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| Main Entry: | miff |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | annoy |
| Synonyms: | aggrieve, bother, displease, hurt, irk, irritate, nettle, offend, pester, pique, provoke, put out, resent, upset, vex |
| Antonyms: | appease, mollify, please |
| 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: | 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | annoy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | irritate, upset |
| Synonyms: | abrade, agitate, badger, bedevil, beleaguer, bore, bother, break, bug, chafe, displease, distress, disturb, egg on*, exasperate, gall, get, gnaw, harass, harry, henpeck, irk, madden, miff, nag, needle, nettle, nudge, peeve, perturb, pester, plague, provoke, push button, ride, rile, ruffle, tease, trouble, turn off*, vex, worry, T-off, ask for it, be at, be on the back of, burn up, fire up, heat up, hit where one lives, make waves, tick off*, work on |
| Antonyms: | aid, gratify, please, soothe, make happy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | controversy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | debate, dispute |
| Synonyms: | altercation, argument, beef*, brush, contention, difference, discussion, disputation, embroilment, falling-out*, flak, fuss, hurrah, miff, quarrel, row, rumpus, scene, scrap, squabble, strife, tiff*, words, wrangle, bickering, dissention, polemic, wrangling |
| Antonyms: | accord, agreement, forbearance, harmony, peace, quiet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dispute |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | argument |
| Synonyms: | altercation, beef*, bone of contention*, brawl, broil, brouhaha, commotion, conflict, contention, controversy, debate, difference of opinion, disagreement, discord, discussion, dissension, disturbance, embroilment, falling-out, feud, fireworks*, flare-up, fracas, friction, fuss, hubbub, miff*, misunderstanding, quarrel, row, rumpus*, squabble, squall, strife, tiff, uproar, variance, words, wrangle, bickering, polemic |
| Antonyms: | agreement |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | distress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | worry, upset |
| Synonyms: | afflict, aggrieve, agonize, ail, be on one's case, bother, break, bug, burn up, depress, desolate, discombobulate, disquiet, disturb, do a number on, dog*, eat*, get to*, get*, give a hard time, grieve, harass, harry, hound, hurt, injure, irk, irritate, make it tough for, miff, nag, needle, nit-pick, oppress, pain, peeve, perplex, pester, pick on, plague, push, push buttons, rack, sadden, strain, strap, stress, tick off*, torment, torture, trouble, try, vex, weigh, wound |
| Antonyms: | assist, calm, comfort, help, soothe |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | imbroglio |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misunderstanding; fight |
| Synonyms: | altercation, argument, brawl, broil*, brouhaha*, complexity, complication, dispute, embarrassment, embroilment, entanglement, falling-out*, involvement, miff*, quandary, quarrel, row, run-in*, soap opera*, spat, squabble, bickering, flack, knock-down-drag-out |
| Antonyms: | agreement, peacemaking |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | indignation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | anger |
| Synonyms: | animus, danger, displeasure, exasperation, fury, huff*, ire, mad, miff*, pique, rage, resentment, rise, scorn, umbrage, wrath, boiling point, slow burn |
| Antonyms: | glee, happiness, joy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | irk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | aggravate; rub the wrong way |
| Synonyms: | abrade, annoy, bother, bug*, discommode, disturb, eat*, fret, gall, harass, inconvenience, irritate, miff, nettle, peeve, provoke, put out*, rasp, rile, ruffle, trouble, vex, get on nerves, get to*, give a hard time, incommode, make waves |
| Antonyms: | delight, please |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nettle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | provoke, upset |
| Synonyms: | annoy, chafe, disgust, disturb, exasperate, fret, get*, goad, harass, huff, incense, insult, irritate, miff, peeve*, pester, pet, pique, put out*, rile, roil, ruffle, stew*, sting*, tease, tiff*, vex, snit |
| Antonyms: | appease, mollify, please |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | offend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | displease, insult |
| Synonyms: | affront, aggrieve, anger, annoy, antagonize, disgust, disoblige, distress, disturb, exasperate, fret, gall, horrify, hurt, irritate, jar, miff, nauseate, nettle, outrage, pain, pique, provoke, repel, repulse, rile, shock, sicken, sin, slight, slur, snub, sting, transgress, trespass, upset, vex, wound, zing*, be disagreeable, disgruntle, turn one off |
| Antonyms: | compliment, please |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | peeve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bother, annoy |
| Synonyms: | T-off, aggravate, anger, bug*, bum*, burn*, disturb, drive up the wall, exasperate, gall, get, get one's goat, hack*, irk, irritate, miff*, nettle, pique, provoke, put out, rile, roil, rub the wrong way*, steam*, vex |
| Antonyms: | attract, charm, enchant, please |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pique |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | anger, irritation |
| Synonyms: | annoyance, blowup*, dander*, displeasure, flare-up, grudge, huff, hurt, irk, miff*, offense, peeve, pet*, provocation, resentment, rise, ruckus*, sore*, stew*, storm*, tiff*, umbrage, vexation, conniption, slow burn, snit |
| Notes: | peak means 'maximize,' peek means 'to peep or snoop,' and pique means 'to excite or irritate' |
| Antonyms: | cheer, happiness, joy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pique |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | offend, provoke |
| Synonyms: | absorb, affront, annoy, arouse, bother, bug*, displease, egg on*, exasperate, excite, gall, galvanize, get*, goad, grab, ignite, incense, irk, irritate, kindle, miff*, mortify, motivate, move, nettle, offend, peeve, prick, put out*, quicken, rile, rouse, spur, stimulate, sting*, stir, vex, whet, work up*, wound, fire up, get a rise out of, get under skin, give a hard time, give the business, goose*, make waves |
| Antonyms: | delight, please |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | resentment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hate, anger |
| Synonyms: | acerbity, acrimony, animosity, animus, annoyance, antagonism, bitterness, choler, cynicism, displeasure, dudgeon, exacerbation, exasperation, fog, fury, grudge, huff, hurt, ill will, indignation, ire, irritation, malice, miff, offense, outrage, passion, perturbation, pique, rage, rancor, rise, spite, umbrage, vehemence, vexation, wrath, bad feeling, ill feeling, malignity |
| Antonyms: | affection, happiness, liking, love, pleasure |
| Main Entry: | spat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dispute, quarrel |
| Synonyms: | altercation, argument, beef*, brouhaha, conflict, difference of opinion, disagreement, discord, dissension, embroilment, falling-out, feud, flare-up, fracas, friction, fuss, hubbub, miff*, misunderstanding, row, rumpus*, run-in*, squabble, strife, tiff, words, bickering |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tiff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | argument |
| Synonyms: | altercation, difference, disagreement, dispute, falling-out*, fit, huff*, miff*, pet, quarrel, row*, run-in*, scrap, spat, squabble, sulk, tantrum, temper, words, wrangle, bad mood, bickering |
| Antonyms: | agreement, harmony |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | umbrage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | personal displeasure |
| Synonyms: | anger, annoyance, chagrin, exasperation, fury, grudge, huff, indignation, injury, ire, irritation, miff*, offense, pique, provoking, rage, resentment, vexation, wrath, high dudgeon, irking, nettling, sense of injury |
| Antonyms: | happiness, like, love, pleasure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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