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| harbor vindictive feeling(idiom, revenge) | |
| hurt the feelings(idiom, resentment) | |
| kindle wrath(idiom, resentment) | |
| make bitter(harm, anger, injure, poison) | |
| make one shudder(idiom, pain) | |
| make one sick(idiom, pain) | |
| make sick(harm, anger, injure, poison) | |
| make waves(upset, trouble, annoy, excite) | |
| raise anger(idiom, resentment) | |
| rub the wrong way(verb, idiom, upset, bother) | |
| rub up the wrong way(verb, idiom, bother, annoy) | |
| run to seed(idiom, deterioration) | |
| scratch repeatedly | |
| spring a leak(idiom, deterioration) | |
| stir up bile(idiom, resentment) | |
| try the patience of(idiom, upset, annoy, excite) | |
| turn the stomach(idiom, pain) | |
| widen the breach(idiom, resentment) | |
| wind somebody up(verb, idiom, bother, annoy) | |
| wind up(frustrate, infuriate, madden) |
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