ärgern — meaning in English
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English meaning
- aggravate verb To make a bad situation, problem, or injury worse.
- anger noun A strong feeling of displeasure or hostility, often triggered by feeling wronged or threatened.
- annoy verb To bother or irritate someone, especially through repeated small actions.
- chagrin noun A distress of mind caused by a failure of aims or plans, a want of appreciation, mistakes, etc.; vexation or mortification.
- devil noun In Christian and Jewish tradition, the supreme evil spirit; Satan.
- gall noun Bold, brazen nerve; shameless audacity.
- hassle noun A source of trouble, bother, or minor annoyance.
- irk verb to irritate; annoy; bother
- irritate verb To annoy or make someone impatient or angry.
- madden verb To make someone very angry or frustrated.
- nettle noun A plant covered in tiny stinging hairs that cause an itchy rash when touched.
- resent verb To feel bitter or angry about something perceived as unfair.
- 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.
- upset adj Unhappy, distressed, or annoyed.
- vex verb To annoy or irritate someone.
Senses
ärgern is used for these senses in English:
- aggravate (now, rare) To give extra weight or intensity to; to exaggerate, to magnify. [from 16th c.]
- anger (transitive) To cause such a feeling of antagonism in.
- 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.
- chagrin (transitive) To bother or vex; to mortify.
- devil To annoy or bother.
- gall (ergative) To chafe, to rub or subject to friction; to create a sore on the skin.
- hassle (transitive) To trouble, to bother, to annoy.
aggravate — full definition
- verb To make a bad situation, problem, or injury worse.
- verb To annoy or irritate someone.
anger — full definition
- noun A strong feeling of displeasure or hostility, often triggered by feeling wronged or threatened.
- verb To make someone feel angry.