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Adjective

Causing annoyance, anger or frustration

Verb

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

Noun

Action or speech that makes someone angry, especially deliberately

A fit of feeling annoyed, offended or resentful

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Adjective

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Causing annoyance, anger or frustration

enough to try the patience of a saint

enough to drive you up the wall

bedevilling^UK

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

bedeviling^US

unsavory^US

unsavoury^UK

gruelling^UK

grueling^US

unfavorable^US

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“The most nettling issue, though, was the dearth of deep-water ports in which to unload freight.”

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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

getting on one's nerves

disgruntling

teasing

making angry

rubbing the wrong way

driving to distraction

nagging

giving someone the pip

putting your back up

bedevilling^UK

bedeviling^US

driving round the bend

driving round the twist

making somebody's hackles rise

ruffling one's feathers

putting someone's nose out of joint

trying your patience

getting up someone's nose

getting your dander up

getting your hackles up

rubbing you up the wrong way

driving you up the wall

getting across someone

discommoding

hitting where one lives

trying the patience of

setting one's teeth on edge

agonizing^US

victimizing^US

hurting somebody's feelings

weirding out

breathing down someone's neck

putting someone off their stroke

wearing

freaking out

sticking in one's craw

gnawing at

hacking

acerbating

agonising^UK

getting a rise out of

victimising^UK

running up the wrong way

pushing someon's buttons

torturing

bristling

causing annoyance to

causing resentment to

making an enemy of somebody

getting on the wrong side of

testing

setting someone's teeth on edge

upsetting the applecart

terrorizing^US

setting someone back on their heels

making someone fed up

making it hot for someone

terrorising^UK

sticking the knife into

expelling

making things hot for someone

dragooning

singling out

getting the knife into

treading on someone's toes

cursing

mourning

pushing the buttons of

tantalizing^US

playing cat and mouse

putting through wringer

rubbing salt in wound

tantalising^UK

bending someone's ear

causing someone to lose their composure

causing discomfort to

taking the piss out of

criticizing^US

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

criticising^UK

making someone scratch their head

inflicting anguish on

getting on the nerves of

getting in the hair of

psyching out

insisting on

pushing one's buttons

belabouring^UK

putting to some trouble

bringing pressure to bear on

tiring out

leaning on

putting pressure on

making severe demands on

searching high heaven

noodging

bullyragging

driving you crazy

making your gorge rise

driving you out of your mind

driving you off your head

driving you round the twist

driving out of mind

driving you to distraction

making somebody's blood boil

driving you round the bend

giving the cold shoulder

filling with loathing

making self-conscious

owning

showing up

wisecracking

causing inconvenience to

imposing upon

creating difficulties for

disengaging

detaching

sending over the edge

hurting the feelings of

knocking the wind out of

harshing one's mellow

aggressing

putting out of countenance

throwing into a tizzy

jumping on one's case

giving the needle

falling on

putting the squeeze on

tyrannizing^US

belaboring^US

breaking the heart of

tyrannising^UK

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

giving someone bother

causing someone difficulty

making someone go out of his way

having an adverse effect on

striking down

going against the grain

causing to feel mental strain

causing to feel emotional strain

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

satirising^UK

pulling someone's leg

going through the mill

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“Since then he hasn't heard a squeak out of Danny, and this is almost beginning to nettle him.”

Noun

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Action or speech that makes someone angry, especially deliberately

Noun

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A fit of feeling annoyed, offended or resentful

offence^UK

offense^US

rancor^US

rancour^UK

furor^US

furore^UK

disfavour^UK

disfavor^US

chip on your shoulder

being rubbed up the wrong way

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