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Irritant

Rendering null and void; conditionally invalidating.

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Annoyance 76% connected

The act of annoying, or the state of being annoyed; molestation; vexation; annoy.

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Bother 76% connected

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

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Botheration 76% connected

The act of bothering, or state of being bothered; cause of trouble; perplexity; annoyance; vexation.

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Infliction 76% connected

The act of inflicting or imposing; as, the infliction of torment, or of punishment.

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Nuisance 76% connected

That which annoys or gives trouble and vexation; that which is offensive or noxious.

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Pain 76% connected

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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Thorn 92% connected

A hard and sharp-pointed projection from a woody stem; usually, a branch so transformed; a spine.

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