Englishvex
verb
Alice was vexed by his remarks:
annoy, irritate, infuriate, anger, incense, inflame, enrage, irk, chagrin, exasperate, madden, pique, provoke, nettle, disturb, upset, perturb, discompose, put out;
try, try someone's patience, get on someone's nerves, bother, trouble, worry, agitate, harass, harry, fuss, fluster, ruffle, hound;
rankle with, nag, torment, pain, distress, tease, frustrate, chafe, grate, fret, gall, outrage, displease, offend, disgust, dissatisfy, disquiet;
British rub up the wrong way;
Northern English mither;
informal peeve, aggravate, miff, bug, bite, eat, hassle, rile, get to, hack off, make someone's blood boil, make someone see red, get someone's goat, get someone's hackles up, make someone's hackles rise, get someone's back up, get someone's dander up, drive up the wall, drive bananas, needle, be a thorn in someone's side/flesh, be a pain in the neck, ruffle someone's feathers, get in someone's hair, get under someone's skin, give someone a hard time;
British, informal nark, get on someone's wick, give someone the hump, wind up, get across, get up someone's nose;
North American, informal tick off, ride, rankle, gravel, bum out;
vulgar slang piss off, get on someone's tits.
▷antonyms mollify, appease.
| choose the right word | vex, annoy, irritate, aggravate, peeve |
| See annoy. | |