| Bug |
| Vex |
| Irk |
| Gall |
| Miff |
| Harry |
| Pique |
| Peeve |
| Tease |
| Ruffle |
| Hassle |
| Bother |
| Pester |
| Nettle |
| Needle |
| Harass |
| Plague |
| Get to |
| Get at |
| Rankle |
| Trouble |
| Tee off |
| Perturb |
| Disturb |
| Put out |
| Irritate |
| Grate on |
| Tick off |
| Aggravate |
| Discommode |
| Exasperate |
| Make angry. |
| Needle, say |
| Be a pest to |
| Be a pain to |
| Really bother |
| What pests do |
| What gnats do |
| Drive bonkers |
| Bug to no end |
| Drive bananas |
| Really get to |
| Irk like crazy |
| Be a noodge to |
| Rile or rankle |
| Be a bother to |
| Get one's goat |
| Cause to kvetch |
| Nark — nettle |
| Needle, perhaps |
| Be a nuisance to |
| Be on the back of |
| Rub the wrong way |
| Bother persistently |
| Bug the heck out of |
| Irritate, displease |
| Bug the hell out of |
| Keep poking, perhaps |
| Get under one's skin |
| Rattle someone's cage |
| Be a pain in the neck |
| Get under the collar of |
| What a bad song will do |
| What sing-alonger will do |
| Be a thorn in the side of |
| What rowdy concergoer will do |
| What concert talker next to you will do, perhaps |
| Follow someone around all day repeating any one word |
| Make someone hit themselves and say "Stop hitting yourself" over and over, say |