising^UK

setting one's teeth on edge

rubbing you up the wrong way

carping at

inflicting anguish on

messing up

making things hot for someone

sticking in one's craw

driving you up the wall

showing antagonism to

disapproving of

feeling ill will towards

showing ill will towards

bearing a grudge towards

trying the patience of

getting your hackles up

punishing repeatedly and unfairly

labouring^UK

laboring^US

upsetting the applecart

guying

making an enemy of somebody

getting on the wrong side of

bringing pressure to bear on

searching high heaven

getting across someone

demonizing^US

demonising^UK

having your knife into

playing the heavy with

riding roughshod over

jumping on one's case

putting the squeeze on

getting in the hair of

razzing

taking the mickey

getting on the nerves of

taking the piss out of

dishonoring^US

doing an injustice to

giving no quarter

stepping on the toes of

putting someone off their stroke

causing someone to lose their composure

criticizing^US

keeping complaining to

criticising^UK

busting someone's balls

taking it out on

moaning at

making it hot for someone

hunting

exiling

sticking the knife into

expelling

dragooning

getting the knife into

giving someone the works

inflicting pain on

working over

inflicting suffering on

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(rise to) Present participle for to react with annoyance or anger

Verb

Present participle for to disturb mentally or emotionally

hurting somebody's feelings

terrorizing^US

agonizing^US

terrorising^UK

agonising^UK

putting someone off their stroke

setting someone back on their heels

aggrieving

beleaguering

jolting

bedevilling^UK

bedeviling^US

putting out of countenance

making nervous

putting someone off their stride

throwing into a tizzy

making someone scratch their head

scaring the bejesus out of

making teeth chatter

destabilizing^US

making one's hair stand on end

making one's blood run cold

paralysing^UK

paralyzing^US

tantalising^UK

tantalizing^US

consternating

causing to be at a stand

eating away at

niggling

knocking sideways

making self-conscious

electrifying

giving a bad time

stopping someone in their tracks

chilling to the bone

causing anguish to

pulling the rug from under

scaring off

scaring stiff

pulling the rug out from under

causing someone to lose their composure

making wretched

causing concern to

causing discomfort to

scaring the living daylights out of

throwing into a fright

springing on

throwing a curve

preying on your mind

making someone jump out of their skin

weighing heavily on

taking the wind out of your sails

galvanizing^US

scaring the daylights out of

balking^US

baulking^UK

galvanising^UK

throwing into a panic

scaring the pants off of

making someone jump out of his skin

giving someone a jolt

giving someone a fright

giving a shock

hanging up

getting on one's nerves

breaking the heart of

throwing into disarray

upsetting the applecart

making someone fed up

sending over the edge

grating on

trying the patience of

making discontented

getting on your nerves

scaring the pants off

giving someone goose pimples

scaring someone out of their wits

giving someone the heebie-jeebies

chilling to the marrow

putting the fear of God into

knocking out

grossing out

dashing

throwing into a blue funk

raising someone's eyebrows

making one's flesh creep

giving one the creeps

completely surprising

shaking out of your complacency

hitting like ton of bricks

disillusioning

scaring someone half to death

disenchanting

disgruntling

screwing up

filling with consternation

messing up

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Verb

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Present participle for assist, help in wrongdoing

Verb

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Present participle for to promote or nurture the development of

Verb

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Present participle for to make worse or more severe

Noun

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The action of provoking unlawful behaviour or urging someone to behave unlawfully

fueling^US

fuelling^UK

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Noun

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An address or communication emphatically urging someone to do something

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