| Rubs the wrong way |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
21 Mar 2026 |
| Nettles |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Mar 2026 |
| Bothers |
Universal |
10 Feb 2026 |
| Really rankles |
The Atlantic |
10 Feb 2026 |
| Miffs |
Newsday |
11 Jan 2026 |
| Pesters |
USA Today |
02 Jan 2026 |
| Peeves |
|
|
| Ticks off |
Thomas Joseph |
03 Dec 2025 |
| Nettles |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Dec 2025 |
| Irritates |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
30 Nov 2025 |
| Annoys |
Commuter |
20 Nov 2025 |
| Annoys |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
09 Nov 2025 |
| Irritates |
USA Today Quick |
02 Nov 2025 |
| Grates on |
Newsday |
23 Oct 2025 |
| Rankles |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Oct 2025 |
| Rankles |
Universal |
16 Oct 2025 |
| Gets to |
The Atlantic |
12 Oct 2025 |
| Really rankles |
LA Times Daily |
23 Sep 2025 |
| Really bothers |
USA Today |
14 Sep 2025 |
| Ticks off |
New York Times |
15 Jul 2025 |
| Annoys Kirk strangely? Not altogether (4) |
|
|
| Rubs the wrong way |
New York Times |
23 Jun 2025 |
| Ticks off |
USA Today |
26 May 2025 |
| Annoys one setter with last guess (4) |
|
|
| Rubs the wrong way |
Universal |
09 May 2025 |
| Annoys |
Mirror Classic |
13 Apr 2025 |
| Annoys, vexes (4) |
|
|
| It is boring to risk a change of order (4) |
|
|
| Is irritating; wearies (4) |
|
|
| Annoys |
Mirror Classic |
15 Mar 2025 |
| Risk annoys (anag) (4) |
|
|
| Annoys |
Commuter |
19 Feb 2025 |
| Bothers |
Universal |
17 Feb 2025 |
| Pesters or bothers |
|
|
| Annoys, disgusts or |
|
|
| Bothers |
LA Times Daily |
31 Jan 2025 |
| Dunkirk sometimes rings in the anger (4) |
|
|
| Annoys |
USA Today |
13 Dec 2024 |
| Annoys |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
10 Dec 2024 |
| Annoys |
Eugene Sheffer |
05 Dec 2024 |
| Frustrates |
USA Today Quick |
02 Dec 2024 |
| Nettles in Ireland and Kansas (4) |
|
|
| Irritates |
Universal |
06 Nov 2024 |
| Bugs |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
03 Nov 2024 |
| Irritates |
The Telegraph Mini |
11 Oct 2024 |
| Annoys |
USA Today |
26 Sep 2024 |
| Annoys |
Newsday |
23 Sep 2024 |
| Gets on the nerves of |
USA Today |
20 Sep 2024 |
| Unusual risk causes annoyance (4) |
|
|
| Needles, annoys (4) |
|
|
| Annoys |
New York Times |
20 Aug 2024 |
| Rubs the wrong way |
New York Times Mini |
08 Aug 2024 |
| Irritates by generating risk |
Mirror Cryptic |
20 Jul 2024 |
| Annoys |
Mirror Quick |
20 Jul 2024 |
| Aggravates |
USA Today |
09 Jun 2024 |
| Causes to chafe |
New York Times |
25 May 2024 |
| Annoys |
Eugene Sheffer |
03 Apr 2024 |
| Tests the patience of |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Mar 2024 |
| Fiery kiss regularly drives one mad |
|
|
| Bedevils |
Newsday |
16 Mar 2024 |
| Perturbs |
LA Times Mini |
07 Mar 2024 |
| Is vexing to |
Newsday |
06 Mar 2024 |
| Annoys |
New York Times Mini |
21 Feb 2024 |
| Irritates |
Universal |
29 Jan 2024 |
| Annoys |
USA Today |
15 Jan 2024 |
