GROUP VOCABULARY - Session 2

SESSION 2:  IRRITATE/ IRRITABLE/IRRITATING

 

1   TO IRRITATE (Verb form)

* To irritate, bother, harass, trouble, disturb, annoy, tease, make angry, enrage
* Note: Some of the meanings have secondary definitions. They may appear in other groups also

S.NO	Word	Meaning	Antonyms
1.	GALL	To vex or irritate greatly; bitterness of spirit; deep resentment.	appease, calm, gladden, humor, make happy, mollify, pacify
2.	INCENSE	Make angry; enrage.	make happy, pacify, placate, please, soothe, tickle
3	IRK (Irksome)	To irritate, annoy, or exasperate:	please
4	VEX	1. To irritate; annoy; provoke 2. to torment; trouble; distress;	aid, assist, help, soothe
5	CHAFE	Annoy, Irritate	appease, calm, make happy, molify, pacify
6	GRATE	1. To irritate or annoy persistently. 2. to sound harshly	gladden, humor, make happy, mollify, pacify
7	PESTER	To bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble:	appease, calm, gladden, humor, make happy
8	FESTER	To be or become an increasing source of irritation or poisoning; rankle; To form an ulcer;	1.calm, quiet, soothe;2. decrease, diminish, dissipate, lessen, soothe
9	FLUSTER	To put into a state of agitated confusion; Upset; disturb	calm; not bother, pacify, placate, quiet, soothe
10	RANKLE	To continue to cause keen irritation or bitter resentment within the mind; fester; be painful.	make happy, pacify, placate, please, soothe, tickle
11	NETTLE	To irritate, annoy, or provoke.	appease, calm, gladden, humor, make happy, mollify, pacify
12	RILE	To irritate or vex.	conciliate, please, soothe
13	ROIL	1.to disturb or disquiet; irritate; vex: 2. To make (a liquid) muddy or cloudy by stirring up sediment	1.delight, make happy, please, satisfy;
14	FRET (Fretting)	1.to torment; irritate, annoy, or vex; 2. an irritated state of mind; annoyance;	appease, calm, make happy, molify, pacify
15	BESET	1.To trouble persistently; harass 2. annoy continually	aid, comfort, help, relieve, take care of, champion, support
16	UPSET	To distress or perturb mentally or emotionally; to bother	delight, make happy, please
17	BADGER	Annoy persistently	assuage, please
19	HARRY	To harass, annoy, or prove a nuisance to by or as if by repeated attacks; worry:	leave in peace; aid, comfort, help, relieve
20	PROVOKE	1.To anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex. 2. to incite or stimulate (a person, animal, etc.) to action.	1.allay, appease, calm, gladden, humor, make happy, mollify, pacify2. deter, discourage, dissuade, frustrate, hinder, impede, obstruct, prevent, prohibit, thwart
21	PIQUE	1. To cause to feel resentment or indignation.2. To provoke; arouse:	1.appease, calm, gladden, humor, make happy, mollify, pacify
22	HARROW	To disturb keenly or painfully; distress the mind, feelings, etc.,	comfort, console, reassure
23	BAIT	1. Harass; tease. 2. Lure, trap	1.make happy, pacify, placate, please, soothe, tickle 2. deter, discourage,
24	CHAGRIN	To vex by disappointment or humiliation; To shame;	1. delight, make happy, please
25	PERTURB	1. To disturb greatly; make uneasy or anxious; 2. To throw into great confusion.	gratify, make happy, please, soothe;
26	EMBITTER	To make bitter; cause to feel bitterness To arouse bitter feelings in	calm, comfort, pacify
27	AFFLICT	To distress with mental or bodily pain; trouble greatly or grievously; vex, harass,	aid, comfort, help, relieve, take care of
28	TANTALIZE	1. tease or harass by arousing expectations that are repeatedly disappointed.2. Harass with persistent criticism or carping 3. tempt, allure	1.aid, help, please 2. disenchant, repulse, turn off ,disgust, repel, repulse, turn away, turn off
27	EXACERBATE	To increase the severity, bitterness, or violence of (disease, ill feeling, etc.); aggravate.	appease, assuage, calm, ease, mitigate, mollify, pacify, placate, soften, soothe
28	EXASPERATE	To irritate or provoke to a high degree; annoy extremely; To make very angry	appease, calm, mollify, pacify, placate, please, soothe
30	AGGRAVATE	Annoy; to make something worse	appease, calm, gladden, humor, make happy, mollify, pacify
29	TORMENT	1.To worry or annoy excessively 2. To annoy, pester, or harass; distress	contentment, happiness
30	EXCRUCIATE	1. to cause mental anguish to; irritate greatly.2. to inflict severe pain upon;	console, exalt, solace
31	TAUNT	1. To reproach in a mocking, insulting, or contemptuous manner 2. to tease in a sarcastic, insulting, or jeering manner; mock.3.Provocation	compliment, praise, respect
32	BELEAGUER	1. To harass, pester, badger, bother, vex, annoy, plague, and hector 2. To surround with troops; besiege	aid, assit, help, support
33	HECTOR	1. to act in a blustering, domineering way; be a bully.2. Torture, badger, harass.	assist, help, leave alone
34	ABRADE	1. To make weary through constant irritation; wear down spiritually.2.To wear down or rub away by friction; erode.	gratify, make happy, please, soothe
35	PERSECUTE	To pursue with harassing or oppressive treatment, esp. because of religion, race, or beliefs; harass persistently.	cherish, coddle, defend, dote on, help, nurture, pamper, preserve, protect, respect
36	HARASS	annoy by repeated attacks	make happy, please, soothe
37	RUFFLE	1. To disturb, vex, or irritate 2. to destroy the smoothness or evenness of	calm, smooth
38	INFURIATE	To make furious; enrage.	please, soothe
39	ENRAGE	To make extremely angry; put into a rage; infuriate	calm, compose, pacify, placate, please, soothe
40	INFLAME	1. To make more violent; intensify 2. To arouse to passionate feeling or action	calm, dampen
41	SEETHE	To be violently excited or agitated: boil vigorously;	make happy, pacify, placate, please, soothe, tickle
42	MIFF	To cause to become offended or annoyed.	please

