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Annoying or bitterly humiliating

Causing great pain or anguish

Causing anger or another strong reaction, especially deliberately

Causing or characterized by extreme distress or sorrow

Causing someone to feel resentful, upset, or annoyed

Requiring, or involving, great mental or physical effort

Rude and unpleasant in manner

Arousing revulsion or strong indignation

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

Present participle for make sore by rubbing

Hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of race or political or religious beliefs

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Adjective

Annoying or bitterly humiliating

antagonizing^US

antagonising^UK

enough to try the patience of a saint

enough to drive you up the wall

causing discomfort

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“And I also have that bi invisibility thing going on, which is both galling and periodically annoyingly convenient.”

Adjective

Causing great pain or anguish

more than one can bear

more than flesh and blood can stand

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Adjective

Causing anger or another strong reaction, especially deliberately

confrontational

thought-provoking

invigorating^US

envigorating^UK

insurrectionary

insurrectionist

emotion-charged

causing trouble

giving one food for thought

like a red rag to a bull

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Adjective

Causing or characterized by extreme distress or sorrow

poverty-stricken

unfavourable^UK

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Adjective

Causing someone to feel resentful, upset, or annoyed

uncomplimentary

unfavourable^UK

dishonouring^UK

beyond the pale

scandalmongering

lacking civility

politically incorrect

high and mighty

high-and-mighty

full of oneself

self-opinionated

self-centered^US

self-centred^UK

self-congratulatory

self-glorifying

full of yourself

as bold as brass

full of contempt

too big for your boots

tongue-in-cheek

on your high horse

coming on strong

too big for one's breeches

too big for one's boots

holier-than-thou

self-respecting

putting on airs

throwing one's weight around

take-it-or-leave-it

self-aggrandizing

throwing one's weight about

ill-humoured^UK

not backwards in coming forwards

turning up your nose at

looking down your nose at

on one's high horse

in driver's seat

straightforward

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Adjective

Requiring, or involving, great mental or physical effort

energy-consuming

pick-and-shovel

easier said than done

like getting blood out of a stone

no piece of cake

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Adjective

Rude and unpleasant in manner

rubbing the wrong way

evil-intentioned

extremely critical

highly effective

uncomplimentary

dripping with malice

accidentally on purpose

short-and-sweet

laid on the line

calling a spade a spade

confrontational

spoiling for a fight

ready for a fight

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Adjective

Arousing revulsion or strong indignation

beyond the pale

stomach-churning

stomach-turning

highly improper

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

beyond contempt

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Verb

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

antagonizing^US

rubbing up the wrong way

driving to distraction

antagonising^UK

getting under your skin

getting up your nose

getting your goat

giving someone grief

giving someone the hump

making your blood boil

driving round the bend

driving round the twist

driving up the wall

getting in your hair

getting on your wick

getting your back up

getting your dander up

hacking you off

making someone see red

getting on your nerves

giving someone the pip

putting your back up

hitting where one lives

rubbing the wrong way

getting on someone's nerves

ruffling someone's feathers

getting in someone's hair

getting on one's nerves

getting someone's back up

making someone's hackles rise

getting under someone's skin

making someone's blood boil

getting up someone's nose

sending into a rage

cutting to the quick

rattling someone's cage

getting someone's goat

getting someone's dander up

giving someone a hard time

trying someone's patience

getting one's goat

putting someone's back up

getting under one's skin

putting someone's nose out of joint

getting on someone's wick

making blood boil

put somebody's nose out of joint

getting under skin

causing offense

giving a hard time

getting someone's hackles up

scandalizing^US

discountenancing

getting across someone

discombobulating

making miserable

making wretched

hurting someone's feelings

raising your hackles

driving bananas

trying the patience of

rubbing you up the wrong way

scandalising^UK

getting a rise out of

making you see red

causing anguish to

getting on nerves

getting someone

giving offence to

getting someone's wick

inconveniencing

making your hackles rise

getting your hackles up

sticking in one's craw

setting one's teeth on edge

trying one's patience

getting on somebody's nerves

breaking the heart of

causing anxiety

trying your patience

irritating greatly

getting on someone's tits

getting on someone

ruffling one's feathers

making one see red

arousing hostility in

putting your nose out of joint

making you angry

pushing someon's buttons

putting on the spot

causing annoyance to

causing resentment to

rubbing one the wrong way

losing one's temper

setting your teeth on edge

causing offense to

making indignant

causing offence to

winding somebody up

driving you up the wall

making someone scratch their head

getting in the way

running up the wrong way

finding fault with

taking a rise out of

setting one off

working into lather

putting someone out

making discontented

