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Adjective

That exasperates, infuriates, annoys or irritates

(of a person) Deliberately unreasonable or uncooperative

Tending to misbehave or act badly

Deserving of condemnation or execration

Very bad or unpleasant

Causing someone to feel resentful, upset, or annoyed

Intended to provoke or make fun of someone in a playful way

Causing embarrassment or unease

Verb

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

Present participle for to cause to become tired, weary or fatigued

Noun

Teasing

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Adjective

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That exasperates, infuriates, annoys or irritates

enough to drive you up the wall

enough to try the patience of a saint

gruelling^UK

grueling^US

bedevilling^UK

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

bedeviling^US

unfavorable^US

unsavoury^UK

unsavory^US

strictly for the birds

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“The most profound meditation only leads to an exasperating sense of impotence.”

Adjective

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(of a person) Deliberately unreasonable or uncooperative

as stubborn as a mule

with a will of one's own

determined to have one's own way

with one's feet dug in

unbendable

convinced

with one's toes dug in

obstinately disobedient

proof against persuasion

cavilling^UK

caviling^US

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Adjective

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Tending to misbehave or act badly

obstinately disobedient

impossible to cope with

off straight and narrow

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Deserving of condemnation or execration

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Adjective

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Very bad or unpleasant

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Adjective

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Causing someone to feel resentful, upset, or annoyed

colourful^UK

colorful^US

uncivilized^US

ill-humored^US

uncivilised^UK

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Adjective

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Intended to provoke or make fun of someone in a playful way

Adjective

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Causing embarrassment or unease

dishonoring^US

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

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Verb

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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 someone's nerves

getting on someone's tits

getting on your nerves

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 your nose

gnawing

harrying

making someone's hackles rise

making your blood boil

rattling someone's cage

ruffling someone's feathers

trying someone's patience

getting under your skin

bedevilling^UK

bedeviling^US

rubbing the wrong way

getting on one's nerves

driving to distraction

badgering

driving round the bend

afflicting

disgusting

hurting

giving someone the pip

driving round the twist

making somebody's hackles rise

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

putting someone's nose out of joint

getting your dander up

ruffling one's feathers

getting up someone's nose

getting your hackles up

getting across someone

hitting where one lives

hurting somebody's feelings

jangling

driving bananas

trying the patience of

setting one's teeth on edge

rubbing you up the wrong way

getting a rise out of

driving you up the wall

making someone fed up

giving a bad time

breathing down someone's neck

wearing

making somebody's blood boil

sticking in one's craw

running up the wrong way

pushing someon's buttons

pushing one's buttons

criticizing^US

causing annoyance to

causing resentment to

making an enemy of somebody

getting on the wrong side of

setting someone's teeth on edge

victimizing^US

terrorizing^US

pushing the buttons of

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

upsetting the applecart

driving you to distraction

driving you out of your mind

driving you round the bend

shattering

driving you off your head

driving you round the twist

treading on someone's toes

criticising^UK

making it hot for someone

terrorising^UK

victimising^UK

sticking the knife into

expelling

making things hot for someone

dragooning

singling out

getting the knife into

tiring out

making severe demands on

breaking the heart of

putting to some trouble

tantalizing^US

tantalising^UK

bending someone's ear

putting someone off their stroke

stumping

making nervous

throwing into tizzy

causing someone to lose their composure

giving cause for complaint

causing discomfort to

poking fun at

making sport of

losing sleep

taking the piss out of

making someone scratch their head

inflicting anguish on

getting on the nerves of

getting in the hair of

belabouring^UK

giving the cold shoulder

searching high heaven

ill-treating

hurting deeply

causing pain to

making your gorge rise

lampooning

rousting

bringing pressure to bear on

filling with loathing

making self-conscious

owning

showing up

causing inconvenience to

imposing upon

creating difficulties for

disengaging

detaching

sending over the edge

playing cat and mouse

putting through wringer

rubbing salt in wound

knocking the wind out of

harshing one's mellow

putting out of countenance

throwing into a tizzy

belaboring^US

jumping on one's case

giving the needle

falling on

putting the squeeze on

falling upon

starting in on

moping

hurting the feelings of

tyrannizing^US

pouring cold water on

throwing cold water on

bringing tears to your eyes

carrying a heavy load

knocking the stuffing out of

breaking someone's heart

harshing someone's mellow

giving someone the blues

reducing to tears

making desolate

making despondent

getting into a dither

tyrannising^UK

having an adverse effect on

striking down

going against the grain

causing to feel mental strain

causing to feel emotional strain

putting in traction

giving someone bother

causing someone difficulty

making someone go out of his way

satirizing^US

making your head spin

stymieing

bringing up short

disorientating

causing to be at a stand

staggering

messing with one's head

setting someone thinking

going through the mill

satirising^UK

pulling someone's leg

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“Their coquettishness and evasions can exasperate men looking for an unequivocal answer to riddles of life and love.”

Verb

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Present participle for to cause to become tired, weary or fatigued

Noun

Teasing

pulling someone's chain

good-humoured mockery

backhanded compliment

humour^UK

humor^US

pleasant conversation

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“His Blair-type zeal took rotation, rotation, rotation to the most exasperating degree.”

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