5
wearisome(adjective, hard, severe, offensive, distressing)
4
baiting(noun, verb, aggravating, incitement, goading)
4
chafing(verb, adjective, aggravating)
4
disquieting(adjective, hard, weak, severe, thin)
4
grating(verb, adjective, aggravating)
4
harrowing
4
inflaming(verb, adjective, aggravating)
4
nagging(verb, adjective, aggravating)
4
needling(verb, aggravating, incitement, goading)
4
pestilential
4
plaguing(verb, irritating, annoying, mocking, playful)
4
provocation(noun, annoyance, stimulus, nuisance, incitement)
4
provocative
4
riling
3
annoyance(noun, insult, stimulus, nuisance, affront)
3
badgering(verb, annoyance, nuisance, mocking, playful)
3
bedeviling(verb, adjective, aggravating)
3
cranky
3
disagreeable(hard, severe, offensive, distressing, upsetting)
3
disappointing(adjective, sorrow, negative, emotion)
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