4
burn(verb, bother, disturb, annoy, provoke)
4
crumble(verb, stop, end, pass, fall)
4
decay(verb, stop, end, pass, fall)
4
displease(verb, trouble, annoy, provoke, excite)
4
distress
4
disturb(verb, upset, trouble, bother, annoy)
4
eat into(verb, expression, phrasal verb)
4
envenom(verb, aggravate, resentment, poison)
4
exacerbate(verb, upset, annoy, provoke, excite)
4
fall into decay(expression, idiom, deterioration)
4
harry(verb, aggravate)
4
miff(verb, trouble, annoy, provoke, excite)
4
nag(verb, trouble, worry, concern, aggravate)
4
obsess(verb, annoy, irritate, irk)
4
outrage(verb, annoy, provoke, excite, irritate)
4
putrefy
4
stir the blood(expression, idiom, resentment)
4
suppurate
3
agonize
3
badger(verb, aggravate)
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