Synonyms of bugging

bugging 1 of 2

noun

as in harassment

the act of making unwelcome intrusions upon another

this perpetual bugging while I'm working is driving me nuts!

Synonyms & Similar Words

• harassment
• bothering
• disturbance
• teasing
• annoyance
• pestering
• torture
• harrying
• aggravation
• vexation
• importunity
• bedevilment
• botheration
• persecution
• torment
• molestation
• provocation
• offense
• mischief
• devilment
• aggro
• devilry

bugging

2 of 2

verb

present participle of bug

1

as in bothering

to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts

these incessant phone calls are really starting to bug me

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bothering
• annoying
• irritating
• persecuting
• getting
• aggravating
• eating
• worrying
• itching
• irking
• exasperating
• vexing
• griping
• infuriating
• angering
• riling
• spiting
• burning (up)
• grating
• nettling
• ruffling
• plaguing
• teasing
• chafing
• piquing
• narking
• peeving
• getting to
• galling
• hacking (off)
• frosting
• wearing on
• putting out
• insulting
• rasping
• nagging
• harassing
• provoking
• hassling
• rubbing the wrong way
• getting on one's nerves
• pestering
• sticking in one's craw
• upsetting
• getting one's goat
• badgering
• setting one's teeth on edge
• offending
• heckling
• enraging
• antagonizing
• baiting
• inflaming
• harrying
• agitating
• rousing
• distressing
• unsettling
• maddening
• outraging
• perturbing
• rankling
• discomforting
• exercising
• incensing
• fretting
• roiling
• disquieting
• bullyragging
• undoing
• affronting
• deviling
• unhinging
• hagriding
• freaking (out)
• discomposing
• miffing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• appeasing
• obliging
• placating
• pacifying
• pleasing
• gratifying
• satisfying
• conciliating
• delighting
• assuring
• reassuring
• cheering
• mollifying
• propitiating
• comforting
• soothing
• consoling
• quieting
• contenting
• gladdening
• solacing

2

as in worrying

to thrust oneself upon (another) without invitation

I hate to bug you, but could you help me move this table?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bothering
• worrying
• pestering
• annoying
• disturbing
• harassing
• irritating
• intruding (upon)
• tormenting
• troubling
• provoking
• chivying
• aggravating
• hassling
• plaguing
• gnawing
• inconveniencing
• dogging
• angering
• vexing
• exasperating
• bedeviling
• fretting
• invading
• persecuting
• distressing
• riling
• getting
• irking
• chafing
• besetting
• rankling
• afflicting
• antagonizing
• grating
• roiling
• besieging
• infuriating
• piquing
• galling
• dunning
• nettling
• maddening
• peeving
• putting out
• agitating
• rasping
• enraging
• perturbing
• outraging
• inflaming
• deviling
• encroaching
• incensing
• trespassing
• beleaguering
• obtruding
• infringing
• cutting in (on)
• butting in

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignoring
• leaving
• forgetting
• disregarding
• slighting
• appeasing
• obliging
• disarming
• placating
• pleasing
• gratifying
• satisfying
• conciliating
• delighting
• comforting
• mollifying
• consoling
• contenting
• gladdening

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bugging

Verb

However, in-flight cabin etiquette is only one part of what’s bugging travelers this summer. — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 6 Aug. 2026

The necessity of the trip at all is what's been bugging me. — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 12 June 2026

His doctor had been bugging him for years to get a colonoscopy because of his age, but Driggers declined. — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2026

Get clear about what’s bugging you. — Usa Today, USA Today, 26 May 2026

Woke up this morning, still kind of bugging me. — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 26 May 2026

Although pest control companies offer lethal solutions such as carpenter bee traps or chemical treatments, the best way to keep carpenter bees from bugging you is using stained, sealed, varnished or treated wood in building projects. — Sarah Linn april 24, Sacbee.com, 24 Apr. 2026

So, all the things people were yelling about with Southwest weren’t bugging me. — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 21 Mar. 2026

But so much of my journalism has been about something that’s bugging me. — Jack Denton, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026