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rattle someone's cage in British English informal to upset or anger someone See full dictionary entry for cageto do or say something that upsets or annoys someone I don't rattle their cages and they don't rattle mine. Synonyms of 'rattle someone's cage'annoy, anger, bother, provoke More Synonyms of rattle someone's cage Ignore them - they are just trying to rattle your cage. Synonyms get on your nerves (informal) get up your nose (informal) piss you off (taboo, slang) get your goat (slang) get on your wick (British, slang) put your back up hack you off (informal) See cageAdditional synonymsDefinition to annoy What aggravates you most about this country? Synonyms annoy, bother, provoke, needle (informal), irritate, tease, hassle (informal), gall, exasperate, nettle, pester, vex, irk, get under your skin (informal), get on your nerves (informal), nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang), get up your nose (informal), be on your back (slang), piss you off (taboo, slang), rub (someone) up the wrong way (informal), get in your hair (informal), get on your wick (British, slang), hack you off (informal) 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) Definition to trouble (a person) by repeatedly disturbing I don't know why he bothers me with this kind of rubbish. Synonyms pester, plague, irritate, put out, harass, nag, hassle (informal), inconvenience, molest, breathe down someone's neck, get on your nerves (informal), nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang), bend someone's ear (informal), give someone grief (British, South Africa), get on your wick (British, slang) Nearby words ofrattle someone's cage - rationing
- rattle
- rattle on
- rattle someone's cage
- rattle something off
- rattle your dags
- ratty
Additional synonymsDefinition to irritate or upset (someone) I only did it to bug my parents. Synonyms annoy, bother, disturb, needle (informal), plague, irritate, harass, hassle (informal), aggravate (informal), badger, gall, nettle, pester, vex, irk, get under your skin (informal), get on your nerves (informal), nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang), get up your nose (informal), be on your back (slang), piss you off (taboo, slang), get in your hair (informal), get on your wick (British, slang), hack you off (informal) 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) Definition to annoy or irritate It was their smugness that galled her most. Synonyms annoy, provoke, irritate, aggravate (informal), get (informal), trouble, bother, disturb, plague, madden, ruffle, exasperate, nettle, vex, displease, irk, rile (informal), peeve (informal), 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 up the wrong way, get on your wick (British, slang), get your back up, put your back up, hack you off (informal) Definition to annoy one Her mannerisms can just get under your skin and needle you. Synonyms annoy, irritate, aggravate (informal), needle (informal), nettle, irk, grate on, get on your nerves (informal), piss you off (taboo, slang), get in your hair (informal), rub you up the wrong way, hack you off (informal) Definition to trouble or annoy (someone) by repeated attacks, questions, or problems a celebrity routinely harassed by the paparazzi Synonyms annoy, trouble, bother, worry, harry, disturb, devil (informal), plague, bait, hound, torment, hassle (informal), badger, persecute, exasperate, pester, vex, breathe down someone's neck, chivvy (British), give someone grief (British, South Africa), be on your back (slang), beleaguer Definition to keep asking (someone) to do something He would exploit and harry his workers. Synonyms pester, trouble, bother, disturb, worry, annoy, plague, tease, torment, harass, hassle (informal), badger, persecute, molest, vex, bedevil, breathe down someone's neck, chivvy (British), give someone grief (British, South Africa), be on your back (slang), get in your hair (informal) Definition to cause annoyance or trouble to (someone) The children started hassling me as soon as I sat down. Synonyms bother, bug (informal), annoy, harry, hound, harass, badger, pester, get on your nerves (informal), be on your back (slang), get in your hair (informal), breath down someone's neck Definition to irritate or vex The rehearsal process irked him increasingly. Synonyms irritate, annoy, aggravate (informal), provoke, bug (informal), put out (informal), gall, ruffle, nettle, vex, rile, peeve (informal), get on your nerves (informal), nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang), miff (informal), be on your back (slang), piss you off (taboo, slang), get in your hair (informal), rub you up the wrong way (informal), put your nose out of joint (informal), get your back up, put your back up, hack you off (informal) Definition to annoy or anger (someone) Their attitude irritates me. Synonyms