Aggravate
101ease — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. comfort, luxury; rest, repose; content, enjoyment, complacency; relief; leisure, convenience; facility, readiness, expertness; unconstraint, naturalness. See pleasure, elegance. v. mitigate, lessen,… …
102increase — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Act of making larger Nouns 1. increase, augmentation, enlargement, extension; dilation, expansion; advance, appreciation; gain, profit, increment, accretion; accession, addition; development, growth;… …
103irk — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. annoy (see discontent). II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. irritate, annoy, exasperate; see bother 2 , 3 . See Synonym Study at bother . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. annoy, irritate, *bug, aggravate,… …
104nettle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. trouble, irritate; prickle; ruffle, annoy, provoke; vex, offend. See discontent. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. annoy, pester, irritate; see bother 3 , disturb 2 , insult . See Synonym Study at irritate .… …
105provoke — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. annoy, irritate, exasperate, nettle; excite, arouse; anger, incite, evoke, elicit; goad, vex. See cause, excitement, resentment. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To vex] Syn. irritate, put out, aggravate;… …
106rile — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t., informal, annoy, vex. See discontent. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. irritate, provoke, annoy; see anger 1 , bother 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. anger, annoy, irritate, peeve, *rub the wrong way …
107ruffle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. gather, shirr, crinkle, corrugate, plait; agitate, ripple, tousle, rumple, disarrange; vex, irritate. See agitation, excitement, disorder, roughness, fold. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. flounce, furbelow …
108vex — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. tease, plague, harass, torment; roil, pique; fret, chafe, irritate, annoy, provoke, nettle. Informal, peeve, rile. See resentment, discontent. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To trouble] Syn. distress, worry,… …
109peeve — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. irritate, annoy, anger; see bother 2 . See Synonym Study at irritate . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. irk, annoy, irritate, *bug, bother, aggravate, *rub the wrong way, nettle, vex, gall, *burn one up. III (Roget s… …
110Increase — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Increase >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 increase increase augmentation enlargement extension Sgm: N 1 dilatation dilatation &c.(expansion) 194 Sgm: N 1 increment increment accretion Sgm: N 1 accession …
