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Adjective

Causing annoyance, frustration, or worry

Causing inconvenience to someone

Causing someone to feel resentful, upset, or annoyed

Highly disturbing in nature

Intended to provoke or make fun of someone in a playful way

(of a person) Deliberately unreasonable or uncooperative

Hard to comprehend mentally

Verb

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

To be inspiring boredom

To be triggering a passionate feeling or reaction

Present participle for to confound or perplex someone

Present participle for to let someone down, especially with regards to an obligation or duty

Present participle for to make worse or more severe

Noun

Deliberate pestering or annoying

Teasing

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Adjective

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Causing annoyance, frustration, or worry

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

enough to try the patience of a saint

enough to drive you up the wall

gruelling^UK

grueling^US

bedevilling^UK

bedeviling^US

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“This is most vexing and I think a serious clarification of our respective roles in this relationship should be undertaken, pronto.”

Adjective

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Causing inconvenience to someone

unfavorable^US

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Adjective

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Causing someone to feel resentful, upset, or annoyed

libellous^UK

libelous^US

unfavorable^US

dishonoring^US

minimizing^US

minimising^UK

libeling^US

libelling^UK

politically incorrect

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Adjective

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Highly disturbing in nature

unfavorable^US

agonising^UK

sombre^UK

agonizing^US

somber^US

unsavory^US

humourless^UK

humorless^US

unsavoury^UK

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Adjective

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Intended to provoke or make fun of someone in a playful way

Adjective

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(of a person) Deliberately unreasonable or uncooperative

obstinately disobedient

impossible to cope with

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Adjective

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Hard to comprehend mentally

full of twists and turns

difficult to understand

ravelled^UK

impossible to understand

raveled^US

unsavoury^UK

potentially dishonest

unsavory^US

flakey^US

flaky^UK

customized^US

specialized^US

phony^US

phoney^UK

marvellous^UK

marvelous^US

too hard to understand

too difficult to understand

specialised^UK

customised^UK

not easily understood

imperceptible to the touch

like nothing on earth

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Verb

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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

bedevilling^UK

bedeviling^US

agonizing^US

getting on your nerves

agonising^UK

rubbing the wrong way

driving round the bend

discountenancing

confounding

gnawing at

driving to distraction

driving round the twist

giving someone the pip

giving someone a hard time

making your blood boil

getting under your skin

getting under one's skin

getting on somebody's nerves

getting your dander up

hitting where one lives

tantalizing^US

hurting someone's feelings

put somebody's nose out of joint

putting someone's nose out of joint

giving offence to

giving a bad time

tantalising^UK

breathing down someone's neck

getting across someone

terrorizing^US

putting someone off their stroke

raising your hackles

getting in one's hair

hurting somebody's feelings

weighing heavily on

terrorising^UK

acerbating

rubbing you up the wrong way

putting someone's back up

tyrannizing^US

victimizing^US

criticizing^US

making your hackles rise

flipping out

flooring

beating down

getting your hackles up

hanging over

sticking in one's craw

lousing up

hacking

setting one's teeth on edge

criticising^UK

pushing one's buttons

degrading

overrunning

putting the squeeze on

trying the patience of

bending someone's ear

trying one's patience

getting a rise out of

wearing on

putting a damper on

victimising^UK

ruffling one's feathers

holding down

tyrannising^UK

setting someone back on their heels

arousing hostility in

imposing upon

intruding upon

pushing someone's buttons

causing resentment to

pushing someon's buttons

messing

putting your nose out of joint

making someone scratch their head

surprising

rattling someone's chain

setting your teeth on edge

bringing pressure to bear on

harming

blowing up

getting on someone's wick

paralysing^UK

setting someone's teeth on edge

running up the wrong way

questioning

examining

riling up

rubbing one the wrong way

causing discomfort to

breaking the heart of

dragging down

disorientating

making downhearted

pushing the buttons of

making it hot for someone

beating

sticking the knife into

making things hot for someone

getting the knife into

driving you up the wall

playing dirty

screwing up

filling with consternation

knocking sideways

paralyzing^US

giving someone a turn

fouling up

putting the wind up someone

throwing into a tizzy

getting up somebody's nose

making severe demands on

making demands on

putting a strain on

getting on the wrong side of

causing to lose heart

deprecating

grudging

aweing

upsetting the apple cart

putting off his or her stride

taking the wind out of someone's sails

outwitting

preventing

making self-conscious

going out of one's way

going to the trouble of

giving the cold shoulder

putting to trouble

putting someone to trouble

giving someone bother

causing someone difficulty

making someone go out of his way

giving a zinger

making livid

driving you out of your mind

shattering

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

driving somebody up the wall

putting someone to shame

making someone eat humble pie

taking down

demeaning

taking the wind out

getting one's comeuppance

treading on someone's toes

libelling^UK

libeling^US

leaguering

punishing

boning

leading someone a merry dance

playing cat and mouse

putting through wringer

rubbing salt in wound

maligning

blockading

making resentful

jumping on one's case

giving one the business

taking the heart out of

causing someone to lose their composure

calling someone names

casting aspersions on

aspersing

scoffing

treating disrespectfully

cutting dead

stepping on one's toes

dishonoring^US

panning

slagging off

blistering

giving someone the cold-shoulder

getting the better of

satirizing^US

keeping complaining to

pulling somebody's leg

satirising^UK

pulling someone's leg

leading somebody on

manipulating

taking the mickey out of

slinging off at

laughing

taking the piss out of

ruling with an iron hand

bringing someone to their knees

ruling with a rod of iron

bringing under the yoke

riding roughshod over

twisting someone's arm

prevailing on

having someone do something

putting the screws on

using strong-arm tactics on

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“She'd given him no instructions just as the stresses of his situation began to vex him.”

Verb

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To be inspiring boredom

Verb

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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

prejudicing

getting one going

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

clicking on

clicking

fanning the flames of

bowing

putting into operation

blowing away the cobwebs

getting something functioning

getting something working

being responsible for

being partly responsible for

kicking something off

starting out

deploying

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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Verb

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Present participle for to confound or perplex someone

making someone scratch their head

causing to be at a stand

astounding

setting someone thinking

messing with one's head

bedeviling^US

bedevilling^UK

paralyzing^US

paralysing^UK

ravelling^UK

baulking^UK

raveling^US

balking^US

stopping someone in their tracks

boggling the mind

screwing up

knocking the stuffing out of someone

putting someone off their stroke

putting out of countenance

putting someone off their stride

dizzying

setting someone back on their heels

putting into a flap

causing someone to lose their composure

bringing someone up short

filling with amazement

fouling up

causing to lose your bearings

knocking the stuffing out of

disordering

hitting like a ton of bricks

consternating

intimidating

catching somebody off balance

catching somebody unawares

pouring cold water on

throwing cold water on

terrorizing^US

terrorising^UK

pulling the rug from under

pulling the rug out from under

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Verb

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Present participle for to let someone down, especially with regards to an obligation or duty

victimising^UK

victimizing^US

falling short of expectations

playing someone false

baulking^UK

balking^US

dampening the spirits of

standing up

shattering the illusions of

bringing down to earth

giving cause for complaint

throwing cold water on

opening the eyes of

bursting the bubble

opening one's eyes

making sadder and wiser

pouring cold water on

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Verb

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Present participle for to make worse or more severe

Noun

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Deliberate pestering or annoying

offence^UK

offense^US

being rubbed up the wrong way

fuelling^UK

fueling^US

intellectual nourishment

stimulating substance

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Noun

Teasing

humor^US

humour^UK

pleasant conversation

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