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Verb

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

Present participle for to heat, to cause to become hotter

Present participle for to fuse or melt two things into one, especially in order to extract metal from ore

Present participle for to become or make more intense

Present participle for to rouse or goad into action or feeling something

Breaking out

Present participle for to make worse or more severe

Present participle for to increase or improve in amount or value

("heat up", figuratively) Present participle for to become increasingly angry

A small rise in temperature

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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 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

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

rubbing the wrong way

getting your dander up

putting out

rattling someone's cage

getting your goat

ruffling one's feathers

getting up someone's nose

making somebody's hackles rise

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

terrorizing^US

terrorising^UK

victimizing^US

tyrannizing^US

victimising^UK

tyrannising^UK

putting the screws on

using strong-arm tactics on

putting the squeeze on

tantalizing^US

getting on one's nerves

tantalising^UK

breathing down someone's neck

bringing pressure to bear on

making anxious

lying heavy on

bending someone's ear

discriminating against

twisting someone's arm

rankling with

making things hot for someone

riding roughshod over

taking the piss out of

satirizing^US

criticizing^US

making it hot for someone

putting under an obligation

turning the screws on

putting someone off their stroke

criticising^UK

having someone do something

falling on

making uncomfortable

grinding down

tightening the screws on

tyrannizing over

causing someone to lose their composure

getting across someone

causing discomfort to

satirising^UK

making someone fed up

hurting somebody's feelings

keeping complaining to

putting the heat on

rubbing you up the wrong way

driving you up the wall

showing antagonism to

feeling ill will towards

showing ill will towards

bearing a grudge towards

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

arousing hostility in

giving someone hell

souring

pushing someon's buttons

messing

niggling at

getting on the nerves of

running up the wrong way

getting in the hair of

getting your hackles up

causing resentment to

grilling

boning

leading someone a merry dance

playing cat and mouse

putting through wringer

rubbing salt in wound

breaking the heart of

getting a rise out of

belabouring^UK

trying the patience of

upsetting the applecart

holding a gun to one's head

putting through the wringer

putting the chill on

piercing

sticking the knife into

hunting

exiling

expelling

getting the knife into

making severe demands on

searching high heaven

shaming

abashing

sticking in one's craw

setting one's teeth on edge

tightening the screw on

causing someone distress

bringing pressure to bear

dishonoring^US

jumping on one's case

playing the heavy with

brutalising^UK

brutalizing^US

belaboring^US

demonizing^US

having your knife into

demonising^UK

doing an injustice to

stepping on the toes of

keeping someone hanging on

making your mouth water

ruling with an iron hand

bringing someone to their knees

ruling with a rod of iron

bringing under the yoke

scaring the bejesus out of

making someone eat humble pie

getting one's comeuppance

causing to feel mental strain

causing to feel emotional strain

taking the heart out of

overrunning

busting chops

moaning on at

busting someone's balls

becoming an obsession with

pulling someone's leg

swipeing at

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Verb

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Present participle for to heat, to cause to become hotter

increasing in temperature

rising in temperature

raising the temperature

raising the temperature of

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“I used to live on tins of beans and ravioli that I would heat up in my room.”

Verb

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Present participle for to fuse or melt two things into one, especially in order to extract metal from ore

Verb

Present participle for to become or make more intense

Verb

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Present participle for to rouse or goad into action or feeling something

Verb

Breaking out

Verb

Present participle for to make worse or more severe

Verb

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Present participle for to increase or improve in amount or value

Verb

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("heat up", figuratively) Present participle for to become increasingly angry

Noun

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A small rise in temperature

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