soothe

annoy, infuriate, irk, rile, antagonize, displease, enrage, alienate, aggravate, rankle, endear, unnerve, nauseate, exasperate, confuse, frighten, offend, bother, embarrass, frustrate, ingratiate, provoke, vex, injure, backfire, unsettle, discomfit, bemuse, startle, soothe, sooth, disconcert, excite, horrify, depress, inflame, abrade, arouse, disturb, embitter, perplex, placate, constrict, discolor, marginalize, agitate, perturb, sicken, bewilder, mystify, astonish, ruffle, appease, pleases, soften, mollify, fluster, amuse, hyperventilate, belittle, despise, complicate, rub, dispirit, deafen, badmouth, harm, betray, distract, exacerbate, misinterpret, intoxicate, naysay, spook, debilitate, dislike, undermine, tantalize, fascinate, wince, blacken, faze, affect, quieten, prickling, detest, discolour, chastise, curdle, weaken, misunderstand, resent, endanger, tickle, suck, spoil, polarize, degrade, harden, embolden, coarsen

antagonise, antagonize, bedevil, beset, chafe, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, crucify, dun, eat into, fret, frustrate, gall, grate, harass, harry, hassle, itch, molest, peeve, plague, provoke, rag, rankle, rub, ruffle, scratch, tantalize, torment

aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate, gall, get, get under one's skin, irk, pinch, sls, sodium lauryl sulfate, sodium lauryl sulphate, vellicate

aggravate, displease, exacerbate, exasperate, worsen

annoy, bother, devil, get at, get to, gravel, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex