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Noun
▲
The state of feeling annoyed, impatient, or slightly angry
annoyance
exasperation
vexation
anger
impatience
fury
indignation
resentment
chagrin
displeasure
gall
wrath
crossness
infuriation
pique
aggravation
aggro
bother
botheration
frustration
grief
irritability
pip
rage
shortness
ire
outrage
snappiness
temper
testiness
discomfort
ill humour
ill temper
irascibility
provocation
stress
touchiness
upset
more ❯
“Her shoulders sagged and irritation flashed across her face as Paige and Carol Anne entered.”
Noun
▲
A thing that annoys or irritates someone
bother
irritant
nuisance
annoyance
pain
pest
menace
plague
aggravation
hassle
pinprick
bugbear
drag
inconvenience
peeve
torment
trial
bind
bore
gall
goad
headache
nudnik
nyaff
provocation
skelf
tease
nark
source of annoyance
source of irritation
source of vexation
bane
fair cow
thorn in your flesh
pain in the bum
pain in the neck
pain in the backside
pain in the rear
more ❯
“Reading about your lives and sharing the laughter, love, and daily irritations have made my life much richer and happier.”
Noun
▲
Sensitivity
excitability
hypersensitivity
inflammation
irritability
itchiness
oversensitiveness
oversensitivity
prickliness
rash
rawness
sensitivity
soreness
susceptibility
susceptibleness
tenderness
tenseness
Noun
▲
An unpleasant sensation caused by physical illness or injury
pain
ache
sting
soreness
throb
throbbing
twinge
smarting
pang
pricking
spasm
hurt
aching
stinging
stab
cramp
discomfort
stitch
shooting pain
tenderness
excruciation
niggle
pounding
prick
shoot
stiffness
tingle
painful feeling
throe
hurting
painful sensation
pain sensation
convulsion
crick
injury
laceration
more ❯
Noun
▲
An uncomfortable sensation on the skin that causes a desire to scratch
itch
itchiness
tingling
prickling
formication
paraesthesia
stinging
tickling
crawling
creeping
prickliness
psoriasis
rawness
scratching
tickle
sting
pricking
prickle
itching
scratchiness
prickly heat
discomfort
inflammation
heat rash
Noun
▲
A state of (typically public) dissatisfaction, disturbance, or agitation
unrest
turmoil
tumult
disturbance
uproar
disorder
upheaval
agitation
confusion
ferment
chaos
turbulence
bother
disquiet
trouble
restlessness
disruption
rebellion
anarchy
insurrection
uprising
restiveness
uneasiness
rioting
upset
conflict
discord
dither
strife
dissatisfaction
perturbation
sedition
protest
worry
unquietness
fighting
quarrel
ructions
discontent
tizzy
anxiety
discontentment
fermentation
instability
unease
annoyance
disaffection
distress
grief
change
tension
dissension
trepidation
anxiousness
altercation
dissent
apprehension
bickering
controversy
fear
nervousness
chagrin
anguish
vexation
contention
crisis
debate
malaise
moodiness
mortification
perplexity
sorrow
disease
ennui
Sturm und Drang
shock
alarm
discomposure
suffering
consternation
storm
pain
fluster
cataclysm
earthquake
trauma
paroxysm
bouleversement
tempest
convulsion
discomfiture
disconcertion
dismay
commotion
outcry
clamourUK
clamorUS
disarray
mayhem
excitement
embarrassment
inquietude
bedlam
horror
panic
abashment
fright
furoreUK
distraction
agony
eruption
disorientation
tribulation
heartbreak
hardship
sadness
flusteredness
frustration
discombobulation
overthrow
disappointment
disaster
upturn
burden
furorUS
rocking
traumatization
outburst
ailment
shaking
seism
trembling
quaking
tottering
devastation
storms
neurosis
havoc
stir
injury
damage
loss of face
convulsions
shame
astoundment
disgust
outrage
awkwardness
humiliation
maelstroms
tempests
flurry
stimulation
bewilderment
complaint
sickness
illness
scar
arousal
lather
ordeal
jolt
incitement
beating
ruin
failure
defeat
tizzy, tizz
mixing
nervous excitement
demoralizationUS
undoing
nonplus
rout
revolution
trial
disorganizationUS
comedown
descent
demoralisationUK
conquest
vanquishment
defeasance
adversity
nightmare
pandemonium
affliction
derangement
blow
collapse
disillusionment
surprise
terror
stirring
tremor
violent change
about-face
explosion
flip-flop
temblor
outbreak
alteration
turnaround
shakeout
switch
catastrophe
discouragement
disenchantment
appalment
new deal
seismic shift
sudden change
major change
disorganisationUK
new ball-game
downer
blue funk
blues
funk
bummer
dumps
hassle
the blahs
cold feet
depression
responsibility
pressure
burdens
more ❯
Noun
▲
Action or speech that makes someone angry, especially deliberately
provocation
incitement
stimulus
annoyance
encouragement
goading
inducement
instigation
motivation
prodding
rousing
vexation
affront
challenge
harassment
incitation
inspiration
offenceUK
pressure
prompting
stimulation
stirring
urging
aggravation
agitation
boost
cause
dare
egging on
excitement
goad
grievance
grounds
hassle
impetus
impulse
incentive
injury
insult
justification
molestation
momentum
nettling
plaguing
reason
spur
stimulant
taunt
taunting
teasing
yeast
indignity
insults
torment
baiting
bothering
brickbat
defy
frustration
grabber
irking
needling
niggling
offenseUS
provoking
vexing
red rag
casus belli
being rubbed up the wrong way
more ❯
Noun
▲
The resistance that one surface or object encounters when moving over another
rubbing
blistering
chafing
pressure sores
saddle sores
soreness
resistance
scraping
grating
rasping
abrasion
fretting
attrition
grinding
traction
abrading
gnawing
drag
excoriation
adhesion
erosion
grip
purchase
detrition
wearing down
eating away
brushing
trituration
contact
massage
corrosion
wear
wearing
scratching
scouring
scuffing
stripping
flaying
being eaten away
grinding down
undermining
waste
corroding
damaging
deterioration
disintegration
depreciation
thinning
slow destruction
natural wastage
more ❯
Noun
▲
Hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of race or political or religious beliefs; oppression
persecution
oppression
tyranny
victimisationUK
victimizationUS
abuse
maltreatment
mistreatment
torment
torture
discrimination
tyrannization
punishment
ill-treatment
pogrom
red-baiting
affliction
annoyance
banishment
bashing
discrimination against
exile
expulsion
galling
hassle
ill treatment
ill usage
imprisonment
infliction
intimidation
killing
massacre
murder
pestering
provoking
pursuit
subjection
suffering
vexation
witch hunt
harassment
martyrdom
infliction of pain
harsh treatment
Noun
▲
An area of redness and spots on a person's skin, appearing especially as a result of illness
rash
breakout
erythema
exanthema
hives
spots
urticaria
efflorescence
papules
pompholyx
purpura
roseola
heat rash
itchiness
nappy rash
nettle rash
pimples
skin eruption
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