| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. Something that annoys: aggravation, annoyance, besetment, bother, irritant, irritation, nuisance, peeve, torment, vexation. See FEELINGS, PAIN. 2. A cause of suffering or harm: affliction, bane, curse, evil, ill, scourge, woe. See HELP. 3. A sudden increase in something, as the occurrence of a disease: epidemic, outbreak, rash2. See INCREASE. | | VERB: | 1. To bring great harm or suffering to: afflict, agonize, anguish, curse, excruciate, rack, scourge, smite, strike, torment, torture. See ATTACK, HELP. 2. To disturb by repeated attacks: annoy, bait, bedevil, beleaguer, beset, harass, harry, pester, tease, torment, worry. See FEELINGS, PAIN. 3. To trouble persistently from or as if from all sides: badger, bedevil, beleaguer, beset, besiege, harass, harry, hound, importune, pester, solicit. See ATTACK.
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