“The nurse should be careful not to be too optimistic about his seeming spurt of energy, and should not egg him on into an ever-increasing cycle of activities.”

Verb

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To be irritating or upsetting, typically with repeated or unpleasant acts

annoying

bedeviling^US

bedevilling^UK

rubbing up the wrong way

driving to distraction

getting someone's goat

getting under your skin

getting up your nose

giving someone grief

giving someone the hump

hacking off

making your blood boil

driving round the bend

driving round the twist

getting someone's dander up

getting your back up

hacking you off

heating up

making someone see red

getting on your nerves

giving someone the pip

putting your back up

hitting where one lives

putting someone's nose out of joint

steaming up

getting a rise out of

getting your dander up

rattling someone's cage

getting your goat

ruffling one's feathers

getting up someone's nose

making somebody's hackles rise

rubbing the wrong way

getting on one's nerves

agonizing^US

victimizing^US

agonising^UK

victimising^UK

bending someone's ear

tyrannizing^US

tantalizing^US

tantalising^UK

breathing down someone's neck

tyrannising^UK

getting someone's wick

terrorizing^US

making it hot for someone

pulling someone's leg

finding fault with

driving bananas

terrorising^UK

plying

keeping complaining to

carping at

rankling with

taking the piss out of

making things hot for someone

making someone's hackles rise

getting on someone's nerves

getting someone's hackles up

ruffling someone's feathers

getting under someone's skin

getting in someone's hair

trying someone's patience

getting on someone's tits

getting someone's back up

getting your hackles up

joking with

messing

pushing someon's buttons

getting in the hair of

getting on the nerves of

driving you up the wall

searching high heaven

causing discomfort to

getting across someone

discriminating against

jumping on one's case

putting the squeeze on

criticizing^US

playing cat and mouse

putting through wringer

rubbing salt in wound

finding fault

busting chops

moaning on at

criticising^UK

busting someone's balls

dishonoring^US

bringing pressure to bear on

leaning on

pressurising^UK

playing the heavy with

brutalising^UK

messing over

riding roughshod over

brutalizing^US

doing an injustice to

giving no quarter

stepping on the toes of

satirizing^US

satirising^UK

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Verb

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(rise to) Present participle for to react with annoyance or anger

Verb

Present participle for to disturb mentally or emotionally

hurting somebody's feelings

terrorizing^US

agonizing^US

terrorising^UK

agonising^UK

putting someone off their stroke

setting someone back on their heels

aggrieving

beleaguering

jolting

bedevilling^UK

bedeviling^US

putting out of countenance

scaring to death

making nervous

putting someone off their stride

scaring the bejesus out of

throwing into a tizzy

making someone scratch their head

making one's hair stand on end

making teeth chatter

making one's blood run cold

paralysing^UK

paralyzing^US

tantalising^UK

tantalizing^US

causing to be at a stand

making self-conscious

electrifying

scaring off

giving a bad time

stopping someone in their tracks

causing anguish to

pulling the rug from under

pulling the rug out from under

causing someone to lose their composure

scaring the living daylights out of

making wretched

making someone jump out of their skin

causing concern to

causing discomfort to

throwing into a fright

throwing a curve

preying on your mind

weighing heavily on

taking the wind out of your sails

sending over the edge

scaring the daylights out of

balking^US

throwing into a panic

baulking^UK

giving someone a jolt

giving someone a fright

galvanizing^US

scaring the pants off of

making someone jump out of his skin

galvanising^UK

getting on one's nerves

breaking the heart of

throwing into disarray

upsetting the applecart

making someone fed up

grating on

trying the patience of

making discontented

getting on your nerves

scaring the pants off

giving someone goose pimples

scaring someone out of their wits

giving someone the heebie-jeebies

chilling to the marrow

putting the fear of God into

knocking out

grossing out

dashing

throwing into a blue funk

raising someone's eyebrows

getting carried away

getting in a lather

getting in a state

making one's flesh creep

giving one the creeps

completely surprising

shaking out of your complacency

hitting like ton of bricks

disillusioning

scaring someone half to death

disenchanting

disgruntling

screwing up

filling with consternation

messing up

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Verb

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Present participle for to promote or nurture the development of

Verb

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Present participle for to inflame an already tense situation

Noun

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An address or communication emphatically urging someone to do something

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Noun

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Something that motivates or provokes a person or thing into action

fuelling^UK

fueling^US

intellectual nourishment

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