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ergeren — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • annoy verb To bother or irritate someone, especially through repeated small actions.
  • chafe noun Heat excited by friction.
  • offend verb To hurt someone's feelings or upset them, often unintentionally.
  • peeve noun An annoyance or grievance.
  • roil verb To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of.
  • vex verb To annoy or irritate someone.

Senses

ergeren is used for these senses in English:

  • annoy (transitive) To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds.
  • chafe (transitive, figurative) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
  • offend (obsolete, transitive, archaic, biblical) To cause to stumble; to cause to sin or to fall.
  • peeve (colloquial) To annoy; vex.
  • roil (transitive, of a person or group of people) To annoy; to make angry; to throw into discord.
  • vex (transitive) To cause (mental) suffering to; to distress.

chafe — full definition

  1. noun Heat excited by friction.
  2. noun Injury or wear caused by friction.
  3. noun Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.

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