| Irritates |
USA Today |
28 Dec 2023 |
| Annoys |
LA Times Daily |
26 Dec 2023 |
| Annoys |
Eugene Sheffer |
19 Dec 2023 |
| Really grates on |
|
|
| Nettles |
Newsday |
07 Dec 2023 |
| Annoys knight in Irish society (4) |
|
|
| Rankles runner taking in run around ... |
The Guardian Quiptic |
27 Nov 2023 |
| Rankles runner taking in run around ... (4) |
|
|
| Annoys |
Eugene Sheffer |
11 Nov 2023 |
| Bothers |
USA Today |
02 Nov 2023 |
| Really bothers |
Universal |
20 Sep 2023 |
| Grinds one's gears |
Universal |
19 Aug 2023 |
| Annoys or irritates |
|
|
| Bugs |
LA Times Daily |
12 Aug 2023 |
| Bothers |
Thomas Joseph |
21 Jul 2023 |
| Angers |
The Guardian Quick |
04 Jul 2023 |
| Really bugs |
USA Today |
26 May 2023 |
| Irritates |
USA Today |
18 May 2023 |
| Annoys |
USA Today |
03 Apr 2023 |
| Rubs the wrong way |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Jan 2023 |
| Annoys to no end |
USA Today |
22 Jan 2023 |
| Gets to |
LA Times Daily |
14 Jan 2023 |
| Peeves |
New York Times |
10 Jan 2023 |
| Gets on one's nerves |
|
|
| Annoys |
Newsday |
07 Dec 2022 |
| Nettles |
New York Times |
17 Nov 2022 |
| Annoys |
Newsday |
09 Nov 2022 |
| Ticks off |
New York Times |
15 Oct 2022 |
| Frosts |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Oct 2022 |
| Annoys big-time |
USA Today |
25 Sep 2022 |
| Rubs the wrong way |
New York Times |
07 Sep 2022 |
| Irritates |
The Times Concise |
03 Sep 2022 |
| Rankles |
LA Times Daily |
02 Sep 2022 |
| Really bugs |
USA Today |
27 Aug 2022 |
| Gets under the skin of |
New York Times |
21 Jul 2022 |
| Annoys |
|
|
| Bugs |
Universal |
09 Jun 2022 |
| Annoys |
Eugene Sheffer |
07 Jun 2022 |
| Annoys |
|
|
| Annoys |
LA Times Daily |
13 May 2022 |
| Bothers |
Universal |
26 Apr 2022 |
| Ticks off |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Apr 2022 |
| Annoys |
USA Today |
08 Apr 2022 |
| Gets on the nerves of |
Universal |
07 Mar 2022 |
| Irritates |
|
|
| Annoys |
Newsday |
16 Feb 2022 |
| Drives up the wall |
LA Times Daily |
12 Jan 2022 |
| Gets to |
New York Times |
03 Dec 2021 |
| Rubs the wrong way |
|
|
| Annoys |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Nov 2021 |
| Really annoys |
|
|
| Awful risk of bugs |
|
|
| Vexes |
Newsday |
27 Oct 2021 |
| Ruffles the feathers of |
New York Times |
04 Oct 2021 |
| Angers greatly, say |
|
|
| Irritates |
|
|
| Really gets to |
Universal |
08 Jul 2021 |
| Ticks off |
LA Times Daily |
05 Jul 2021 |
| Ticks off |
|
|
| Vexes |
Premier Sunday |
04 Jul 2021 |
| Bugs |
Universal |
24 Jun 2021 |
| Vexes |
Universal |
25 Apr 2021 |
| Gets under one's skin |
|
|
| Bothers |
USA Today |
23 Mar 2021 |
| Annoys |
Newsday |
22 Mar 2021 |
| Rubs the wrong way |
Newsday |
19 Mar 2021 |
| Annoys |
Thomas Joseph |
03 Mar 2021 |
| Gets on one's nerves |
|
|
| Bothers big-time |
USA Today |
17 Feb 2021 |
| Gets on the nerves |
|
|
| Aggravates |
|
|
| Gets on one's nerves |
|
|
| Really bugs |
New York Times |
28 Dec 2020 |
| Ruffles |
New York Times |
26 Dec 2020 |
