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| Main Entry: | annoyance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | feeling of being irritated |
| Synonyms: | anger, discontent, displeasure, distress, exasperation, frustration, indignation, irritation, pique, unhappiness, vexation, irascibility |
| Antonyms: | delight, enjoyment, happiness, joy, pleasure |
| Main Entry: | annoyance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | source of irritation |
| Synonyms: | aggravation, difficulty, discomfort, headache*, inconvenience, irritant, nuisance, trouble |
| Antonyms: | comfort |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | anger |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of being mad, annoyed |
| Synonyms: | acrimony, animosity, annoyance, antagonism, blow up*, chagrin, choler, dander*, displeasure, distemper, enmity, exasperation, fury, gall, hatred, huff, impatience, indignation, ire, irritability, irritation, mad, miff, outrage, passion, peevishness, petulance, pique, rage, rankling, resentment, stew, storm, tantrum, temper, tiff, umbrage, vexation, violence, cat fit, conniption, disapprobation, hissy fit, ill humor, ill temper, infuriation, irascibility, slow burn, soreness |
| Antonyms: | calmness, contentment, enjoyment, good nature, happiness, joy, peace, agreeability, pleasantness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bother |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trouble, inconvenience |
| Synonyms: | ado, aggravation, annoyance, anxiety, bellyache*, bustle, care, concern, difficulty, distress, drag*, exasperation, flurry, fuss, headache*, irritant, irritation, nudge, nuisance, pain, pain in the neck*, pest, plague, pother*, pressure, problem, strain, to-do*, trial, trouble, vexation, worry, botheration, molestation, perplexity, worriment |
| Antonyms: | aid, convenience, help |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | chagrin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | displeasure |
| Synonyms: | annoyance, balk, blow, discomfiture, dismay, disquiet, dissatisfaction, embarrassment, frustration, humiliation, irritation, letdown, mortification, peevishness, shame, spleen, upset, vexation, crushing, discomposure, disgruntlement, fretfulness, ill-humor |
| Antonyms: | delight, gladness, happiness, joy, pleasure, triumph |
| Main Entry: | commotion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clamor, uproar |
| Synonyms: | ado, agitation, annoyance, backwash, ballyhoo*, bedlam, brouhaha, bustle, clatter, combustion, confusion, convulsion, disquiet, dither, excitement, ferment, fermentation, flap, flurry, furor, fuss, hubbub, hurly-burly, insurrection, lather*, mutiny, outcry, pandemonium, perturbation, pother, racket, rebellion, revolt, riot, rumpus, stew, stir, to-do, tumult, turbulence, upheaval, uprising, upset, upturn, vexation, welter, whirl, big scene, big stink, discomposure, hell broke loose, insurgence |
| Antonyms: | calm, calmness, peace, quiet, repose, silence, stillness, tranquility, quietude |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | discomfort |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | irritation, pain |
| Synonyms: | ache, annoyance, discomfiture, displeasure, disquiet, distress, embarrassment, hardship, hurt, malaise, nuisance, trouble, uneasiness, unpleasantness, upset, vexation, discomposure, inquietude, soreness |
| Antonyms: | comfort, ease, easiness, pleasure, relief |
| Main Entry: | displeasure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unhappiness, anger |
| Synonyms: | annoyance, aversion, disapproval, disfavor, disinclination, dislike, dissatisfaction, distaste, indignation, indisposition, irritation, offense, pique, resentment, umbrage, vexation, wrath, disapprobation, discontentment, disgruntlement, disliking, disrelish, incensement |
| Antonyms: | calm, composure, delight, happiness, pleasure, satisfaction |
| Main Entry: | dissatisfaction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | discontent, unhappiness |
| Synonyms: | annoyance, anxiety, aversion, boredom, chagrin, complaint, desolation, disapproval, discomfort, discouragement, disfavor, disinclination, dislike, dismay, displeasure, disquiet, distaste, distress, ennui, envy, exasperation, frustration, heartburn, indisposition, irritation, jealousy, malcontent, oppression, regret, resentment, trouble, uneasiness, weariness, worry, disgruntlement, disliking, disrelish, fretfulness, hopelessness, lamentation, malcontentment, querulousness |
| Antonyms: | contentment, happiness, pleasure, satisfaction |
| Main Entry: | disturbance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commotion; upset |