annoy, anger, bother, provoke, offend, needle (informal), harass, infuriate, aggravate (informal), incense, fret, enrage, gall, ruffle, inflame, exasperate, nettle, pester, vex, irk, pique, rankle with, get under your skin (informal), get on your nerves (informal), nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang), drive you up the wall (slang), piss you off (taboo, slang), rub you up the wrong way (informal), get your goat (slang), try your patience, get in your hair (informal), get on your wick (informal), get your dander up (informal), raise your hackles, get your back up, get your hackles up, put your back up, hack you off (informal) Definition to make or become mad or angry The ticking of the clock really maddens me. Synonyms infuriate, irritate, incense, enrage, upset, provoke, annoy, aggravate (informal), gall, craze, inflame, exasperate, vex, unhinge, drive you crazy, nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang), drive you round the bend (British, slang), make your blood boil, piss you off (taboo, slang), drive you to distraction (informal), get your goat (slang), drive you round the twist (British, slang), get your dander up (informal), make your hackles rise, raise your hackles, drive you off your head (slang), drive you out of your mind, get your back up, get your hackles up, make you see red (informal), put your back up, hack you off (informal) Additional synonymsDefinition to goad or provoke She could see that she had needled him with her constant questions. Synonyms irritate, anger, provoke, annoy, sting, bait, harass, taunt, infuriate, nag, hassle (informal), aggravate, prod, gall (old-fashioned), ruffle, spur, prick, exasperate, nettle, vex, goad, irk, rile, get under your skin (informal), get on your nerves (informal), nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang), hack you off (informal), piss you off (taboo, slang), get in your hair (informal), get your back up (informal), run up the wrong way, pester, pique (old-fashioned), be on your back (slang) I instantly regretted my remark, because it obviously nettled him. Synonyms irritate, provoke, annoy, gall, sting, aggravate (informal), incense, ruffle, exasperate, vex, goad, pique, get on your nerves (informal), nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang), hack you off (informal), piss you off (taboo, slang), harass, hassle (informal), fret, chafeDefinition to deliberately act in a way intended to anger someone I didn't want to do anything to provoke him. Synonyms anger, insult, annoy, offend, irritate, infuriate, hassle (informal), aggravate (informal), incense, enrage, gall, put someone out, madden, exasperate, vex, affront, chafe, irk, rile, pique, get on someone's nerves (informal), get someone's back up, piss someone off (taboo, slang), put someone's back up, try someone's patience, nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang), make someone's blood boil, get in someone's hair (informal), rub someone up the wrong way, hack someone off (informal) Definition to annoy or anger Cancellations rarely riled him. Synonyms anger, upset, provoke, bug (informal), annoy, irritate, aggravate (informal), gall, nettle, vex, irk, pique, peeve (informal), get under your skin (informal), get on your nerves (informal), nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang), piss you off (taboo, slang), get your goat (slang), try your patience, rub you up the wrong way, get or put your back up, hack you off (informal) Definition to annoy or irritate My refusal to let him ruffle me infuriated him. Synonyms annoy, worry, trouble, upset, confuse, stir, disturb, rattle (informal), irritate, put out, unsettle, shake up (informal), harass, hassle (informal), agitate, unnerve, disconcert, disquiet, nettle, vex, fluster, perturb, faze, peeve (informal), hack off (informal) Definition to make fun of (someone) in a provocative and often playful manner He teased me mercilessly about going there. Synonyms mock, bait, wind up (British, slang), worry, bother, provoke, annoy, needle (informal), plague (informal), rag, rib (informal), torment, ridicule, taunt, aggravate (informal), badger, pester, vex, goad, bedevil, take the mickey out of (informal), twit, take the piss out of (taboo, slang), chaff, guy (informal), gibe, pull someone's leg (informal), make fun of Definition to cause (someone) to feel annoyance or irritation Everything about that man vexes me. Synonyms annoy, bother, irritate, worry, trouble, upset, disturb, distress, provoke, bug (informal), offend, needle (informal), plague, put out, tease, torment, harass, hassle (informal), aggravate (informal), afflict, fret, gall, agitate, exasperate, nettle, pester, displease, rile, pique, peeve (informal), grate on, get on your nerves (informal), nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang), give someone grief (British, South Africa), get your back up, put your back up, hack you off (informal) |