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101irritating — adj 1. provoking, agitating, inflaming, inflammatory, enflaming, kindling; inciting, igniting, instigating. 2. angering, incensing, irksome, irking; maddening, infuriating, enraging; exacerbating, rankling, galling, embittering. 3. nettlesome,… …
102nettlesome — adj nettling, irritating, Inf. aggravating, Inf. in one s hair; disturbing, perturbing, ruffling, disquieting, vexing. 2. annoying, bothersome, pestering, Inf. pesky, Inf. pestiferous, vexatious; troublesome, troubling, thorny, fretful, worrisome …
103offensive — adj 1. affronting, insulting, insolent, disrespectful, Archaic. affrontive; rude, discourteous, unmannerly, unmannered, uncivil, ungallant; irritating, aggravating, nettling, chafing, galling; unbearable, unendurable, intolerable, insufferable;… …
104perturbation — n 1. disturbing, discomposing, ruffling, Inf. shaking up, bothering, pestering, harassing, Sl. bugging, Sl. hassling, Sl. driving [s.o.] nuts or crazy or bananas; irritating, annoying, vexing, provoking, aggravating; getting on [s.o. s] nerves,… …
105perturbing — adj 1. disturbing, Rare. perturbative, disquieting, discomposing, agitating, ruffling, distracting, disconcerting, nerve racking, unsettling, upsetting, distressing, troubling, Inf. discombobulating, shocking, jolting, jarring, staggering, U.S.… …
106pesky — adj Informal. annoying, irksome, irritating, nettlesome, vexatious, vexing, galling, chafing, harassing; troublesome, worrisome, worrying, provoking, gnawing, nagging, dogging, hounding, tormenting, bothersome; aggravating, exacerbating,… …
107ripple — v 1. wave, undulate, purl, ruffle; trill, lap, swash, wash, slap, splash, swish; gurgle, guggle, babble, burble, murmur. 2. ruffle, curl, rumple, crumple, dimple, crinkle; crimp, fret, crisp; fold, ruff, wrinkle, cockle, twill, crease. n 3. wave …
108ruffle — v 1. gather, pucker, plait, shirr, full, rimple, crimp, crisp, smock, flounce. 2. ripple, roil, roughen, stir up, undulate; curl, crumple, crinkle, cockle, crease, fold, ruck; dimple, wimple, corrugate, Inf. scrunch up, Inf. squish together. 3.… …
109unpleasant — adj 1. displeasing, annoying, irritating, irksome, bothersome, vexatious, provoking; pestering, Inf. pesky, Inf. pestiferous; troublesome, rough, thorny, fretful, worrisome, worrying, Dial. plaguy; nettlesome, nettling, Inf. aggravating,… …
110vexation — n 1. provocation, fomentation, incitement, incitation, instigation, excitation, agitation, inflammation, deliberate aggravation; provoking, fomenting, inciting, instigating, agitating, inflaming; infuriation, enragement; infuriating, enraging,… …
