| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. The act of annoying: annoyance, botheration, bothering, exasperation, harassment, irritation, pestering, vexation. See FEELINGS, PAIN. 2. Behavior or an act that is intentionally provocative: challenge, defiance. See ATTACK. 3. Something that incites especially a violent response: goad, incitation, incitement, instigation, stimulus, trigger. See CAUSE.
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