Thesaurus:annoy

Thesaurus
annoy

English

Synonyms
  • aggravate    [⇒ thesaurus]
  • annoy
  • antagonize
  • badger
  • bother
  • bug
  • bedevil
  • devil
  • exasperate
  • get up
  • grotch
  • hack off
  • harass
  • hassle
  • infuriate
  • irk
  • irritate
  • jazz
  • nark
  • peeve
  • persecute
  • pester
  • pique
  • piss off (vulgar)
  • provoke
  • rile
  • storm    [⇒ thesaurus]
  • tick off    [⇒ thesaurus] (Canada, US)
  • trouble
  • try one's patience
  • vex
  • wind up
  •   —
Idioms:
  • boil someone's piss
  • chap someone's hide
  • get on someone's nerves
  • get on someone's tits (vulgar)
  • get on someone's wick
  • get someone's back up
  • get someone's dander up
  • get someone's goat
  • get someone's Irish up (racist)
  • give someone the shits (Australia, colloquial, vulgar)
  • grind one's gears
  • harsh one's mellow
  • pee off (slang)
  • put someone's back up
  • raise someone's hackles
  • rub the wrong way
  • ruffle some feathers
  • ruffle someone's feathers
Antonyms
  • please
  • soothe
See also
  • Thesaurus:annoyed
  • Thesaurus:enrage

Further reading

  • “830. painfulness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
  • “annoy” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.
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