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chafe(verb, upset, trouble, help, bother)
14
fret(verb, upset, trouble, help, bother)
14
grate(verb, cover, beat, reduce, bother)
10
gall(verb, upset, trouble, help, bother)
10
irritate(verb, upset, trouble, help, bother)
5
irk(verb, upset, trouble, bother, disturb)
4
annoy(verb, upset, trouble, bother, disturb)
4
bug(verb, upset, trouble, bother, disturb)
4
provoke(verb, upset, trouble, bother, disturb)
4
ruffle(verb, upset, trouble, bother, disturb)
4
vex(verb, upset, trouble, bother, disturb)
3
bother(verb, upset, trouble, disturb, worry)
3
exercise(verb, upset, worry, raise, irritate)
3
perturb(verb, upset, trouble, bother, disturb)
2
aggravate(verb, upset, bother, raise, annoy)
2
get(verb, upset, trouble, bother, disturb)
2
hit where one lives(expression, idiom, upset, trouble, bother)
2
make waves(expression, upset, trouble, bother, disturb)
2
nag(verb, upset, trouble, bother, disturb)
2
rile(verb, upset, trouble, bother, disturb)
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