Synonyms of burn up
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Another word for burn up is bother. Other synonyms of burn up are devil, trouble, hassle, provoke and outrage.
Synonyms and similar words for burn up
verbTo catch fire and burn until destroyed.
- go up in smokeTo be completely ruined, devastated, or reduced to nothingness.
- catch fire
- catch on fire
- combustTo burn up, to burn away, to consume with fire.
- conflagrate
- go up in flamesTo be cancelled or ruined without any hope of return.
- ignite
- light
- fire dated
- spunk obsolete
- take fire dated
verbTo anger; to annoy.
- incenseTo anger; to infuriate.
- affront
- aggravateTo exasperate; to provoke or irritate.
- anger
- antagonizeTo work against; to oppose (especially to incite a reaction).
- awrathAnger; enrage.
- cheese off slangTo annoy.
- cross
- embitter
- envenom
- gall
- get
- get to
- honk offTo annoy.
- inflameTo cause (someone, or their heart, mind, etc.) to feel strong desire or other feelings; to excite (someone) to great...
- infuriateTo make furious or mad with anger; to fill with fury.
- madden
- make angry
- nark Australia, UKTo annoy or irritate.
- offend
- outrageTo inspire feelings of outrage in.
- provokeTo cause someone to become annoyed or angry.
- put out
- rankle
- rileTo stir or move from a state of calm or order.
- piss offTo annoy, anger.
- roilTo annoy; to make angry; to throw into discord.
- set offTo put into an angry mood; to start (a person) ranting or sulking, etc.
- steam
- tick offTo annoy, aggravate.
- get one's back up
- get someone's dander upTo anger or annoy someone.
- get someone's goatTo annoy or infuriate someone.
- get someone's Irish upTo anger or annoy someone.
- make someone see red
- make someone's blood boilTo cause a person to feel angry or very annoyed, especially in situation in which one cannot fully display that feeling...
- put someone's back upSynonym of get someone's back up: to annoy someone.
- raise someone's hacklesTo annoy or anger someone.
- raise someone's shagTo anger or annoy someone.
- rattle someone's cage
- rub the wrong way
- ruffle some feathersTo cause a disturbance; to arouse resentment, anger, or concern.
- set up someone's birse ScotlandTo make someone angry.
- annoy
- nettle
- ruffle
- sting
- burn someone's assTo irritate, bother, grind one's gears.
- botherTo annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for.
- disgruntleTo make discontent or cross; to put in a bad temper.
- botherateTo bother.
- bug
- grate
- bedevilTo harass or cause trouble for; to plague.
- acerbate formal
- devilTo annoy or bother.
- exasperateTo tax the patience of; irk, frustrate, vex, provoke, annoy; to make angry.
- frustrateTo cause stress or annoyance.
- get up
- grotch
- hack off
- hassleTo trouble, to bother, to annoy.
- irkTo irritate; annoy; bother.
- irritateTo provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure in.
- jazz
- molestTo annoy, trouble, or afflict.
- mommick US, dialectalTo harass or bother (someone or something).
- pee off slangSynonym of piss off (all senses).
- peeveTo annoy; vex.
- peeve offSynonym of annoy or piss off.
- persecute
- piqueTo wound the pride of (someone); to excite to anger; to irritate, to offend.
- rile upTo rile; to aggravate.
- stormTo disturb or trouble (someone).
- test someone's patienceTo begin to frustrate someone.
- troubleIn weaker sense: to bother or inconvenience.
- try one's patience
- vexTo annoy, irritate.
- wind upTo upset; to anger or distress.
- Idioms:
- boil someone's piss vulgarTo irritate someone very much; to make someone very annoyed.
- chap someone's hideTo annoy someone; get on someone's nerves.
- get on someone's nervesTo annoy or irritate someone; to bother someone.
- get on someone's tits vulgarTo annoy or irritate.
- get on someone's wickTo annoy or upset someone, especially by repeated disagreeable actions.
- get someone's back upTo annoy or anger someone.
- get someone's nanny
- get someone's nanny-goat
- get under one's goat
- get under someone's skin
- give someone the shits Australia, colloquialTo annoy or frustrate someone to a great degree.
- grind one's gearsTo annoy or irritate one.
- harsh one's mellowTo spoil one's good mood or to annoy one.
- rub someone the wrong wayTo cause someone irritation, discomfort or annoyance, often unintentionally, because of one's behavior, manner...
- rub up the wrong wayTo annoy or anger someone.
- ruffle someone's feathersTo unease, cause discomfort to someone.
- tee off slangTo irritate, vex, or annoy.
- torque off USTo annoy, distress, or anger.
- nerve rare
verbTo be or feel overly hot or inflamed.
- swelterTo suffer terribly from intense heat.
Meaning of burn up
- verb To catch fire and burn until destroyed.
- verb To destroy by burning.
- verb To anger; to annoy.
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