| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | affront | to offend openly |
| 2. | aggravate | to make irritation worse |
| 3. | alienate | to make unfriendly or irritated |
| 4. | anger | to make angry |
| 5. | antagonize | to make hostile or irritated |
| 6. | badger | to pester persistently |
| 7. | bait | to provoke deliberately |
| 8. | bedevil | to trouble repeatedly |
| 9. | beset | to trouble from all sides |
| 10. | bother | to trouble or disturb |
| 11. | bug | to bother or irritate |
| 12. | burn up | to make very angry |
| 13. | chafe | to irritate through repeated friction |
| 14. | cheese off | to irritate or anger |
| 15. | chivvy | to nag or urge |
| 16. | chivy | to nag or harass |
| 17. | cross | to make angry or irritated |
| 18. | disconcert | to disturb or embarrass |
| 19. | disgruntle | to make dissatisfied or irritated |
| 20. | displease | to cause dissatisfaction |
| 21. | disturb | to interrupt or trouble |
| 22. | drive crazy | to irritate very much |
| 23. | drive mad | to irritate extremely |
| 24. | drive nuts | to irritate greatly |
| 25. | drive up the wall | to irritate intensely |
| 26. | eat at | to bother persistently |
| 27. | embitter | to make resentful |
| 28. | enrage | to make furious |
| 29. | exasperate | to make very irritated |
| 30. | fatigue | to tire and irritate |
| 31. | faze | to disturb or unsettle |
| 32. | fluster | to confuse and disturb |
| 33. | fray | to strain nerves or patience |
| 34. | frustrate | to cause irritation through obstruction |
| 35. | gall | to irritate by being offensive |
| 36. | get goat | to irritate strongly |
| 37. | get on nerves | to irritate intensely |
| 38. | get to | to irritate emotionally |
| 39. | get under skin | to deeply irritate |
| 40. | gnaw at | to bother continuously |
| 41. | goad | to provoke into reaction |
| 42. | grate on | to irritate gradually |
| 43. | hack off | to irritate or anger |
| 44. | harass | to bother aggressively or repeatedly |
| 45. | harry | to harass repeatedly |
| 46. | hassle | to bother or inconvenience |
| 47. | hound | to pursue and bother |
| 48. | incense | to make very angry |
| 49. | inconvenience | to cause trouble or difficulty |
| 50. | inflame | to intensify anger or irritation |
| 51. | infuriate | to make very angry |
| 52. | insult | to offend by disrespect |
| 53. | irk | to irritate or bother |
| 54. | irritate | to make slightly angry |
| 55. | jangle | to grate on nerves |
| 56. | jar | to disturb unpleasantly |
| 57. | kindle | to start anger or irritation |
| 58. | madden | to make extremely irritated |
| 59. | miff | to mildly offend or irritate |
| 60. | molest | to bother or harass |
| 61. | nag | to pester with complaints |
| 62. | needle | to provoke with teasing remarks |
| 63. | nettle | to irritate or provoke |
| 64. | niggle | to bother in a small way |
| 65. | offend | to upset or displease |
| 66. | outrage | to offend deeply |
| 67. | peeve | to irritate or offend |
| 68. | persecute | to harass persistently |
| 69. | perturb | to unsettle or bother |
| 70. | pester | to bother repeatedly |
| 71. | pique | to offend or irritate |
| 72. | plague | to trouble continually |
| 73. | provoke | to stir up irritation |
| 74. | put out | to inconvenience or irritate |
| 75. | rankle | to cause lasting irritation |
| 76. | rattle | to unsettle or disturb |
| 77. | rile | to make angry or irritated |
| 78. | roil | to disturb or irritate |
| 79. | rub the wrong way | to irritate by manner |
| 80. | ruffle | to disturb someone’s composure |
| 81. | scrape on | to grate against nerves |
| 82. | set off | to trigger irritation or anger |
| 83. | set teeth on edge | to irritate intensely |
| 84. | sour | to make unpleasant or resentful |
| 85. | steam up | to anger or irritate |
| 86. | strain | to test patience or tolerance |
| 87. | tax | to strain someone’s patience |
| 88. | tease | to bother playfully or cruelly |
| 89. | tee off | to anger or irritate |
| 90. | tick off | to anger or irritate |
| 91. | torment | to bother severely |
| 92. | torture | to torment mentally |
| 93. | trouble | to cause worry or bother |
| 94. | try | to test someone’s patience |
| 95. | unsettle | to disturb someone’s calm |
| 96. | upset | to disturb or anger |
| 97. | vex | to irritate or distress |
| 98. | wear on | to irritate over time |
| 99. | weary | to tire or irritate |
| 100. | wind up | to provoke or irritate |
