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upsetting(adjective, painful, aggravating)
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troubling
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afflicting
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cramping(adjective, painful, paining)
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exasperating(adjective, upsetting, irritating, annoying)
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plaguing(mocking, playful, tongue-in-cheek)
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smarting(adjective, tender, raw, painful)
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badgering(mocking, playful, aggravating, tongue-in-cheek)
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bedeviling(adjective, aggravating)
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inflaming(adjective, painful, aggravating, paining)
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irking
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paining
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rankling(adjective, aggravating)
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baiting(noun, aggravating)
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bullying(noun, adjective, threatening)
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fretting
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harrying
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infuriating(adjective, aggravating)
3
nagging(adjective, painful, burning, upsetting)
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perturbing(adjective, aggravating)
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