| Annoys |
Universal |
11 Dec 2020 |
| Rubs the wrong way |
|
|
| Bothers |
Universal |
09 Sep 2020 |
| Rubs the wrong way |
|
|
| Exasperates |
USA Today |
19 Aug 2020 |
| Really bugs |
Universal |
13 Aug 2020 |
| Perturbs |
Newsday |
22 Jul 2020 |
| Provokes |
Newsday |
02 Jul 2020 |
| Irritates |
Universal |
16 Jun 2020 |
| Rubs the wrong way |
Universal |
10 Jun 2020 |
| Annoys |
The Telegraph Quick |
27 May 2020 |
| Bugs |
|
|
| Nettles |
New York Times |
20 May 2020 |
| Wears on |
|
|
| Wears on |
LA Times Daily |
17 May 2020 |
| Annoys |
|
|
| Exasperates |
Newsday |
09 Apr 2020 |
| Gets on the nerves |
|
|
| Tries the patience of |
Universal |
29 Feb 2020 |
| Annoys and irritates |
|
|
| Ticks off |
Thomas Joseph |
14 Feb 2020 |
| Annoys |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Feb 2020 |
| Bothers a lot |
|
|
| Makes weary |
Newsday |
14 Dec 2019 |
| Really ticks off |
|
|
| Grates on |
Newsday |
15 Nov 2019 |
| Rubs the wrong way |
|
|
| Bugs |
|
|
| Bugs big-time |
USA Today |
03 Sep 2019 |
| Gets on the nerves |
|
|
| Ticks off |
USA Today |
09 Aug 2019 |
| Bothers |
|
|
| Bothers |
LA Times Daily |
25 Jul 2019 |
| Succeeds in annoying |
Universal |
18 Jul 2019 |
| Rubs the wrong way |
|
|
| Really bugs |
|
|
| Really bugs |
LA Times Daily |
01 Jul 2019 |
| Rubs the wrong way |
|
|
| Rubs the wrong way |
LA Times Daily |
29 May 2019 |
| Ticks off |
New York Times |
20 May 2019 |
| Ticks off |
|
|
| Rubs the wrong way |
USA Today |
03 May 2019 |
| Is bothersome to |
USA Today |
29 Apr 2019 |
| Irritates, annoys |
|
|
| Ruffles the feathers of |
USA Today |
25 Mar 2019 |
| Tries the patience of |
USA Today |
14 Mar 2019 |
| Nettles |
Newsday |
03 Mar 2019 |
| Makes sore |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Feb 2019 |
| Makes mad |
|
|
| Puts out of sorts |
USA Today |
14 Jan 2019 |
| Annoys |
|
|
| Bothers |
|
|
| Really bugs |
|
|
| Rubs the wrong way |
|
|
| Ticks off |
|
|
| Irritates |
|
|
| Rubs the wrong way |
|
|
| Succeeds in annoying |
|
|
| Bothers big-time |
|
|
| Bugs big-time |
|
|
| Is bothersome to |
|
|
| Puts out of sorts |
|
|
| Rubs the wrong way |
|
|
| Ruffles the feathers of |
|
|
| Ticks off |
|
|
| Tries the patience of |
|
|
| Makes sore |
|
|
| Annoys |
Eugene Sheffer |
25 Dec 2018 |
| Annoys and irritates |
|
|
| Is vexing |
Universal |
13 Nov 2018 |
| Annoys |
New York Times |
09 Oct 2018 |
| Rubs the wrong way |
|
|
| Bothers |
Thomas Joseph |
12 Jul 2018 |
| Bugs |
New York Times |
19 Jun 2018 |
| Exasperates |
|
|
| Bothers a lot |
|
|
| Bothers a lot |
LA Times Daily |
11 Jun 2018 |
| Really gets to |
LA Times Daily |
05 Jun 2018 |
| Really gets to |
|
|
| Annoys |
The Times Concise |
18 May 2018 |
| Peeves |
New York Times |
10 May 2018 |
| Ticks off |
|
|
| Tees off |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Apr 2018 |
| Annoys |
|
|
| Rankles |
LA Times Daily |
01 Feb 2018 |
| Rankles |
|
|
| Grates on |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Jan 2018 |
| Vexes |
New York Times |
