| peevishness(noun, passion, temper, anger, rage) |
| pick on(verb, expression, get, bother, annoy) |
| pluck the beard(expression, idiom) |
| plume(verb, informal, swell, pride, boast) |
| prompt(verb, drive, cause, start, encourage) |
| put up to(expression, idiom) |
| rage(noun, hurt, passion, slight, rise) |
| ride(verb, upset, bother, annoy, distress) |
| stir the embers(expression, idiom) |
| tiff(noun, verb, passion, dispute, annoy) |
| transgress(verb, upset, hurt, disturb, provoke) |
| trigger(verb, drive, cause, disturb, encourage) |
| aggrieve(verb, upset, break, cut, hurt) |
| agitation(noun, irritation, annoyance) |
| animus(noun, hurt, passion, rise, scorn) |
| annoying |
| antagonize(verb, upset, hurt, bother, disturb) |
| anxiety(noun, irritation, annoyance) |
| appall |
| asperity |