rock, stone - material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust; "that mountain is solid rock"; "stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries"

ballast - coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroads

bank gravel, pit run, pit-run gravel - gravel as found in natural deposits

shingle - coarse beach gravel of small water-worn stones and pebbles (or a stretch of shore covered with such gravel)

get under one's skin, get - irritate; "Her childish behavior really get to me"; "His lying really gets me"

eat into, rankle, grate, fret - gnaw into; make resentful or angry; "The unjustice rankled her"; "his resentment festered"

chafe - feel extreme irritation or anger; "He was chafing at her suggestion that he stay at home while she went on a vacation"

peeve - cause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentful

ruffle - trouble or vex; "ruffle somebody's composure"

fret - cause annoyance in

beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke - annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"

antagonize, antagonise - provoke the hostility of; "Don't antagonize your boss"

displease - give displeasure to

cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers"

stump, mix up - cause to be perplexed or confounded; "This problem stumped her"

befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, bedevil, fuddle, throw - be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher"

riddle - set a difficult problem or riddle; "riddle me a riddle"

elude, escape - be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; "What you are seeing in him eludes me"

cacophonic, cacophonous - having an unpleasant sound; "as cacophonous as a henyard"- John McCarten