relief
easing
easement
alleviation
abirritant
mitigatory
sugarcoat the pill
twist the knife
on the receiving end
groan
moan
what has someone done
bugger
exasperation
unpleasure
annoying
vexation
wretchedness
paregoric
irritation
annoyance
argh
face the music
agonized
bothering
soothe
annoy
irritate
agonised
irritancy
carry the can
make a nuisance of oneself
visit
bristle up
slight
inflict
impose
bridle up
bridle at
turn off
rebuff
bring down
unpleasingness
bristle at
get on someone's bad side
inconvenience
abomination
take the edge off
mildheartedness
face
commiseratory
upset
hassle
tease
maggoty
chap someone's hide
prick
torque off
discomfort
nastiness
miff
wag a finger
huff
offend
seeing red
wind up
ease
Christing
lighten
bemulce
bitterness
hurtful
piss off
adversativeness
pestering
skeeve out
irk
lash
sadistic
get a rise out of
get up someone's nose
frowning
contumely
set someone's teeth on edge
bugbear
compensatory
aflame
gaff
irritativeness
abuse
asperation
soothing

English words for 'the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance)'

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