| Main Entry: | annoy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | irritate, upset |
Synonyms: |
T-off, abrade, agitate, ask for it, badger, be at, be on the back of, bedevil, beleaguer, bore, bother, break, bug, burn up, chafe, displease, distress, disturb, egg on, exasperate, fire up, gall, get, gnaw, harass, harry, heat up, henpeck, hit where one lives, irk, madden, make waves, miff, nag, needle, nettle, nudge, peeve, perturb, pester, plague, provoke, push button, ride, rile, ruffle, tease, tick off, trouble, turn off, vex, work on, worry |
Antonyms: |
aid, gratify, make happy, please, soothe |
| Main Entry: | annoying |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | causing irritation |
Synonyms: |
aggravating, bothersome, disturbing, irritating, troublesome, vexatious |
Antonyms: |
agreeable, pleasant, pleasing, soothing, welcome |
| Main Entry: | abrasive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | irritating in manner |
Synonyms: |
annoying, biting, caustic, cutting, galling, hard to take, hateful, hurtful, nasty, rough, rubbing the wrong way, sharp, spiky, unpleasant |
Antonyms: |
likeable, pleasant, pleasing |
| Main Entry: | accost |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | approach for conversation or solicitation |
Synonyms: |
address, annoy, bother, brace*, buttonhole, call, challenge, confront, cross, dare, entice, face, flag, greet, hail, proposition, run into, salute, welcome, whistle for |
Antonyms: |
avoid, dodge, evade, ignore, scorn, shun |
| Main Entry: | acerbate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exasperate |
Synonyms: |
aggravate, annoy, disturb, perturb, provoke, rattle one's cage |
| Main Entry: | afflict |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause or become hurt |
Synonyms: |
agonize, annoy, beset, bother, burden, crucify, distress, grieve, harass, harrow, harry, irk, lacerate, martyr, oppress, pain, pester, plague, press, rack, smite, strike, torment, torture, trouble, try, vex, worry, wound |
| Notes: | afflict is generally used with living beings; inflict is generally used with inanimate objects inflict takes 'on,' afflict takes 'with' |
Antonyms: |
aid, comfort, help, solace, stay away from, take care of |
| Main Entry: | affront |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | insult or involve in entanglement |
Synonyms: |
abuse, anger, annoy, confront, criticize, displease, dispraise, dump on, encounter, face, give a zinger, give the cold shoulder, hit where one lives, meet, offend, outrage, pique, provoke, put down*, slander, slight, taunt, vex |
Antonyms: |
appease, assuage, compliment, gratify, mollify, placate, please, satisfy, soothe |
| Main Entry: | ail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hurt |
Synonyms: |
afflict, annoy, bother, distress, pain, sicken, trouble, upset |
| Main Entry: | anger |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make someone mad; become mad |
Synonyms: |
acerbate, affront, aggravate, agitate, annoy, antagonize, arouse, bait, blow up, boil over, boil, bristle, burn, burn up, chafe, craze*, cross, displease, egg on, embitter, enrage, exacerbate, exasperate, excite, fret, gall, get mad, get on one's nerves, goad, incense, inflame, infuriate, irritate, lose one's temper, madden, make sore, miff, nettle, offend, outrage, pique, provoke, raise hell, rankle, rant, rave, rile, ruffle, seethe, steam up, stew, stir up, tempt, umbrage, vex |
Antonyms: |
calm, forbear, make happy, quiet, soothe |
| Main Entry: | antagonize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause problem; oppose |
Synonyms: |
alienate, anger, annoy, counteract, estrange, insult, irritate, neutralize, offend, repel, struggle, work against |
Antonyms: |
agree, aid, help |