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v. cause to feel resentment or indignation; "Her tactless remark offended me"

v. hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised me ego"

outrage, shock, appal, scandalize, appall

v. strike with disgust or revulsion; "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends"

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Fuzzynyms (151)

fire, arouse, elicit, evoke, provoke, enkindle, kindle

v. call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"

displease, be offensive to

v. give displeasure to

needle, goad, nettle

v. goad or provoke,as by constant criticism; "He needled her with his sarcastic remarks"

trouble, disquiet, disorder, unhinge, perturb, derange, cark, distract

v. disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed; "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill"

rag, bother, devil, nark, nettle, gravel, irritate, mortify, get to, get at, rile, annoy, vex

v. cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"

intrigue, fascinate

v. cause to be interested or curious

madden, drive crazy, drive mad, drive nuts

v. drive up the wall; go on someone's nerves

peeve

v. cause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentful

excite, arouse a feeling

v. arouse or elicit a feeling

shake, stir, stimulate, excite, shake up

v. stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"

tickle, titillate

v. excite pleasurably or erotically; "A titillating story appeared in the usually conservative magazine"

interest, cause to be interested

v. excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of

entrance, capture, charm, trance, bewitch, enchant, enamour, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, fascinate

v. attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts"

torment, rag, dun, bedevil, tantalize, frustrate, crucify

v. treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"

invite, tempt

v. give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting; "the window displays tempted the shoppers"

raise, arouse, bring up, invoke, call forth, put forward, conjure up, call down

v. summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"

trip, trigger, spark, activate, set off, actuate, spark off, trigger off, touch off

v. put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"

hurt, injure, affect negatively, damage financially

v. cause damage or affect negatively; "Our business was hurt by the new competition"

handicap, invalid, disable, incapacitate

v. injure permanently; "He was disabled in a car accident"

disable, incapacitate, disenable

v. make unable to perform a certain action; "disable this command on your computer"

bother, annoy

v. cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"

gall, irk

v. irritate or vex; "It galls me that we lost the suit"

rag, bother, devil, nark, nettle, gravel, irritate, mortify, get to, get at, rile, annoy, vex

v. cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"

needle, goad, nettle

v. goad or provoke,as by constant criticism; "He needled her with his sarcastic remarks"

strain, stress, try

v. test the limits of; "You are trying my patience!"

repulse, repel

v. be repellent to; cause aversion in

awe, inspire awe in, inspire with dread

v. inspire awe in; "The famous professor awed the undergraduates"

throw, flurry, confuse, bewilder, put off, disconcert, consternate, bemuse, discombobulate

v. cause to feel embarrassment; "The constant attention of the young man confused her"

insult, affront

v. treat, mention, or speak to rudely; "He insulted her with his rude remarks"; "the student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone"

alarm, dismay, horrify, appal

v. fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised; "I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview"; "The news of the executions horrified us"

distress, strain emotionally

v. cause mental pain to; "The news of her child's illness distressed the mother"

terrify, terrorize

v. fill with terror; frighten greatly

enervate, faze, unnerve, unsettle

v. disturb the composure of

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