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101nettlesome — adj nettling, irritating, Inf. aggravating, Inf. in one s hair; disturbing, perturbing, ruffling, disquieting, vexing. 2. annoying, bothersome, pestering, Inf. pesky, Inf. pestiferous, vexatious; troublesome, troubling, thorny, fretful, worrisome …
102offensive — adj 1. affronting, insulting, insolent, disrespectful, Archaic. affrontive; rude, discourteous, unmannerly, unmannered, uncivil, ungallant; irritating, aggravating, nettling, chafing, galling; unbearable, unendurable, intolerable, insufferable;… …
103purulence — n 1. suppuration, pussiness, puru lency, festering, running, mattering, rankling; abscess, ulcer, ulceration, fester, gathering, Obs. apostem, Archaic. impostume; canker, lesion, chancre, chancroid, soft chancre, simple chancre; boil, blain,… …
104pus — n purulence, purulent matter, Biol. humor, Archaic. peccant humor or matter; suppuration, puru lency, pussiness, festering, running, mattering, rankling; discharge, excretion, fluid, Med. rheum, Pathol. ichor, Pathol. sanies, Pathol. gleet,… …
105suppuration — n 1. festering, gathering, mattering, maturating, ripening, coming or drawing to a head; discharging, excreting, running, draining, weeping, rankling. 2. pus, pussiness, purulence, purulency, purulent matter, Biol. humor, Archaic. peccant humor… …
106vexatious — adj 1. bothersome, pestering, Inf. pesky, Inf. pestiferous, hectoring, harassing; hounding, dogging, nagging, tormenting, persecuting; troublesome, troubling, thorny, fretful, worrisome, worrying, Archaic, except Dial. plaguy. 2. irritating,… …
107rankle — UK [ˈræŋk(ə)l] / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms rankle : present tense I/you/we/they rankle he/she/it rankles present participle rankling past tense rankled past participle rankled if an action rankles or rankles you, it continues… …
108fester — fes•ter [[t]ˈfɛs tər[/t]] v. i. 1) phl to form pus; generate purulent matter; suppurate: a festering wound[/ex] 2) phl to cause ulceration, as a foreign body in the flesh 3) phl to putrefy or rot 4) to rankle, as resentment or bitterness: The… …
109fester — /ˈfɛstə / (say festuh) verb (i) 1. to generate purulent matter; suppurate. 2. to cause ulceration, or rankle, as a foreign body in the flesh. 3. to putrefy or rot. 4. to rankle, as a feeling of resentment. 5. Colloquial to waste time when one is… …
110heartburning — /ˈhatbɜnɪŋ/ (say hahtberning) noun rankling discontent, especially from envy or jealousy; a grudge …