*Easy Synonyms TO irritate, bother, annoy: anger, annoy, bother, bug*, burn*, confuse, distemper, disturb, enrage, madden, needle*, offend, pain, rasp, rattle, rile, roil, sour, vex, nag, agitate, arouse,  boil*, egg on*, excite, get mad, goad, incense, irritate, outrage, raise hell*, rant, seethe, steam up*, stew, stir up*,

2. IRRITATING PERSON OR THING (Noun form)

1	GADFLY	A persistently annoying person; animal-biting fly	blessing, help
2	CURMUDGEON	a bad-tempered, difficult, cantankerous person.	complimenter
2	PEST	Troublesome or annoying person	charmer, exciter
3	HECKLER	Person who verbally harasses others; someone who tries to embarrass you with gibes and questions and objections ;	blessing, help;
4	FIREBRAND	Hothead; troublemaker;	pacifier, peacemaker
5	KIBITZER	A giver of uninvited or unwanted advice.	One who doesn’t meddle;
6	INCENDIARY	1. One who creates or stirs up factionalism or sedition; an agitator.2. An arsonist.	pacifier, peacemaker

*Alternative forms of words (Verb, Noun or Adjective)  are given in the paranthesis.

 *Easy Synonyms for Irritating person or a thing: bad egg, besetment, blister, bore, bother, botheration, bum*, bummer, flat tire, foul ball, frump, headache*, inconvenience, infliction, insect*, irritant, irritation,  louse, nag*, nudge*, offense, pain, pest, pester, pesterer, plague, poor excuse*, problem, trouble, vexation

 

3. IRRITABLE (Adj. form)/ IRRITATING (Adj. form)

1. *Irritable: easily irritated or annoyed; readily excited to impatience or anger.
2. *The words given below express the characteristics of an irritating, angry and   quarrelsome personality.
3. *The man with “rude/rough/ character words have also been included.

