单词 | wind someone up |
释义 | 1 (phrasal verb) This man at the meeting kept winding me up by talking over me. Synonyms irritate Their attitude irritates me. excite anger The decision to allow more construction angered the residents. annoy Try making a note of the things that annoy you. exasperate The constant interruptions were beginning to exasperate me. nettle I instantly regretted my remark, because it obviously nettled him. work someone up pique She was piqued by his lack of enthusiasm. make someone nervous put someone on edge make someone tense hack you off (informal) 2 (phrasal verb) Definition to tease or annoy You're joking. Come on, you're just winding me up. Synonyms tease He teased me mercilessly about going there. kid (informal) Are you sure you're not kidding me? I'm just kidding. have someone on (informal) I thought he was just having me on. annoy rag (informal) She was ten years older than the youngsters ragging her. rib (informal) josh (informal) vex Everything about that man vexes me. make fun of take the mickey out of (informal) send someone up (informal) pull someone's leg (informal) Of course I won't tell them; I was only pulling your leg. jerk or yank someone's chain (informal) Additional synonymsin the sense of anger Definition to make (someone) angry The decision to allow more construction angered the residents. Synonyms enrage, provoke, outrage, annoy, offend, excite, irritate, infuriate, hassle (informal), aggravate (informal), incense, fret, gall, madden, exasperate, nettle, vex, affront, displease, rile, pique, get on someone's nerves (informal), antagonize, get someone's back up, piss someone off (taboo, slang), put someone's back up, nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang), make someone's blood boil, get in someone's hair (informal), get someone's dander up (informal) in the sense of annoy Definition to irritate or displease Try making a note of the things that annoy you. Synonyms irritate, trouble, bore, anger, harry, bother, disturb, provoke, get (informal), bug (informal), needle (informal), plague, tease, harass, hassle (informal), aggravate (informal), badger, gall, madden, ruffle, exasperate, nettle, molest, pester, vex, displease, irk, bedevil, rile, peeve, get under your skin (informal), get on your nerves (informal), nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang), get up your nose (informal), give someone grief (British, South Africa), make your blood boil, piss you off (taboo, slang), rub someone up the wrong way (informal), get your goat (slang), get in your hair (informal), get on your wick (British, slang), get your dander up (informal), get your back up, incommode (formal), put your back up, hack you off (informal), be on your back (slang) in the sense of exasperate Definition to cause great irritation to The constant interruptions were beginning to exasperate me. Synonyms irritate, anger, provoke, annoy, rouse, infuriate, hassle (informal), exacerbate, aggravate (informal), incense, enrage, gall, madden, inflame, bug (informal), nettle, get to (informal), vex, embitter, irk, rile (informal), pique, rankle, peeve (informal), needle (informal), get on your nerves (informal), try the patience of, nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang), piss you off (taboo, slang), get in your hair (informal), get on your wick (British, slang), hack you off (informal) Nearby words of |
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