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nerven — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • annoy verb To bother or irritate someone, especially through repeated small actions.
  • bother verb To annoy or disturb someone, or to cause them trouble.
  • bug noun A small insect, or loosely, any small crawling or flying creature.
  • hassle noun A source of trouble, bother, or minor annoyance.
  • nag verb To repeatedly pester or criticize someone about something, in an annoying way.
  • nark noun A police spy or informer.
  • peeve noun An annoyance or grievance.

Senses

nerven is used for these senses in English:

  • 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.
  • bother (transitive) To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for.
  • bug (informal, transitive) To annoy.
  • hassle (transitive) To trouble, to bother, to annoy.
  • nag To bother with persistent thoughts or memories.
  • nark (transitive, slang) To annoy or irritate.
  • peeve (colloquial) To annoy; vex.

bother — full definition

  1. verb To annoy or disturb someone, or to cause them trouble.
  2. verb To take the trouble to do something, especially when it might be seen as unnecessary.
  3. noun A minor annoyance, fuss, or inconvenience.
  4. intj A mild exclamation of annoyance.

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