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(n)
(uncountable) The psychological state of being annoyed or irritated.
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(rare) That which annoys; an annoyance.
The infliction of trouble or distress.
Mental or bodily distress.
The property, state, or condition of being sore; painfulness.
The act of provoking, inciting or annoying someone into doing something.
A general tendency or orientation towards a certain type of mood, a volatile state; a habitual way of thinking, behaving or reacting.
A tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings.
A source of irritation.
The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.
(adj)
Causing irritation, annoyance or pain.
A minor annoyance or inconvenience.
The feeling of annoyance at impossibility from resistance or inability to achieve something.
An anger aroused by something perceived as an indignity, notably an offense or injustice.
(uncountable) The resentful, indignant, or shocked anger aroused by such acts.
A distressing or dangerous situation.
The state of being confused; misunderstanding.
Something that is not convenient, something that bothers.
(informal) Initialism of silent but deadly (fart): inaudible but odorous flatulence.
A seaport, the largest city in British Columbia, Canada.
A feeling of being displeased with something or someone; dissatisfaction; disapproval.
(v)
(transitive) To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for.
(uncountable) Agitation; the state of being perturbed.
The state of being irksome
Anger or displeasure stemming from belief that one or one's group has been wronged or betrayed by others; indignation.
Childish impatience or sulkiness; testiness.
Distress of mind caused by a failure of aims or plans, want of appreciation, mistakes etc; vexation or mortification.
The act by which something is chafed.
(uncountable) Extreme anger.
The state of being itchy.
The act of inciting or moving to action.
Something (such as an ointment) to be so rubbed in
The state or act of reaggravating.
An act of irradiating, or state of being irradiated.
The initiation of combustion.
That rouses or excites.
The act of committing an offence.
Sexual arousal.
Causing arousal.
The state of being aggrieved.
The act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced.
(physics) The radiant power received by unit area of surface.
(medicine) Friction of a surface after the application of an ointment, to aid absorption.
The action or result of the verb put.
The act, or an instance, of burning incense.
The act of acidulating.
The act of stimulating; stimulation.
The act or process of iotizing.
(countable) A wrong or hardship suffered, which is the grounds of a complaint.
A fiery pain.
The act of accusing.
Obsolete form of incitement. [A call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal way.]
The act of one who curses.
The act or process of eroticizing.
The act of inhibiting.
The act of reviling.
The act of complaining.
(obsolete) stimulation
A call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal way.
The act of invigorating or the state of being invigorated.
The act of eliciting.
The act or process of incrementing.
The act or process of puncturing.
The state of being intoxicated or drunk.
The act of incriminating someone.
(archaic) Rousing, stirring up; excitement, agitation.
(uncountable) The act or process of delivering a rant.
The act of imposing a tax.
Encouragement; excitation; instigation.
The act or action of reinvigorating.
(obsolete) The act of kindling or the state of being kindled; ignition.
The act of anesthetizing
The act of making something moist.
Announcement; declaration.
The act of one who complains or censures.
Words or actions that increase someone's confidence
An act or instance of somebody being pressured.
The act of instilling.
The act of impugning
The act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an acid.
An act of derision.
The act of wiping.
A statement expressing opposition, or a reason or cause for expressing opposition (generally followed by the adposition to).
The act or process of moisturizing.
The act by which somebody is reminded of something.
The act of illuminating, or supplying with light; the state of being illuminated.
Language intended to give advice or to urge or encourage.
The act of one who retches.
The act of dilating.
An act of inspection.
The act or agency by which an effect is produced.
the act of incurring something