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71nuisance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. pest, annoyance, irritation, bore, bother. See evil. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A bother] Syn. annoyance, vexation, bore; see trouble 2 . 2. [An offense against the public] Syn. breach, infraction,… …
72aggravation — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Intensification] Syn. heightening, worsening, exacerbation, intensification, sharpening, inflammation, deepening, strengthening, exaggeration, magnification. 2. [A cause of aggravation] Syn. worry, affliction, irritant,… …
73vexation — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A vexed feeling] Syn. uneasiness, irritation, bother; see annoyance 1 . 2. [A cause of vexation, sense 1] Syn. worry, trouble, misfortune; see difficulty 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. irritation, annoyance,… …
74plague — I. n. 1. Pestilence, pest. 2. Affliction, annoyance, vexation, trouble, nuisance, curse, torment, thorn in one s side. II. v. a. Annoy, tease, vex, worry, trouble, molest, torment, harass, harry, disturb, fret, gall, chafe, bore, incommode,… …
75hassle — 1. noun, informal 1) parking is such a hassle Syn: inconvenience, bother, nuisance, problem, trouble, struggle, difficulty, annoyance, irritation, thorn in one s side/flesh, fuss; informal aggravation, stress, headache, p …
76headache — noun 1) I ve got a headache Syn: pain in the head, migraine; neuralgia; informal head 2) informal their behavior was a headache for the teacher Syn: nuisance, trouble, problem, bother, bugbear, pest, worry …
77nuisance — noun I find these long journeys a nuisance Syn: annoyance, inconvenience, bore, bother, irritation, problem, trouble, trial, burden; pest, plague, thorn in one s side/flesh; informal pain, pain in the neck, hassle, bind, drag, chore, aggravati …
78problem — 1. noun 1) they ran into a problem Syn: difficulty, trouble, worry, complication, difficult situation; snag, hitch, drawback, stumbling block, obstacle, hurdle, hiccup, setback, catch; predicament, plight; misfortune …
79burden — [n] mental weight; stress accountability, affliction, albatross*, anxiety, ball and chain*, blame, care, charge, clog, concern, deadweight, difficulty, duty, encumbrance, excess baggage*, grievance, hardship, Herculean task, hindrance, load,… …
80millstone — [n] burden accountability, affliction, albatross*, anxiety, ball and chain*, blame, charge, concern, cross, deadweight, difficulty, encumbrance, grievance, hardship, hindrance, load, mental weight, misfortune, onus, punishment, responsibility,… …