15 Jan 2018 |
| Annoys |
|
|
| Bugs |
|
|
| Galls |
|
|
| Rankles |
|
|
| Really gets to |
|
|
| Annoys |
|
|
| Peeves |
|
|
| Vexes |
|
|
| Is vexing |
|
|
| Bothers a lot |
|
|
| Tees off |
|
|
| Rubs the wrong way |
|
|
| Exasperates |
Universal |
25 Dec 2017 |
| Gets under the skin of |
USA Today |
06 Dec 2017 |
| Bugs |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Nov 2017 |
| Bothers or exasperates |
|
|
| Gets on the nerves of |
Universal |
08 Jul 2017 |
| Drives up the wall |
Newsday |
02 Jul 2017 |
| Gets on the nerves of |
USA Today |
27 Jun 2017 |
| Annoys |
Family Time |
26 Jun 2017 |
| Irritates |
Newsday |
07 Jun 2017 |
| Rankles |
Newsday |
23 Apr 2017 |
| Annoys |
|
|
| Exasperates |
|
|
| Bugs significantly |
Universal |
01 Feb 2017 |
| Exasperates |
|
|
| Gets under the skin of |
|
|
| Vexes |
|
|
| Gets on the nerves of |
|
|
| Gets on the nerves of |
|
|
| Bugs |
LA Times Daily |
13 Dec 2016 |
| Bugs |
|
|
| Miffs |
|
|
| Rankles |
USA Today |
14 Oct 2016 |
| Ticks off |
Premier Sunday |
11 Sep 2016 |
| Gets to |
New York Times |
08 Sep 2016 |
| Is vexing to |
USA Today |
05 Sep 2016 |
| Perturbs |
|
|
| Ruffles one's feathers |
Universal |
09 Aug 2016 |
| Gets one's goat |
Universal |
08 Aug 2016 |
| Is vexing to |
Universal |
04 Jun 2016 |
| Vexes |
LA Times Daily |
17 May 2016 |
| Irritates |
|
|
| Ticks off |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Apr 2016 |
| Annoys |
|
|
| Annoys |
|
|
| Annoys |
The Guardian Quick |
13 Feb 2016 |
| Gets under the skin of |
Universal |
11 Feb 2016 |
| Bugs a lot |
LA Times Daily |
27 Jan 2016 |
| Is vexing to |
|
|
| Ruffles one's feathers |
|
|
| Is vexing to |
|
|
| Gets under the skin of |
|
|
| Gets one's goat |
|
|
| Gets to |
|
|
| Bugs a lot |
|
|
| Vexes |
|
|
| Bugs |
Newsday |
19 Dec 2015 |
| Vexes |
|
|
| Aggravates |
Universal |
24 Nov 2015 |
| Rankles |
New York Times |
22 Nov 2015 |
| Gets to |
Newsday |
19 Sep 2015 |
| Perturbs |
Universal |
05 Aug 2015 |
| Annoys |
LA Times Daily |
01 Jun 2015 |
| Gets one's goat |
USA Today |
24 Feb 2015 |
| Aggravates |
USA Today |
07 Jan 2015 |
| Bothers |
New York Times |
04 Jan 2015 |
| Annoys |
|
|
| Bugs |
|
|
| Gets one's goat |
|
|
| Exasperates |
|
|
| Aggravates |
|
|
| Grates on |
|
|
| Rankles |
|
|
| Bothers |
|
|
| Vexes |
|
|
| Perturbs |
|
|
| Bothers |
|
|
| Aggravates |
|
|
| Annoys |
|
|
| Gets to |
|
|
| Bugs |
|
|
| Galls |
|
|
| Really bugs |
|
|
| Bugs |
|
|
| Really bugs |
|
|
| Rubs the wrong way |
|
|
| Vexes |
|
|
| Needles |
|
|
| Perturbs |
|
|
| Riles |
|
|
| Annoys |
|
|
| Gets to |
|
|
| Nettles |
|
|
| Peeves |
|
|
| Vexes |
|
|
| Annoys |
|
|
| Rubs the wrong way |
|
|
| Upsets |
|
|
| Troubles |
|
|
| Gets to |
|
|
| Peeves |
|
|
| Bugs |
|
|
| Displeases |
|
|
| Exasperates |
|
|
| Really gets to |
|
|
| Raises ire |
|
|
| Bugs |
|
|
| Riles |
|
|
| Ticks off |
|
|
| Ruffles feathers |
|
|
| Peeves |
|
|
| Gets to |
|
|
| Rubs the wrong way |
|
|
| Rubs the wrong way |
|
|
| Bugs |
|
|
| Exasperates |
|
|
| Nettles |
