v
(obsolete) To anger or offend
n
trouble; troublesome business; fuss, commotion
n
One involved in an affray.
v
(transitive) To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds.
n
(countable) That which annoys.
n
(countable) Something annoying; a nuisance.
v
(archaic) to dispel, to drive away
n
An attack on somebody's reputation or good name, often in the phrase to cast aspersions upon….
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(transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To vex; trouble; frighten; torment; harass.
v
To pester, to annoy persistently; press.
v
(informal) To criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully.
v
(transitive) To intentionally annoy, torment, or threaten by constant rebukes or threats; to harass.
v
(transitive) To be the bane of.
n
(idiomatic) Something or someone who poses a significant problem to an individual.
n
(idiomatic) Something or someone who poses a significant problem to an individual.
v
(chiefly in the negative) To have the enthusiasm (to do something).
v
(transitive) To bring trouble upon.
v
To harass or cause trouble for; to plague.
n
An act by which somebody is bedevilled; causing of trouble; harassment.
v
(transitive) To pester, as fleas do.
v
(obsolete) To master throughly; dominate.
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(transitive) To vex or pester greatly.
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(rare, nonstandard) Beratement: the act of berating.
v
(transitive, rare) To talk about negatively; slander; calumniate; deride; deceive.
v
(transitive) To worry or exercise with toil.
v
Pronunciation spelling of bother. [(transitive) To annoy, to disturb, to irritate.]
n
(idiomatic) A source of continuing annoyance; a hindrance.
n
(uncommon) Something that bothers; bother, annoyance, nuisance
n
(countable) A person or thing that causes bother, inconvenience, trouble, etc.
adj
Causing trouble, annoyance, inconvenience, irritation, or perplexity.
v
(informal, transitive) To annoy.
n
A term intended to irritate or vex somebody.
v
(slang, obsolete, transitive) To vex; to annoy.
v
(transitive) To bother or vex; to mortify.
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(idiomatic) A malicious discourse designed to damage the reputation of someone.
v
(transitive) To vex or harass with petty attacks.
v
(intransitive, obsolete) To utter words of disapprobation and displeasure; to find fault; to contend angrily.
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(Australia, transitive, intransitive) To violently provoke (a child) in the belief that this will make them more assertive.
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(transitive, regional) To treat cruelly.
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(figuratively) A person who has an unresolved conflict of emotions after a traumatic event.
v
(transitive) To catch (larks) by producing terror through the use of mirrors, scarlet cloth, a hawk, etc., so that they lie still till a net is thrown over them.
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(obsolete) To trouble greatly; to perplex.
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(transitive, obsolete) To trouble; afflict; make anxious.
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(transitive, hyperbolic) To annoy (someone) so much that they cannot concentrate.
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(informal) Annoyance or aggravation caused by noise, especially the sound of someone nagging, complaining, issuing orders, etc.
n
(informal) Embarrassment or humiliation; damage to one's reputation.
v
To tax the patience of; irk, frustrate, vex, provoke, annoy; to make angry.
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(archaic, by extension) Any expression calculated to impose upon the timid and ignorant.
v
(transitive) To humble; harass; subdue.
v
(transitive) To give trouble to; vex; perplex.
v
(transitive, archaic) To scorn.
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A person or thing that irritates or instigates.
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(transitive) To bother or trouble.
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A potential problem or source of trouble.
v
To harass or torment with dread or nightmares.
v
(specifically) To persistently bother (someone, or a group of people) physically or psychologically when such behaviour is illegal and/or unwanted, especially over an extended period.
v
Obsolete spelling of harass, now a common misspelling. [To annoy (someone) frequently or systematically; to pester.]
v
(intransitive, slang) To negatively criticize.
n
Trouble, bother, unwanted annoyances or problems.
n
(figuratively) A nuisance or unpleasant problem.
v
To bother, irritate, trouble.
v
to bother; to discomfort
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(intransitive) To cause or induce displeasure or irritation.
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(countable, by extension) A sense of alarm or dismay.
n
(informal) An annoying and bothersome person or thing.
n
(uncountable) Harm or trouble caused by an agent or brought about by a particular cause.
adj
(slang) Put in an embarrassing situation.
v
(rare, nonstandard) Alternative form of molest [To annoy intentionally.]
v
To bother or disturb persistently in any way.
v
(transitive, figuratively) To pique, irritate, vex or provoke.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To harass in newspaper articles.
n
Someone (such as a disagreeable person) or something (such as a painful experience or taboo topic) to be avoided or not interfered with.
v
(now rare, dialectal) To annoy; to harm or injure.
n
(archaic) The act of annoying; molestation.
n
A person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience.
v
(transitive) To annoy, cause discomfort or resent.
n
A succession of things that are tedious, problematic, or otherwise unwanted.
v
(transitive) To cause or commit an outrage upon; to treat with violence or abuse.
v
(colloquial) To annoy; vex.
v
To disturb; to bother or unsettle.
adj
(informal) Annoying, troublesome, irritating (usually of an animal or child).
n
An annoying person, a nuisance.
v
(transitive) To bother, harass, or annoy persistently.
n
(colloquial) Children's ability to make their parents buy something or do something for them by continually asking until the parents agree to do it.
n
The act of pestering, or the state of being pestered; vexation; worry.
v
Obsolete form of pester. [(transitive) To bother, harass, or annoy persistently.]
n
Something that is personally annoying; a personal dislike.
n
(colloquial) Something that is personally annoying; a personal dislike.
v
(transitive) To criticize harshly.
v
(obsolete, rare) To express jealousy, resentment, etc. at someone; to become angry or annoyed.
n
One who plagues or annoys.
adj
Alternative spelling of plaguy [Causing annoyance or bother; irritating.]
adj
Causing annoyance or bother; irritating.
v
(transitive) To worry or concern (someone) so as to distract them.
n
(idiomatic, by extension) Someone or something persistently difficult or vexing; a frequent source of trouble or annoyance.
n
The act of provoking, inciting or annoying someone into doing something
v
(transitive) To intimidate (someone) emotionally using psychology.
v
(slang) To embarrass by publicly denouncing or exposing, especially by using social media.
v
(transitive) To express displeasure or indignation at.
n
(idiomatic) Something that increases someone's pain.
n
A disparaging insult or slight, particularly one used to denigrate a specific group.
n
(idiomatic) An effort to damage or call into question someone's reputation, by propounding negative propaganda.
n
(idiomatic) A slight problem; a small predicament.
v
(by extension) To smear; to attack someone or something's reputation using slander, misrepresentation, or false accusations.
n
(idiomatic) A problem expected with any new and untried product, system, or venture
v
To coerce (someone) by using threats or violence.
n
(idiomatic) A persistent annoyance.
n
(idiomatic) A persistent difficulty or something very annoying that will not go away.
n
(obsolete) Trouble; distress; teen.
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(metaphoric) An angry outburst; vituperation.
n
(obsolete) trouble; annoyance; anger
v
Obsolete spelling of trouble [(transitive, now rare) To disturb, stir up, agitate (a medium, especially water).]
v
(transitive) In weaker sense: to bother or inconvenience.
n
A problem; something that causes trouble.
v
To be difficult to deal with; annoy.
v
(obsolete, transitive) To harass with commotion; to disquiet; to worry.
adv
Being a nuisance because of being in the way.
v
(transitive) To annoy, irritate.
v
(transitive, archaic) To curse; execrate; abuse; speak evil of.
v
(transitive) To touch repeatedly, to fiddle with.
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