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  • 71anger — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. & v. See resentment.Ant., good nature, jollity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. wrath, rage, fury, passion, choler, temper, bad or ill temper, ire, indignation, acrimony, animosity, hostility, hatred,… …

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  • 72exasperate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. anger, enrage, infuriate; irritate, vex, nettle, provoke, roil, peeve, annoy. See resentment. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. irritate, provoke, madden, try one s patience; see anger 1 , bother 2 . See… …

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  • 73infuriate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. enrage, anger, madden, incense; incite, provoke, nettle, peeve, rankle, rile, make one s blood boil. See resentment. Ant., calm, pacify. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. enrage, incense, madden, provoke;… …

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  • 74nettle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. trouble, irritate; prickle; ruffle, annoy, provoke; vex, offend. See discontent. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. annoy, pester, irritate; see bother 3 , disturb 2 , insult . See Synonym Study at irritate .… …

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  • 75antagonize — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. alienate, offend, set against; see alienate , anger 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) v. [an TAG uh niyz] to rile another; to offend or make angry. Husbands and wives who antagonize one another often end… …

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  • 76Resentment — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Resentment >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 resentment resentment displeasure animosity anger wrath indignation Sgm: N 1 exasperation exasperation bitter resentment wrathful indignation GRP: N 2 Sgm: N …

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  • 77regular — [14] Regular ‘according to a rule’ is the most instantly recognizable English descendant of Latin rēgula ‘rule’ (others include rail ‘bar’ and rule). It goes back ultimately to the same Indo European base as produced Latin regere ‘rule’ (source… …

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  • 78roil — v. a. 1. Make turbid, rile. 2. Vex, disturb, plague, anger, rile, irritate, worry, annoy, bother. 3. Perplex …

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  • 79irritate — irritate, exasperate, nettle, provoke, aggravate, rile, peeve are comparable when meaning to excite a feeling of angry annoyance in a person. Something which irritates greatly displeases or offends and evokes a display of feeling ranging from… …

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  • 80regular — [14] Regular ‘according to a rule’ is the most instantly recognizable English descendant of Latin rēgula ‘rule’ (others include rail ‘bar’ and rule). It goes back ultimately to the same Indo European base as produced Latin regere ‘rule’ (source… …

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