having had enough

losing patience

causing to panic

giving the cold shoulder

giving a zinger

giving the business

bringing one down

dampening spirits

breaking one's heart

pushing the buttons of

thumbing nose at

causing suffering

causing anguish

putting a damper on

putting into a funk

upsetting the apple cart

losing the affection of

making it hot for someone

sticking the knife into

making things hot for someone

getting the knife into

gnawing away at

wearing to shreds

driving you crazy

throwing off balance

giving a bad time

getting in one's hair

driving out of mind

driving you to distraction

making somebody's blood boil

driving you out of your mind

driving you round the bend

driving you off your head

driving somebody up the wall

driving you round the twist

getting in the hair of

getting on the nerves of

taking the mickey out of

taking the piss out of

putting into a flap

rattling one's cage

putting someone off their stroke

throwing into tizzy

causing someone to lose their composure

throwing into a tizz

hurting somebody's feelings

turning one off

treading on someone's toes

breathing down someone's neck

bending someone's ear

upsetting oneself

causing suffering to

making your heart bleed

causing vexation

causing bitterness

causing annoyance

causing resentment

demoralizing^US

demoralising^UK

traumatizing^US

making uncomfortable

causing anxiety to

weighing heavily on

traumatising^UK

causing trouble to

destabilizing^US

putting in a spot

causing discomfort to

destabilising^UK

putting to trouble

knocking for six

pressurizing^US

pressing down on

concerning oneself

making despondent

making self-conscious

making it tough

getting in a sweat

knocking sideways

getting in a fluster

inflicting anguish on

tormenting oneself

getting in a tizz

hurting one's feelings

pulling the rug out from under

getting worked up

getting in a tizzy

getting in a panic

pulling the rug from under

throwing into a tizzy

getting overwrought

getting in a flap

losing sleep over

getting in a lather

causing concern to

torturing oneself

causing agony to

going to one's head

blowing one's mind

getting in a state

setting someone back on their heels

pushing buttons

getting someone down

pressurising^UK

getting steamed up

causing disquiet to

giving someone hell

putting to some trouble

hurting the feelings of

tearing to pieces

knocking off balance

pushing one's buttons

making restless

preying on one's mind

putting off his or her stride

taking the wind out of someone's sails

making downhearted

making it tough for

doing a number on

arousing anxiety in

throwing a curve

knocking props out

taking control of

sending into a spin

putting on edge

causing to lose heart

catching somebody unawares

catching somebody off balance

biting one's nails

getting stressed

making severe demands on

making demands on

putting a strain on

deeply upsetting

inflicting trauma

working someone up

lying heavily on

bringing pressure to bear on

putting pressure on

preying on your mind

leading someone a merry dance

playing cat and mouse

putting through wringer

rubbing salt in wound

getting up somebody's nose

getting on the wrong side of

dishonouring^UK

knocking the wind out of

causing pain to

harshing one's mellow

throwing into confusion

throwing into disorder

throwing into uproar

causing inconvenience to

creating difficulties for

sending over the edge

rocking the boat

filling with consternation

giving someone a turn

putting the wind up someone

shouting catcalls at

making a monkey of

putting out of countenance

catching one short

putting in a hole

interfering with

jumping on one's case

giving the needle

giving one the business

putting the squeeze on

scratching around

beating the bushes

turning upside down

taking out after

searching high heaven

making resentful

casting a gloom upon

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 sport of

putting someone to trouble

giving someone bother

causing someone difficulty

making someone go out of his way

bearing down on

casting a pall over

tyrannizing over

making rancorous

descending upon

bringing down on

setting thinking

bringing up short

causing to be at a stand

messing with one's head

setting someone thinking

taking advantage of

having an adverse effect on

going against the grain

causing illness to

causing problems

feeling unhappy

turning one's stomach

making one sick

causing aversion

causing to feel nauseous

turning your stomach

offending morals of

making someone want to throw up

filling with loathing

distressing oneself

carrying a heavy load

upsetting yourself

distressing yourself

getting into a dither

eating one's heart out

sweating it out

putting on trial

pushing to the limit

causing to feel mental strain

causing to feel emotional strain

putting in traction

staying the course

sticking it out

jeopardizing^US

issuing threats to

whipping around

scaring hell out of

putting heat on

jeopardising^UK

uttering threats to

getting in a tiz-woz

going through the mill

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“And even though it will gall us as a community to accept the killers of a Garda strutting around as free as birds after being found guilty by the courts just a few years ago, we will have to bite our tongues and keep going.”

Verb

Present participle for make sore by rubbing

rubbing against

rubbing painfully

becoming threadbare

gnawing away at

wearing threadbare

rubbing something raw

becoming ragged

becoming tattered

going into holes

burning through

making a mark on

breaking the skin of

running through

chipping away at

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“The straps that galled their shoulders.”

Noun

Hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of race or political or religious beliefs

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