9
arouse(verb, upset, drive, bother, disturb)
9
burn(verb, upset, help, hurt, light)
9
exacerbate(verb, upset, trouble, light, disturb)
9
excite(verb, upset, drive, bother, disturb)
9
persecute(verb, upset, trouble, attack, hurt)
9
roil(verb, upset, light, bother, disturb)
8
agitate(verb, upset, trouble, bother, disturb)
8
bait(verb, attack, hurt, bother, worry)
8
bedevil(verb, upset, trouble, attack, hurt)
8
get under skin(verb, expression, idiom, upset, disorder)
8
goad(verb, upset, trouble, drive, bother)
8
injure(verb, upset, break, trouble, get)
8
perturb(verb, upset, trouble, attack, bother)
8
pick on(verb, expression, phrasal verb, upset, break)
8
rack(verb, upset, break, trouble, get)
8
rasp(verb, upset, trouble, bother, hit)
8
ride(verb, upset, trouble, bother, disturb)
7
ail(verb, upset, break, trouble, get)
7
bore(verb, upset, trouble, bother, disturb)
7
disquiet(verb, upset, break, trouble, get)
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