| whet(verb, bother, disturb, touch, start) |
| ache(noun, verb, upset, trouble, hurt) |
| activate(verb, start, encourage, provoke, excite) |
| affront(verb, upset, bother, annoy, provoke) |
| anguish(noun, verb, upset, trouble, hurt) |
| antagonize(verb, annoy, provoke, excite, irritate) |
| bite(noun, verb, upset, trouble, hurt) |
| blow the coals(expression, idiom) |
| blow up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, annoy, provoke) |
| commove(verb, get, cause, touch, encourage) |
| discomfort(verb, upset, trouble, hurt, disturb) |
| disquiet(verb, upset, trouble, hurt, disturb) |
| elicit(verb, bother, cause, disturb, start) |
| evoke(verb, bother, disturb, delight, stimulate) |
| feed |
| fester(annoy, provoke, agitate, irritate, irk) |
| huff |
| key up(expression, disturb, promote, encourage, provoke) |
| kill by inches(expression, idiom) |
| light the fuse(expression, idiom) |