Synonyms and antonyms of To make someone angry or annoyed in British Thesaurus

annoy (verb)

to make someone feel slightly angry or impatient

provoke (verb)

to deliberately try to make someone angry

anger (verb)

to make someone feel angry

bother (verb)

to annoy someone by interrupting them when they are busy or want to be left alone

frustrate (verb)

to make someone feel annoyed and impatient by preventing them from doing or getting something

irritate (verb)

to make someone feel annoyed or impatient

madden (verb)

to make someone very angry

antagonize (verb)

to make someone feel angry with you, so that they start to dislike you or have a negative attitude towards you

infuriate (verb)

to make someone extremely angry

drive someone mad ()

to make someone feel extremely angry or upset

aggravate (verb)

mainly spoken to annoy someone

antagonise ()

a British spelling of antagonize

bait (verb)

to deliberately try to make someone angry

be a pain (in the neck) ()

to be very annoying. You can also say be a pain in the bum or arse but these expressions are impolite

bug (verb)

informal to annoy someone

bum out (mainly American)

mainly Americaninformal to annoy someone or make them disappointed

disgust (verb)

if something disgusts you, it is so bad or immoral that it makes you angry and upset

displease (verb)

formal to annoy someone, or to make them angry, for example by making a mistake

do someone’s head in ()

to be more annoying, difficult, boring etc than you can deal with

drive (verb)

informal to annoy someone by doing something

drive someone bonkers (informal)

informal to annoy someone very much

drive someone crazy (informal)

informal to make someone very upset or angry

drive someone daft (informal)

informal to make someone feel very annoyed

drive someone nuts (informal)

informal to make someone very annoyed

drive someone round the bend ()

to annoy someone very much

drive someone scatty (British)

Britishinformal to make someone angry and annoyed

drive someone to distraction ()

to annoy someone so much that they become angry or upset

enrage (verb)

to make someone extremely angry

exasperate (verb)

to make someone feel extremely annoyed and impatient because things are not happening in the way that they want

fuck off (offensive)

offensiveBritish an extremely offensive expression that means to make someone very angry

gall (verb)

to make someone feel annoyed or angry, especially because something is not fair

get (verb)

spoken to annoy someone

get on someone’s nerves ()

if someone or something gets on your nerves, they make you feel annoyed or nervous

get on someone’s tits ()

to annoy someone a lot

get on someone’s wick ()

to annoy someone

get on the wrong side of someone ()

to make someone feel angry towards you

get/put someone’s back up ()

to annoy someone

get (right) up your nose ()

to annoy you a lot

get someone’s goat ()

to annoy someone

get/take a rise out of someone ()

to make someone react angrily by saying something that will annoy them

get to ()

to annoy or upset someone

get under someone’s skin ()

to make someone very annoyed or upset

get your/someone’s dander up ()

to become angry, or to make someone become angry

give someone grief ()

to annoy someone, or to cause them problems

goad (verb)

to deliberately make someone feel very angry or upset so that they react

grate (verb)

to have an annoying effect on someone

harass (verb)

to keep annoying or upsetting someone, for example by criticizing them, attacking them, or treating them in a way that is offensive to them

hassle (verb)

to annoy someone, or to cause problems for them

incense (verb)

to make someone very angry

irk (verb)

formal to annoy someone

jar (verb)

to make someone feel uncomfortable or slightly annoyed

jibe (verb)

to say something that is intended to annoy or offend someone

make someone sick ()

to make someone become very angry or upset

make your blood boil ()

to make you feel very angry

mess with ()

to make someone angry, or to argue with them

needle (verb)

informal to keep annoying someone by saying things that make them angry or embarrassed

nettle (verb)

informal to annoy someone

outrage (verb)

to make someone extremely angry and shocked

persecute (verb)

to frequently annoy or threaten someone

pester (verb)

to keep annoying someone, especially by asking them for something or asking them to do something

pig off (informal)

informal to make someone feel very annoyed or upset

piss off (impolite)

impolite to annoy someone very much

plague (verb)

to annoy someone all the time by doing something or by asking for something

push (verb)

to make someone impatient or annoyed by behaving in an unreasonable way

push/press someone’s buttons ()

to deliberately say something in order to make someone angry or upset

put someone’s nose out of joint ()

to do something that will annoy someone

rankle (verb)

if an action rankles or rankles you, it continues to annoy or upset you for a long time after it has happened

rattle (verb)

informal to make someone feel nervous or angry

rattle someone’s cage ()

to make someone angry or upset

rile (verb)

to annoy someone

rub someone up the wrong way ()

to do or say things that annoy someone

ruffle someone’s feathers ()

to make someone feel worried or annoyed

set your teeth on edge ()

if something such as a sound sets your teeth on edge, you think it is very unpleasant or annoying

stick in your craw ()

if something sticks in your craw, it is so unpleasant or morally wrong that you cannot accept it

stick in your throat ()

a fact or situation that sticks in your throat is very annoying and difficult to accept

sting (verb)

to make someone feel angry and upset

stir (verb)

to make someone feel upset or angry

suck (verb)

mainly Americanvery informal to be very bad, very annoying etc

take the piss (impolite)

impolite to say or do something that annoys people because they think it is unreasonable

tick off (American)

Americaninformal to annoy someone

torment (verb)

to annoy someone, especially for fun

touch a nerve ()

to upset someone, or to make them angry

try someone’s patience ()

to do something very annoying, so that someone else has to try very hard not to get angry with you

vex (verb)

old-fashioned to make someone annoyed, confused, or worried

wear on ()

if something wears on you, it is annoying, and makes you tired

wind up (informal)

informal to make someone angry or upset