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дразня́ — meaning in English

draznya

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English meaning

  • annoy verb To bother or irritate someone, especially through repeated small actions.
  • badger noun A burrowing, mostly nocturnal mammal known for its black-and-white striped face and stocky build.
  • bother verb To annoy or disturb someone, or to cause them trouble.
  • chafe noun Heat excited by friction.
  • gall noun Bold, brazen nerve; shameless audacity.
  • grate noun A metal frame of bars used to hold fuel in a fireplace, or a metal grid that lets small things pass through while blocking larger ones.
  • harass verb To repeatedly trouble, pester, or intimidate someone, especially in a way that is unwanted or illegal.
  • hassle noun A source of trouble, bother, or minor annoyance.
  • irritate verb To annoy or make someone impatient or angry.
  • jangle verb To make, or cause something to make, a harsh rattling or clanging sound.
  • madden verb To make someone very angry or frustrated.
  • mock verb To make fun of someone, often by imitating them; to ridicule.
  • needle noun A thin, sharp tool used for sewing, injections, acupuncture, or piercing.
  • offend verb To hurt someone's feelings or upset them, often unintentionally.
  • peeve noun An annoyance or grievance.
  • rile verb To annoy or anger someone.
  • roast verb To cook food, uncovered, with dry heat in an oven or over a fire, giving it a browned or crisped surface.
  • roil verb To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of.
  • spite noun A petty desire to annoy, hurt, or upset someone.
  • tantalize verb To tease (someone) by offering or showing them something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied.
  • tease verb To poke fun at someone playfully or, sometimes, unkindly.
  • vex verb To annoy or irritate someone.

Senses

дразня́ is used for these senses in English:

  • acerbate (transitive) To exasperate; to irritate.
  • annoy (transitive) To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds.
  • badger (transitive) To pester; to annoy persistently; to press.
  • bother (transitive) To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for.
  • chafe (transitive, figurative) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
  • chafe (intransitive, figurative) To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated.
  • gall (ergative) To chafe, to rub or subject to friction; to create a sore on the skin.
  • grate (by extension, intransitive) To get on one's nerves; to irritate, annoy.

badger — full definition

  1. noun A burrowing, mostly nocturnal mammal known for its black-and-white striped face and stocky build.
  2. verb To repeatedly pester or nag someone until they give in or respond.

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