ärsyttää — meaning in English
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English meaning
- aggravate verb To make a bad situation, problem, or injury worse.
- annoy verb To bother or irritate someone, especially through repeated small actions.
- bug noun A small insect, or loosely, any small crawling or flying creature.
- chafe noun Heat excited by friction.
- devil noun In Christian and Jewish tradition, the supreme evil spirit; Satan.
- exasperate verb To tax the patience of; irk, frustrate, vex, provoke, annoy; to make angry.
- frost noun A thin layer of ice crystals that forms on surfaces exposed to freezing air.
- 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.
- hector verb To bully or intimidate someone through loud, aggressive bluster.
- irk verb to irritate; annoy; bother
- irritate verb To annoy or make someone impatient or angry.
- offend verb To hurt someone's feelings or upset them, often unintentionally.
- peeve noun An annoyance or grievance.
- ride verb To travel while sitting on and controlling a horse, bike, or similar vehicle.
- rile verb To annoy or anger someone.
- roil verb To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of.
- spite noun A petty desire to annoy, hurt, or upset someone.
- stimulate verb To encourage activity, growth, or interest.
- tease verb To poke fun at someone playfully or, sometimes, unkindly.
- vex verb To annoy or irritate someone.
- worry verb To feel anxious or uneasy about something.
Senses
ärsyttää is used for these senses in English:
- aggravate (now, rare) To give extra weight or intensity to; to exaggerate, to magnify. [from 16th c.]
- annoy (transitive) To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds.
- annoy (intransitive) To do something to upset or anger someone; to be troublesome.
- bug (informal, transitive) To annoy.
- chafe (transitive, figurative) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.
- devil To annoy or bother.
- exasperate (transitive) To tax the patience of; irk, frustrate, vex, provoke, annoy; to make angry.
- frost (transitive, informal) To anger or annoy.
aggravate — full definition
- verb To make a bad situation, problem, or injury worse.
- verb To annoy or irritate someone.