| get(verb, bother, disturb, annoy, confuse) |
| grate on(verb, expression, phrasal verb, upset, bother) |
| grinding(noun, rub, scourings, scraping, rasping) |
| kill by inches(expression, idiom) |
| lave(verb, touch, arrange, physical, organize) |
| mill(verb, reduce, crush, grind, slice) |
| prolong the agony(expression, idiom) |
| put to torture(expression, idiom) |
| rake(verb, touch, arrange, organize, gather) |
| rub out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, friction) |
| scratching(noun, scraping, scrivening, rasping, pencraft) |
| set on edge(expression, idiom) |
| squawk(call, cry, yell, peep, shriek) |
| squeak(noun, verb, cry, yell, scream) |
| sweep(verb, clear, touch, arrange, physical) |
| triturate(verb, cover, reduce, smooth, crush) |
| absterge(verb, arrange, organize, pick, sweep) |
| afflict(verb, upset, bother, annoy, distress) |
| aggravate(verb, upset, bother, annoy, provoke) |
| attenuate(verb, reduce, crush, slice, chop) |