 

1	BILIOUS	1. Peevish; irritable; cranky.2. extremely unpleasant or distasteful	1.Healthy, robust 2. civil, kind, kindly, peaceable, sweet
2	SPLENETIC	Irritable; peevish; spiteful.	civil, kind, kindly, peaceable, sweet
3	CHOLERIC	Extremely irritable or easily angered; irascible	calm, content, euphoric, gleeful, happy, joyful, joyous,
4	GRUMPY	Angry	good-humored
5	CRABBY (Crabbed)	Ill-natured; irritable; peevish	amiable, good-humored, good-natured, happy, pleasant, sweet
6	GROUCHY	Sullenly discontented; sulky; morose; ill-tempered.	complimenting; cheerful, easygoing, good-humored, good-natured, happy, nice,
7	CANTANKEROUS	Ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable:	Cheerful, easygoing, good-humored, good-natured, happy, nice, pleasant
8	BELLIGERENT	Warlike character; aggressively hostile; Inclined or eager to fight; hostile or aggressive.	kind, nice, pacific, passive, peaceful
9	BELLICOSE	Aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious.	calm, easygoing, mild, passive, peaceful
10	PUGNACIOUS	Inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.	friendly, peaceable
11	CONTENTIOUS	quarrelsome	friendly, peaceable
12	ANTAGONISTIC	hostile; unfriendly. acting in opposition; opposing, esp. mutually.	agreeable, caring, eager, sympathetic, willing
13	PEEVISH (peeve)	1. Irritable 2. showing annoyance, irritation, or bad mood	good-humored, good-natured, happy, nice, pleasant
14	TESTY	Irritable; Irritably impatient; touchy.	happy, pleasant
15	TOUCHY	Irritable	easy-going, laid-back, unflappable
16	CROTCHETY	Irritable; given to odd notions, whims, grouchiness, etc.	good-humored, good-natured, happy, nice, pleasant, sweet
17	FUSSY	1.Easily upset; given to bouts of ill temper:2.Paying great or excessive attention to personal tastes and appearance; fastidious:	1.accepting, approving, complimentary, praising; 2. careless, inattentive,
18	CRANKY	Ill-tempered; grouchy; cross:	cheerful, good-humored, happy, pleasant, sweet
19	PETULANT (petulance)	1. Unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered; peevish.2.Contemptuous in speech or behavior.	affable, good-humored
20	TRUCULENT (truculence)	Aggressively hostile; belligerent. fierce; cruel; eager to fight;	agreeable, compromising, pacifistic, passive, peaceful;
21	IRASCIBLE (Irate, Ire)	very irritable; characterized or produced by anger;	cheerful, easygoing ,civil, kind, kindly, peaceable, sweet
22	QUERULOUS	Grouchy, full of complaints; complaining.; peevish	cheerful, good-humored, happy, pleasant
23	SNAPPY	1. Impatient or irritable, as a person or a reply.2. Informal. crisp, smart, lively,	1.good-natured, peaceable 2. slovenly
24	FRACTIOUS	1. Refractory or unruly:2. readily angered; peevish; irritable; quarrelsome:	amiable, good-humored
25	REFRACTORY	Obstinately resistant to authority or control; unruly; fractious	agreeable, complaisant, concordant, harmonious
26	PETTISH	Petulantly peevish; Ill-tempered; peevish.	cheerful, good-humored, happy, pleasant
27	WASPISH	1. Irascibly or petulantly spiteful:2. quick to resent a trifling affront or injury; snappish.3. Having a slight or slender build.	cheerful, good-humored, happy, pleasant
28	CROSS	Angry and annoyed; ill-humored; snappish	cheerful, good-humored, happy, pleasant
29	BRISTLING	rising like bristles; showing irritation	consoling, flattering, kind, pleasant
30	RANCOROUS	Bitter, long-lasting resentment; deep-seated ill will; enmity	gentle, pleasant
31	CRUSTY	Irritable	cheerful, easygoing, good-natured, happy, pleasant
32	PRICKLY	very irritable; Causing trouble or vexation; thorny	affable, easygoing
RUDE/ROUGH/ CHARACTER
1	SURLY	churlishly rude or bad-tempered; unfriendly or hostile; menacingly irritable;	gentle, pleasant
2	CHURLISH	Having a bad disposition; surly; rude and boorish ;	agreeable, civil, nice, pleasant, polite
3	GRUFF	rough, brusque, or surly	courteous, friendly
4	BRUSQUE	Abrupt in manner; blunt; rough:	considerate, courteous, gracious, kind, polite
5	CURT	1. Rudely brief in speech or abrupt in manner.2. Brief; concise; terse; laconic.	courteous, gracious, lengthy, loquacious, polite, voluble

*Alternative forms of words (Verb, Noun or Adjective) are given in the parenthesis.