irritates

What irritates him is the rhetoric from those who leave, that the Hong Kong they knew has died.

“But it seems to me it makes people even more angry, irritates and outrages them. Because people really cannot understand, especially lately, those attacks that hit peaceful houses.”

Chad, a decades-old ally of France, is now cleverly playing off Russia and its traditional Western partners, deepening relations with Moscow in a ploy that irritates and pressures Paris and Washington.

This irritates some pundits, as "vibes" are hard to measure.

Anything that goads and irritates the opposition is fair game.