n.

1. The act of annoying, irritating, or vexing.
2. The quality or condition of being vexed; annoyance.
3. A source of irritation or annoyance.

noun

1. The act of annoying: annoyance, botheration, bothering, exasperation, harassment, irritation, pestering, provocation. See feelings, pain/pleasure.
2. The feeling of being annoyed: aggravation, annoyance, bother, botheration, exasperation, irritation. See feelings, pain/pleasure.
3. Something that annoys: aggravation, annoyance, besetment, bother, irritant, irritation, nuisance, peeve, plague, torment. See feelings, pain/pleasure.

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The noun has 4 meanings:

Meaning #1: anger produced by some annoying irritation
  Synonyms: annoyance, chafe

Meaning #2: the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
  Synonyms: irritation, annoyance, botheration

Meaning #3: something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness
  Synonyms: concern, worry, headache

Meaning #4: the act of troubling or annoying someone
  Synonyms: annoyance, annoying, irritation

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - ærgrelse, fortrædelighed, plageri, plage

Nederlands (Dutch)
ergernis, kwelling, het ergeren

Français (French)
n. - contrariété, tracas

Deutsch (German)
n. - Ärger(nis), Beunruhigung, Plage

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ενόχληση, εκνευρισμός

Italiano (Italian)
irritazione, seccatura

Português (Portuguese)
n. - vexame (m), aflição (f)

Русский (Russian)
досада, неприятность

Español (Spanish)
n. - irritación, fastidio, disgusto

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - förargelse, retande

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
恼怒, 着急, 烦恼

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 惱怒, 著急, 煩惱

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 속상함, 애태움, 화나는 일

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - いら立たしさ, 腹立たしさ, 悩まされること, いら立ちの種

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) اغاظه, اغضاب, اثارة, انزعاج‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮רוגז, הרגזה, הצקה‬

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