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