vexing

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Annoying
accursed
aggravating
annoying
annoyingly
ball-ache
exasperatingly
frustratingly
gadfly
gallingly
gratingly
irritatingly
limit
maddening
mither
naggingly
spiteful
stupid
trying
vexatious
vexatiously

galling | American Dictionary

galling
adjective
us/ˈɡɔ·lɪŋ/
annoying:
He found his reduced status galling.