| beset |  |  | 
| v. (emotion) | 1. beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke | annoy continually or chronically.; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers" | 
 |  ~ needle, goad | goad or provoke,as by constant criticism.; "He needled her with his sarcastic remarks" | 
 |  ~ annoy, devil, gravel, irritate, nark, rile, vex, bother, nettle, rag, chafe, get at, get to | cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations.; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves" | 
 |  ~ bedevil, dun, rag, crucify, frustrate, torment | treat cruelly.; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher" | 
 |  ~ haze | harass by imposing humiliating or painful tasks, as in military institutions. | 
| v. (competition) | 2. beset, set upon | assail or attack on all sides:.; "The zebra was beset by leopards" | 
 |  ~ assail, assault, set on, attack | attack someone physically or emotionally.; "The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly" | 
| v. (contact) | 3. beset, encrust, incrust | decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems). | 
 |  ~ adorn, decorate, grace, ornament, beautify, embellish | make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc..; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day" | 
| bother |  |  | 
| n. (event) | 1. bother, fuss, hassle, trouble | an angry disturbance.; "he didn't want to make a fuss"; "they had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother" | 
 |  ~ disturbance, perturbation | activity that is a malfunction, intrusion, or interruption.; "the term `distress' connotes some degree of perturbation and emotional upset"; "he looked around for the source of the disturbance"; "there was a disturbance of neural function" | 
| n. (cognition) | 2. annoyance, bother, botheration, infliction, pain, pain in the ass, pain in the neck | something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness.; "washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer"; "a bit of a bother"; "he's not a friend, he's an infliction" | 
 |  ~ negative stimulus | a stimulus with undesirable consequences. | 
 |  ~ nuisance | (law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive. | 
 |  ~ irritant, thorn | something that causes irritation and annoyance.; "he's a thorn in my flesh" | 
 |  ~ plague | an annoyance.; "those children are a damn plague" | 
| v. (social) | 3. bother, inconvenience oneself, trouble, trouble oneself | take the trouble to do something; concern oneself.; "He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday"; "Don't bother, please" | 
 |  ~ strain, strive, reach | to exert much effort or energy.; "straining our ears to hear" | 
| v. (emotion) | 4. annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex | cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations.; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves" | 
 |  ~ get under one's skin, get | irritate.; "Her childish behavior really get to me"; "His lying really gets me" | 
 |  ~ eat into, rankle, grate, fret | gnaw into; make resentful or angry.; "The injustice rankled her"; "his resentment festered" | 
 |  ~ chafe | feel extreme irritation or anger.; "He was chafing at her suggestion that he stay at home while she went on a vacation" | 
 |  ~ peeve | cause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentful. | 
 |  ~ ruffle | trouble or vex.; "ruffle somebody's composure" | 
 |  ~ fret | cause annoyance in. | 
 |  ~ beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke | annoy continually or chronically.; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers" | 
 |  ~ antagonize, antagonise | provoke the hostility of.; "Don't antagonize your boss" | 
 |  ~ displease | give displeasure to. | 
| v. (social) | 5. bother, discommode, disoblige, incommode, inconvenience, put out, trouble | to cause inconvenience or discomfort to.; "Sorry to trouble you, but..." | 
 |  ~ affect, bear upon, bear on, impact, touch on, touch | have an effect upon.; "Will the new rules affect me?" | 
 |  ~ distress, straiten | bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship. | 
| v. (motion) | 6. bother | intrude or enter uninvited.; "Don't bother the professor while she is grading term papers" | 
 |  ~ intrude, irrupt | enter uninvited.; "They intruded on our dinner party"; "She irrupted into our sitting room" | 
| v. (emotion) | 7. bother | make nervous or agitated.; "The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster" | 
 |  ~ charge up, commove, agitate, rouse, excite, turn on, charge | cause to be agitated, excited, or roused.; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks" | 
 |  ~ bother | make confused or perplexed or puzzled. | 
| v. (emotion) | 8. bother | make confused or perplexed or puzzled. | 
 |  ~ disconcert, flurry, confuse, put off | cause to feel embarrassment.; "The constant attention of the young man confused her" | 
 |  ~ bother | make nervous or agitated.; "The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster" | 
| harass |  |  | 
| v. (competition) | 1. harass | exhaust by attacking repeatedly.; "harass the enemy" | 
 |  ~ aggress, attack | take the initiative and go on the offensive.; "The Serbs attacked the village at night"; "The visiting team started to attack" | 
| hassle |  |  | 
| n. (act) | 1. dogfight, hassle, rough-and-tumble, scuffle, tussle | disorderly fighting. | 
 |  ~ fighting, combat, fight, scrap | the act of fighting; any contest or struggle.; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap" | 
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