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

misgive - suggest fear or doubt; "Her heart misgave her that she had acted inexcusably"

cark, disorder, disquiet, perturb, unhinge, distract, trouble - disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed; "She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill"

eat on, eat - worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way; "What's eating you?"

nag - worry persistently; "nagging concerns and doubts"

worry - be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy; "I worry about my job"

scramble, beat - stir vigorously; "beat the egg whites"; "beat the cream"

toss - agitate; "toss the salad"

rile, roil - make turbid by stirring up the sediments of

poke - stir by poking; "poke the embers in the fireplace"

move, displace - cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"

deliberate, debate - discuss the pros and cons of an issue

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"