4
joke(verb, stay, annoy, fool, mock)
4
josh(noun, verb, bother, disturb, annoy)
4
kid(noun, verb, annoy, scorn, insult)
4
leaf(noun, plant)
4
nit-pick(verb, upset, break, trouble, get)
4
nudge(verb, upset, trouble, press, bother)
4
offend(verb, upset, hurt, bother, annoy)
4
persecute(verb, upset, trouble, hurt, bother)
4
pierce(verb, perforate)
4
spiculum(sharpness, spike, spine)
4
spite(verb, upset, trouble, hurt, disturb)
4
stylus
4
upset(verb, break, trouble, get, bother)
3
awl(noun, perforator)
3
get under skin(verb, expression, idiom, upset, bother)
3
ridicule(noun, verb, bother, disturb, provoke)
3
arouse(verb, drive, disturb, encourage, push)
3
audio sound system(expression, idiom)
3
be at(verb, upset, trouble, get, bother)
3
borer
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