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

To be triggering a passionate feeling or reaction

Present participle for to fill or infuse with a pleasant odor or odor-releasing substance

Causing anger or another strong reaction, especially deliberately

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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 one's nerves

getting on someone's nerves

getting on someone's tits

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 someone's nose

gnawing

harrying

making someone's blood boil

making someone's hackles rise

rattling someone's cage

ruffling someone's feathers

trying someone's patience

getting on your nerves

rubbing the wrong way

making your blood boil

getting your back up

getting your goat

giving someone the pip

humping

sending into a rage

plaguing

driving to distraction

making waves

distressing

getting under one's skin

driving round the bend

driving round the twist

getting in your hair

egging on

molesting

bedeviling^US

bedevilling^UK

insulting

getting under your skin

embittering

abrading

getting your dander up

hitting where one lives

getting a rise out of

working up

getting on somebody's nerves

making you see red

grating on

raising your hackles

rubbing you up the wrong way

putting someone's back up

trying one's patience

making your hackles rise

wearing on

giving someone a hard time

ruffling one's feathers

getting your hackles up

putting someone's nose out of joint

making somebody's blood boil

getting across someone

sticking in one's craw

getting in one's hair

getting on nerves

eating away at

whipping up

setting one's teeth on edge

getting up somebody's nose

getting somebody's back up

driving someone up the wall

jarring on

rubbing one the wrong way

putting your nose out of joint

messing

messing with

pushing someon's buttons

causing resentment to

making one see red

flustering

fussing

trying the patience of

wounding

pushing one's buttons

triggering

pushing someone's buttons

getting on someone's wick

driving you round the bend

shattering

driving you off your head

driving somebody up the wall

driving you to distraction

distracting

driving you round the twist

possessing

driving you out of your mind

driving you up the wall

making somebody's hackles rise

becoming misty

misting over

clouding over

becoming covered with condensation

becoming misted

wrangling

squabbling

quarreling^US

quarrelling^UK

going at it hammer and tongs

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

fighting like cat and dog

tantalizing^US

tantalising^UK

bending someone's ear

criticizing^US

terrorizing^US

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

victimizing^US

having a disagreement

imposing on

criticising^UK

making things hot for someone

bumping heads

breathing down someone's neck

terrorising^UK

having a misunderstanding

victimising^UK

taking the piss out of

discriminating against

surrounding

hemming and hawing

arguing over

putting up an argument

making a big thing about

having an altercation

making it hot for someone

finding fault

jumping on one's case

bringing pressure to bear on

breaking with

conflicting

putting the screws on

putting the squeeze on

overwhelming

slamming

causing suffering to

keeping complaining to

dominating

taking the mickey out of

showing antagonism to

feeling ill will towards

showing ill will towards

pushing about

bearing a grudge towards

having shouting match

arousing hostility in

galvanizing^US

causing discomfort to

leading someone a merry dance

playing cat and mouse

putting through wringer

rubbing salt in wound

galvanising^UK

calling on the carpet

running up the wrong way

questioning

examining

having a difference of opinion

getting into conflict

getting into a dispute

dissing

putting into a flap

putting someone off their stroke

causing someone to lose their composure

losing the affection of

making someone fed up

batting around or back and forth

sticking the knife into

getting the knife into

satirizing^US

using strong-arm tactics on

riding roughshod over

hammering away

sticking it to

sassing

jumping on each other

picking an argument

socking it to

going one on one

putting up a struggle

knocking around

getting in one's face

leaving no stone unturned

searching high heaven

giving one the business

getting on the nerves of

getting in the hair of

putting someone to trouble

giving someone bother

jostling

bumping

taking exception

causing someone difficulty

making someone go out of his way

bringing pressure to bear

pulling somebody's leg

satirising^UK

pulling someone's leg

causing inconvenience to

imposing upon

creating difficulties for

fighting like Kilkenny cats

demonizing^US

belabouring^UK

having your knife into

demonising^UK

tyrannizing^US

causing to feel mental strain

causing to feel emotional strain

tyrannising^UK

hurting somebody's feelings

carrying a heavy load

getting into a dither

eating one's heart out

rivaling^US

rivalling^UK

dueling^US

duelling^UK

belaboring^US

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“The insult so incensed him that he had to be restrained from hitting the guy.”

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To be triggering a passionate feeling or reaction

galvanizing^US

energising^UK

energizing^US

galvanising^UK

organizing^US

organising^UK

catalyzing^US

catalysing^UK

laying the foundations of

sowing the seeds of

laying the first stone of

jazzing up

zipping up

starting the ball rolling

giving a shot in the arm to

mobilizing^US

fueling^US

getting off the ground

lighting a fire under

mobilising^UK

marshaling^US

marshalling^UK

maneuvering^US

manoeuvring^UK

realising^UK

realizing^US

bringing into existence

getting something off the ground

calling

bringing off

giving a new lease of life to

getting something going

laying the cornerstone of

getting something moving

bringing around

rising and shining

psyching

breathing new life into

getting the ball rolling

setting the ball rolling

firing with enthusiasm

putting new strength in

putting new heart in

putting new heart into

setting the ball rolling on

biasing^US

biassing^UK

acting as a incentive to

acting as a stimulus to

acting as a spur to

building a fire under

steaming up

acting as a fillip to

acting as a impetus to

getting one started

bowing

putting into operation

fanning the flames of

blowing away the cobwebs

getting something functioning

getting something working

being responsible for

being partly responsible for

kicking something off

starting out

making you of a mind to

moulding^UK

molding^US

exerting influence on

putting someone up to something

setting something moving

starting something operating

starting something functioning

setting something going

showing signs of life

starting ball rolling

jumping into

getting off

getting the show on the road

boosting someone's morale

raising the morale of

psyching up

stimulating spiritually

giving shot in arm

giving confidence to

giving hope to

lifting the spirits of

stiffening the resolve of

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Present participle for to fill or infuse with a pleasant odor or odor-releasing substance

“The gift shop was heavily incensed with a cloying mixture of herbal essences.”

Adjective

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Causing anger or another strong reaction, especially deliberately

energizing^US

energising^UK

galvanizing^US

galvanising^UK

giving one food for thought

seditionary

incitive

like a red rag to a bull

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