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cráigh — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • annoy verb To bother or irritate someone, especially through repeated small actions.
  • distress noun Serious pain, suffering, or worry, especially of an urgent kind.
  • exasperate verb To tax the patience of; irk, frustrate, vex, provoke, annoy; to make angry.
  • torment noun Severe physical or mental suffering.
  • trouble noun A difficult, worrying, or dangerous situation or problem.

Senses

cráigh is used for these senses in English:

  • annoy (transitive) To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds.
  • distress To cause strain or anxiety to someone.
  • exasperate (transitive) To tax the patience of; irk, frustrate, vex, provoke, annoy; to make angry.
  • torment (transitive) To cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.)
  • trouble (reflexive, or, intransitive) To take pains (to do something); to bother.

distress — full definition

  1. noun Serious pain, suffering, or worry, especially of an urgent kind.
  2. verb To cause someone anxiety, pain, or worry.

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