| Synonyms: | agitation, annoyance, bother, brawl, brouhaha, clamor, confusion, convulsion, derangement, disorder, disruption, distraction, eruption, explosion, ferment, fisticuffs, flap, fracas, fray, fuss, hindrance, hubbub, hullabaloo*, insurrection, interruption, intrusion, perturbation, quake, quarrel, racket, rampage, restlessness, riot, ruckus, rumble, shock, spasm, stink*, stir*, storm, to-do*, tremor, tumult, turmoil, upheaval, uprising, uproar, violence, big scene, big stink, disarrangement, molestation |
| Antonyms: | calm, order, peace, quiet, tranquility |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exasperation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | upset, provocation |
| Synonyms: | aggravation, anger, annoyance, bother, displeasure, exacerbation, fury, ire, irritant, irritation, nuisance, passion, pest, pique, plague, rage, resentment, vexation, wrath, besetment, botheration |
| Antonyms: | calming, calmness, comfort, ease, pleasing, soothing, placation |
| Main Entry: | frustration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disappointment, thwarting |
| Synonyms: | annoyance, bitter pill, blow, bummer, chagrin, defeat, dissatisfaction, downer*, drag*, failure, fizzle, grievance, hindrance, impediment, irritation, letdown, obstruction, resentment, setback, vexation, blocking, circumvention, contravention, curbing, disgruntlement, foiling, nonfulfillment, nonsuccess, old one-two, unfulfillment |
| Antonyms: | aid, assistance, cooperation, encouragement, help, support, facilitation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gadfly |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | goad; nuisance |
| Synonyms: | annoyance, irritant, pest, prod, spur, energizer, excitant, motivator, mover, stimulator |
| Main Entry: | harassment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | badgering |
| Synonyms: | aggravation, annoyance, bother, disturbance, exasperation, hassle, irritation, nuisance, persecution, perturbation, provocation, provoking, torment, trouble, vexation, bedevilment, bothering, irking, molestation, pestering, vexing |
| Antonyms: | aid, assistance, furtherance, help, support, facilitation |
| Main Entry: | huff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bad mood |
| Synonyms: | anger, annoyance, dudgeon, miff, offense, passion, perturbation, pet*, pique, rage, stew*, temper, tiff, umbrage, snit |
| Antonyms: | delight, happiness, good mood |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impatience |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inability, unwillingness to wait |
| Synonyms: | agitation, anger, annoyance, anxiety, avidity, disquietude, eagerness, excitement, expectancy, haste, heat*, intolerance, irritability, nervousness, rashness, restlessness, suspense, uneasiness, vehemence, violence, ants in pants, edginess, fretfulness, hastiness, impetuosity, irritableness, quick temper, restiveness, shortness, snappiness |
| Antonyms: | control, ease, endurance, forbearance, patience, tolerance, willingness, waiting |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inconvenience |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bother, trouble |
| Synonyms: | aggravation, annoyance, awkwardness, difficulty, disadvantage, disruption, disturbance, drawback, exasperation, fuss, hindrance, nuisance, pain*, stew*, trial, uneasiness, upset, vexation, bothersomeness, cumbersomeness, troublesomeness, unfitness, unhandiness, unsuitableness, untimeliness, unwieldiness |
| Antonyms: | advantage, benefit, convenience, profit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | anger |
| Synonyms: | annoyance, displeasure, exasperation, fury, indignation, passion, rage, wrath, boiling point, conniption, conniption fit, more heat than light, slow burn |
| Notes: | ire suggests greater intensity than anger, rage suggests loss of self-control, and fury is destructive rage verging on madness |
| Antonyms: | cheer, happiness |
| Main Entry: | menace |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | danger; pest |
| Synonyms: | annoyance, caution, commination, hazard, intimidation, jeopardy, nuisance, peril, plague, risk, scare, threat, thunder, trouble, troublemaker, warning |
| Antonyms: | aid, assistance, help |
| Main Entry: | misfortune/mishap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bad luck; disaster |
| Synonyms: | accident, adversity, affliction, annoyance, anxiety, bad news*, blow*, burden, calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, contretemps, cross, crunch, debacle, disadvantage, disappointment, discomfort, dole, failure, hardship, harm, inconvenience, loss, misadventure, mischance, misery, nuisance, reverse, setback, tragedy, trial, tribulation, trouble, unpleasantness, visitation, worry, bad break, casuality, hard luck, infelicity, rotten luck, stroke of bad luck, tough luck |
| Antonyms: | advantage, benefit, blessing, fortune, good luck |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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