|
|
| Annoys |
|
|
| Gets to |
|
|
| Perturbs |
|
|
| Ruffles |
|
|
| Nettles |
|
|
| Rankles |
|
|
| Really bugs |
|
|
| Tees off |
|
|
| Nettles |
|
|
| Gets under the skin of |
|
|
| Miffs |
|
|
| Makes angry |
|
|
| Annoys |
|
|
| Nettles |
|
|
| Gets on the wrong side of |
|
|
| Tees off |
|
|
| Gets on one's nerves |
|
|
| Vexes |
|
|
| Ruffles |
|
|
| Upsets |
|
|
| Rubs the wrong way |
|
|
| Ruffles feathers |
|
|
| Bothers |
|
|
| Rankles |
|
|
| Ruffles feathers |
|
|
| Really gets to |
|
|
| Rubs the wrong way |
|
|
| Grates on |
|
|
| Upsets |
|
|
| Ticks off |
|
|
| Gets under one's skin |
|
|
| Grates on |
|
|
| Miffs |
|
|
| Puts out |
|
|
| Gets to |
|
|
| Gets to |
|
|
| Really gets to |
|
|
| Drives to distraction |
|
|
| Gets under one's skin |
|
|
| Grates on |
|
|
| Irritates |
|
|
| Bothers |
|
|
| Nettles |
|
|
| Tees off |
|
|
| Irritates |
|
|
| Disturbs |
|
|
| Gets one's goat |
|
|
| Gets under one's skin |
|
|
| Angers |
|
|
| Rankles |
|
|
| Gets on one's nerves |
|
|
| Tees off |
|
|
| Perturbs |
|
|
| Galls |
|
|
| Riles |
|
|
| Ticks off |
|
|
| Piques |
|
|
| Bothers |
|
|
| Ticks off |
|
|
| Ruffles feathers |
|
|
| Bugs |
|
|
| Vexes |
|
|
| Exasperates |
|
|
| Bothers |
|
|
| Ticks off |
|
|
| Really bothers |
|
|
| Makes see red |
|
|
| Ticks off |
|
|
| Nettles |
|
|
| Annoys |
|
|
| Bugs |
|
|
| Nettles |
|
|
| Bugs |
|
|
| Miffs |
|
|
| Is vexing to |
|
|
| Ticks off |
|
|
| Proves troublesome |
|
|
| Exasperates |
|
|
| Annoys |
|
|
| Peeves |
|
|
| Exasperates |
|
|
| Annoys |
|
|
| Annoys |
|
|
| Becomes a bane to |
|
|
| Ticks off |
|
|
| Makes angry |
|
|
| Disturbs |
|
|
| Disturbs |
|
|
| Rubs the wrong way |
|
|
| Exasperates |
|
|
| Vexes |
|
|
| Vexes |
|
|
| Peeves |
|
|
| Nettles |
|
|
| Vexes |
|
|
| Bothers |
|
|
| Is vexing |
|
|
| Rubs the wrong way |
|
|
| Ticks off |
|
|
| Angers |
|
|
| Peeves |
|
|
| Exasperates |
|
|
| Peeves |
|
|
| Drives to distraction |
|
|
| Irritates |
|
|
| Gets to |
|
|
| Rubs the wrong way |
|
|
| Gets one's goat |
|
|
| Ticks off |
|
|
| Ruffles |
|
|
| Is trying |
|
|
| Gets on the nerves of |
|
|
| Gets under one's skin |
|
|
| Irritates |
|
|
| Piques |
|
|
| Tires |
|
|
| Maddens |
|
|
| Raises ire |
|
|
| Tires out |
|
|
| Troubles |
|
|
| Gets under the skin |
|
|
| Causes vexation |
|
|
| Unsettles |
|
|
| Disgusts |
|
|
| Galls |
|
|
| Bothers |
|
|
| Chafes |
|
|
| Bugs |
|
|
| Is on the back of |
|
|
| Wearies. |
|
|
| Bores |
|
|
| Nettles. |
|
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| Provokes. |
|
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| Troubles. |
|
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| Wearies |
|
|
| Vexes. |
|
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| Annoys. |
|
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| Bores. |
|
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| Bothers. |
|
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| Exacerbates. |
|
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