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Chevy

See Chivy, v. t.

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Annoy 76% connected

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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Bother 76% connected

To annoy; to trouble; to worry; to perplex. See Pother.

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Chafe 76% connected

To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.

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Devil 76% connected

The Evil One; Satan, represented as the tempter and spiritual of mankind.

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Gravel 76% connected

Small stones, or fragments of stone; very small pebbles, often intermixed with particles of sand.

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Irritate 76% connected

To render null and void.

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Nettle 76% connected

A plant of the genus Urtica, covered with minute sharp hairs containing a poison that produces a stinging sensation. Urtica gracitis is common in the…

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Rag 76% connected

To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter.

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Rile 76% connected

To render turbid or muddy; to stir up; to roil.

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Vex 76% connected

To to/s back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.

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Bedevil 76% connected

To throw into utter disorder and confusion, as if by the agency of evil spirits; to bring under diabolical influence; to torment.

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Crucify 76% connected

To fasten to a cross; to put to death by nailing the hands and feet to a cross or gibbet.

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Dun 76% connected

A mound or small hill.

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Frustrate 76% connected

Vain; ineffectual; useless; unprofitable; null; voil; nugatory; of no effect.

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Goad 76% connected

A pointed instrument used to urge on a beast; hence, any necessity that urges or stimulates.

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Haze 76% connected

Light vapor or smoke in the air which more or less impedes vision, with little or no dampness; a lack of transparency in the air; hence, figuratively…

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Needle 76% connected

A small instrument of steel, sharply pointed at one end, with an eye to receive a thread, -- used in sewing.

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Rag 76% connected

To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter.

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Torment 76% connected

An engine for casting stones.

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Harasser 74% connected

One who harasses.

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Harasser 74% connected

One who harasses.

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Harassment 74% connected

The act of harassing, or state of being harassed; worry; annoyance; anxiety.

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Harassment 74% connected

The act of harassing, or state of being harassed; worry; annoyance; anxiety.

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Beset 92% connected

of Beset

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Chivy 92% connected

To goad, drive, hunt, throw, or pitch.

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Harass 92% connected

To fatigue; to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts; esp., to weary by importunity, teasing, or fretting; to cause to endure excessive burdens o…

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Harry 92% connected

To strip; to lay waste; as, the Northmen came several times and harried the land.

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Molest 92% connected

To trouble; to disturb; to render uneasy; to interfere with; to vex.

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Plague 92% connected

That which smites, wounds, or troubles; a blow; a calamity; any afflictive evil or torment; a great trail or vexation.

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Provoke 92% connected

To call forth; to call into being or action; esp., to incense to action, a faculty or passion, as love, hate, or ambition; hence, commonly, to incite…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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