The act of aggravating, or making worse; -- used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing in severity or heinousness; something additional t…
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The act of annoying, or the state of being annoyed; molestation; vexation; annoy.
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The act of aggravating, or making worse; -- used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing in severity or heinousness; something additional t…
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An idle, worthless fellow, who is without any visible means of support; a dissipated sponger.
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The feeling of one who is displeased; irritation or uneasiness of the mind, occasioned by anything that counteracts desire or command, or which oppos…
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The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.
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The act of frustrating; disappointment; defeat; as, the frustration of one's designs
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The act of harassing, or state of being harassed; worry; annoyance; anxiety.
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To swell; to enlarge; to puff up; as, huffed up with air.
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The quality of being impatient; want of endurance of pain, suffering, opposition, or delay; eagerness for change, or for something expected; restless…
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Rendering null and void; conditionally invalidating.
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The act of irritating, or exciting, or the state of being irritated; excitement; stimulation, usually of an undue and uncomfortable kind; especially,…
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A petty falling out; a tiff; a quarrel; offense.
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That which annoys or gives trouble and vexation; that which is offensive or noxious.
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A cotton fabric, figured in the loom, -- used as a dress goods for women and children, and for vestings, etc.
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That which smites, wounds, or troubles; a blow; a calamity; any afflictive evil or torment; a great trail or vexation.
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To mingle in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to modify, as by adding some new element; to qualify, as by an ingredient; hence, to soften; to…
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A hard and sharp-pointed projection from a woody stem; usually, a branch so transformed; a spine.
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An engine for casting stones.
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Trouble; vexation; also, physical pain or smart of a sore, etc.
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The bile; -- formerly supposed to be the seat and cause of irascibility.
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Anger; wrath.
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Wrong treatment.
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To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to tease; to ruffle in mind; to vex; as, I was annoyed by his remarks.
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To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to tease; to ruffle in mind; to vex; as, I was annoyed by his remarks.
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To annoy; to trouble; to worry; to perplex. See Pother.
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To annoy; to trouble; to worry; to perplex. See Pother.
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To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter.
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To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter.
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To put into confused motion; to disturb; to agitate.
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To put into confused motion; to disturb; to agitate.
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of Annoy
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To annoy; to trouble; to worry; to perplex. See Pother.
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The act of bothering, or state of being bothered; cause of trouble; perplexity; annoyance; vexation.
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To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.
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The act of inflicting or imposing; as, the infliction of torment, or of punishment.
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The act of irritating, or exciting, or the state of being irritated; excitement; stimulation, usually of an undue and uncomfortable kind; especially,…
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That which annoys or gives trouble and vexation; that which is offensive or noxious.
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Punishment suffered or denounced; suffering or evil inflicted as a punishment for crime, or connected with the commission of a crime; penalty.
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The act of vexing, or the state of being vexed; agitation; disquiet; trouble; irritation.
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