Annoy
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

RAG
A boisterous practical joke (especially by college students)

BUG
A minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use

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"

RUB
The act of rubbing or wiping; "he gave the hood a quick rub"

IRK
Irritate or vex; "It galls me that we lost the suit"

ILE

4 letters

FRET
A small bar of metal across the fingerboard of a musical instrument; when the string is stopped by a finger at the metal bar it will produce a note of the desired pitch

FAZE
Disturb the composure of

RILE
Make turbid by stirring up the sediments of

MIFF
Cause to be annoyed; "His behavior really miffed me"

NARK
A lawman concerned with narcotics violations

TEST
Achieve a certain score or rating on a test; "She tested high on the LSAT and was admitted to all the good law schools"

ROIL
Make turbid by stirring up the sediments of

INNE

5 letters

CHAFE
Anger produced by some annoying irritation

GETTO
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"

EATAT
Become ground down or deteriorate; "Her confidence eroded"

TEASE
The act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances; "he ignored their teases"; "his ribbing was gentle but persistent"

GRATE
A frame of iron bars to hold a fire

PIQUE
Tightly woven fabric with raised cords

GETAT
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"

PEEVE
An annoyed or irritated mood

DEVIL
A word used in exclamations of confusion; "what the devil"; "the deuce with it"; "the dickens you say"

HARRY
Make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes

6 letters

PLAGUE
An annoyance; "those children are a damn plague"

GRAVEL
Rock fragments and pebbles

NEEDLE
A slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument

RUFFLE
A noisy fight

BADGER
Sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere

PESTER
Annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer"

WEARON
Pass slowly (of time); "The day wore on"

HARASS
Annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"

PUTOUT
An out resulting from a fielding play (not a strikeout); "the first baseman made 15 putouts"

BOTHER
Make confused or perplexed or puzzled

RANKLE
Gnaw into; make resentful or angry; "The injustice rankled her"; "his resentment festered"

HECKLE
A comb for separating flax fibers

HASSLE
Disorderly fighting

MOLEST
Annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"

NETTLE
Any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae)

7 letters

GRATEON

CHAGRIN
Strong feelings of embarrassment

PROVOKE
Annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"

AGITATE
Cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"

DISTURB
Change the arrangement or position of

PERTURB
Disturb or interfere with the usual path of an electron or atom; "The electrons were perturbed by the passing ion"

8 letters

IRRITATE
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"

9 letters

INFURIATE
Make furious

AGGRAVATE
Make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain"

DISPLEASE
Give displeasure to

10 letters

EXASPERATE
Make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain"

DISCOMMODE
To cause inconvenience or discomfort to; "Sorry to trouble you, but..."

11 letters

GETONESGOAT