| means | (verb) make angry; "The news angered him"
anger |
| means | (verb) treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"
bedevil, dun, rag, crucify, frustrate, torment |
| means | (verb) cause to feel resentment or indignation; "Her tactless remark offended me"
pique, offend |
| means | (verb) cause to lose one's composure
untune, discomfit, upset, discompose, disconcert |
| means | (verb) annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"
chivvy, molest, chevvy, provoke, chivy, harass, plague, harry, hassle, beset, chevy |
| means | (verb) make furious
incense, infuriate, exasperate |
| means | (verb) cause emotional anguish or make miserable; "It pains me to see my children not being taught well in school"
pain, anguish, hurt |
| means | (verb) irritate or vex; "It galls me that we lost the suit"
irk, gall |
| means | (verb) move deeply; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought"
disturb, trouble, upset |
| means | (verb) torment emotionally or mentally
rack, torture, torment, excruciate |
| means | (verb) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"
rile, get to, devil, gravel, irritate, vex, rag, nettle, annoy, nark, chafe, bother, get at |
| means | (verb) give displeasure to
displease |
| means | (verb) call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"
kindle, elicit, arouse, evoke, raise, provoke, enkindle, fire |
| means | (verb) treat, mention, or speak to rudely; "He insulted her with his rude remarks"; "the student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone"
affront, insult, diss |
| means | (verb) subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible"
torment, excruciate, torture |
| means | (verb) hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego"
offend, wound, bruise, injure, spite, hurt |
| means | (verb) give trouble or pain to; "This exercise will hurt your back"
hurt |
| means | (verb) cause great unhappiness for; distress; "she was afflicted by the death of her parents"
afflict |
| means | (verb) goad or provoke,as by constant criticism; "He needled her with his sarcastic remarks"
goad, needle |
| means | (verb) harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie"
rag, tantalise, tease, twit, bait, taunt, rally, razz, cod, tantalize, ride |
| means | (verb) cause to agonize
agonise, agonize |
| means | (verb) cause physical pain or suffering in; "afflict with the plague"
smite, afflict |
| means | (verb) laugh at with contempt and derision; "The crowd jeered at the speaker"
barrack, jeer, scoff, gibe, flout |
| means | (verb) excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame; "Aspirin irritates my stomach"
irritate |
| means | (verb) torture and torment like a martyr
martyrise, martyrize, martyr |