2
horrify(verb, pain)
2
huff
2
insult(verb, resentment)
2
lapse(verb, stop, end, pass, fall)
2
madden(verb, upset, bother, annoy, provoke)
2
make sore(expression, annoy, provoke, excite, irritate)
2
niggle
2
perturb(verb, aggravate)
2
pierce
2
put out(verb, expression, trouble, bother, disturb)
2
raise hell(expression, annoy, provoke, excite, irritate)
2
ripen
2
roil(verb, upset, bother, disturb, annoy)
2
scandalize
2
sphacelate
2
stew(verb, annoy, provoke, excite, irritate)
2
sting
2
tempt(verb, annoy, provoke, excite, irritate)
2
umbrage(verb, annoy, provoke, excite, irritate)
2
wither(verb, stop, end, pass, fall)
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