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peeved - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: peeved
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: irritated
Synonyms: angry, annoyed, cross, mad, upset, vexed
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
Main Entry: aggrieved
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: very distressed
Synonyms: afflicted, depressed, disturbed, harmed, hurt, injured, oppressed, pained, peeved, unhappy, woeful, grieving, persecuted, saddened, wronged
Antonyms: happy, pleased
Main Entry: cross
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: very angry; in a bad mood
Synonyms: annoyed, cantankerous, captious, choleric, churlish, crabby*, cranky, crotchety*, crusty, disagreeable, faultfinding, fractious, fretful, grouchy, grumpy, ill-tempered, impatient, irascible, irritable, jumpy, peeved, peevish, petulant, put out*, querulous, quick-tempered, ratty, short, snappy, sullen, surly, testy, touchy, waspish, caviling, ill-humored, out of humor, pettish, splenetic, tetchy, vexed
Antonyms: animated, cheerful, happy, pleasant
Main Entry: disgruntled
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unhappy; critical
Synonyms: annoyed, crabby, cranky, disappointed, discontent, discontented, displeased, dissatisfied, grouchy, grumpy, irritable, irritated, malcontent, peeved, peevish, petulant, put out, sulky, sullen, testy, bad tempered, bellyaching, crabbing, griping, grousing, kicking, kvetching, malcontented, uncontent, ungratified, vexed
Antonyms: contented, happy, pleased, satisfied, uncritical
Main Entry: distressed
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: upset
Synonyms: afflicted, agitated, antsy, anxious, basket case*, bothered, concerned, cut up*, discombobulated*, disconsolate, distracted, distraught, fidgety, inconsolable, jittery, jumpy, miffed, peeved, perturbed, shaky, troubled, uptight*, wired, worried, wrecked, wretched, all torn up, bugged, bummed out, bundle of nerves, distrait, dragged, exercised, harassed, hyper, in a stew, in a tizzy, ripped, saddened, shook, shook up, shot down, spooked, strung out, tormented, unconsolable, unglued, up the wall
Antonyms: calm, collected, glad, happy, joyful, comforted
Main Entry: huffy
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: angry, in a bad mood
Synonyms: angered, annoyed, crabby, cross, crotchety, crusty, curt, disgruntled, fractious, grumpy, hurt, insulted, irritable, miffed, moody, offended, peeved, peevish, petulant, provoked, put out*, querulous, short, snappish, snappy, sulky, sullen, surly, testy, touchy, waspish, crabbed, exasperated, huffish, irked, moping, nettled, pettish, piqued, resentful, riled, stewed, vexed
Antonyms: cheerful, delighted, happy, joyful
Main Entry: incensed
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: very angry
Synonyms: at end of one's rope, buffaloed, bugged, bummed out, burned up, dogged, enraged, exasperated, fuming, furious, hacked, hot and bothered*, huffy*, indignant, infuriated, irate, ireful, mad, maddened, miffed, on the warpath, peeved, riled, rousted, rubbed the wrong way, steamed up, up in arms*, uptight*, wrathful
Antonyms: cheerful, happy, joyous, pleased
Main Entry: indignant
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: angry
Synonyms: acrimonious, annoyed, bent out of shape, boiling*, bugged, burned up, disgruntled, displeased, exasperated, fuming, furious, heated, huffy*, in a huff, incensed, irate, livid, mad, miffed, p.o.'d, peeved, piqued, provoked, resentful, riled, scornful, seeing red, up in arms*, upset, wrathful
Antonyms: gleeful, happy, pleased
Main Entry: miffed
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: displeased
Synonyms: annoyed, disgruntled, irritated, offended, pained, peeved, put out, upset, chagrined, irked, nettled, piqued, resentful, riled, vexed
Antonyms: pleased
Main Entry: sore
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: angry; hurt mentally
Synonyms: afflicted, aggrieved, annoyed, annoying, critical, distressing, indignant, irritated, pained, peeved, pressing, sensitive, troubled, upset, urgent, weighty, grieved, grieving, irked, resentful, smarting, stung, vexed
Antonyms: delighted, happy, pleased
Main Entry: aggravate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: annoy
Synonyms: be at, be on the back of, bother, bug, bum*, dog, drive up the wall, exasperate, gall, get, get on one's nerves, get to, give a hard time, grate, hack, irk, irritate, nag, needle, nettle, peeve, pester, pick on, pique, provoke, tease, vex, wig*
Notes: to aggravate is to make something worse, while to exacerbate is to increase something's bitterness or harshness
aggravate means 'to add to' an already troublesome or vexing matter or condition while irritate means 'to vex, annoy, or chafe'
irritate means 'inflame' (originally 'excite, rouse'); aggravate means 'worsen'
Antonyms: appease, gladden, make happy, mollify, soften
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
Main Entry: chagrin
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: cause displeasure
Synonyms: abash, annoy, confuse, crush, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, disgrace, dismay, displease, disquiet, dissatisfy, embarrass, humiliate, irk, irritate, mortify, peeve, perturb, shame, upset, vex
Antonyms: delight, please, make happy
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
Main Entry: exasperate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: upset, provoke
Synonyms: T-off, aggravate, agitate, anger, annoy, bug*, disturb, drive up the wall, embitter, enrage, exacerbate, excite, gall, get under one's skin, get*, incense, inflame, infuriate, irk, irritate, madden, make waves, needle*, nettle, peeve, pique, rankle, rile, roil, rouse, try the patience of, vex, work up
Antonyms: calm, comfort, ease, placate, please, soothe
Main Entry: fret
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: upset someone
Synonyms: abrade, agitate, bother, displease, distress, disturb, gall, goad, harass, irk, irritate, nag, nettle, peeve, pique, provoke, rile, ruffle, torment, trouble, vex, get on nerves
Antonyms: appease, pacify, placate, please
Main Entry: gall
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: upset, irritate
Synonyms: aggravate, annoy, bedevil, bother, burn, chafe, chide, disturb, exasperate, fret, grate, harass, harry, inflame, irk, nag, peeve, pester, plague, provoke, rile, roil, rub, ruffle, scrape, torment, trouble, vex, worry
Antonyms: cheer, encourage, enliven, exhilarate, make happy
Main Entry: get
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: irritate, upset
Synonyms: aggravate, annoy, bother, bug*, burn, exasperate, gall, get someone's goat, irk, nettle, peeve, pique, provoke, put out*, rile, rub the wrong way*, try, vex
Antonyms: calm, please, soothe
Main Entry: grate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: irritate
Synonyms: aggravate, annoy, burn, chafe, exasperate, fret, gall, get on one's nerves, irk, nettle, peeve, pique, provoke, rankle, rile, rub the wrong way*, vex
Antonyms: make happy, please
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