3
botheration(noun, trouble, bother, strain, difficulty)
3
excitant(spur, motivator)
3
frustration(noun, irritation, infuriation, exasperation, enragement)
3
galling
3
headache(noun, trouble, bother, strain, difficulty)
3
torment(noun, trouble, pain, feelings, annoyance)
2
gadfly(noun, pain, irritation, annoyance, nuisance)
2
annoying
2
besetment(noun, bother, pain, feelings, irritation)
2
calamity(noun, blight, visitation)
2
curse(noun, bother, annoyance, nuisance)
2
exacerbation(irritation, frustration, enragement)
2
irritants
2
irritative
2
nag(noun, bother, pain, irritation, annoyance)
2
nudge(noun, trouble, bother, strain, difficulty)
2
peeve(noun, pain, feelings, irritation, gripe)
2
pester(pain, irritation, annoyance)
2
provocative
2
scourge(bother, annoyance, nuisance)
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