| A | B |
| Aggravate | To make worse or more troublesome |
| Agitate | To disturb or upset |
| Avert | To prevent or avoid; to keep from happening |
| Censure | To express blame or disapproval |
| Chafe | To feel discontent or irritation |
| Console | To comfort |
| Cower | To shrink from in fear; to cringe |
| Dominate | To control by strength or power; to master |
| Exasperate | To annoy extremely; to make angry |
| Gloat | To think of triumphantly, with great and sometimes malicious satisfaction |
| Humiliate | To shame; to lower the self-esteem of |
| Irk | To annoy; to make weary or irritated |
| Perturb | To distress or disturb greatly |
| Procrastinate | To delay; to put things off until later |
| Rationalize | To justify; to find an explanation or excuse for |
| Regress | To go back to an earlier way of acting or thinking |
| Repress | To put down or hold back; to suppress |
| Reprimand | To scold severely |
| Scowl | To frown or glower angrily; to look sullen |
| Tolerate | To put up with or endure; to abide |