| Ado |
| Bug |
| Fuss |
| Pain |
| Flap |
| To-do |
| Beset |
| Annoy |
| Fight |
| Argue |
| Bother |
| Pester |
| Badger |
| Harass |
| Run in |
| Strife |
| Ruckus |
| Trouble |
| Wrangle |
| Rhubarb |
| Headache |
| Squabble |
| Nuisance |
| Argument |
| Annoyance |
| Aggravate |
| Royal pain |
| Major pain |
| Big bother |
| Bug no end |
| Aggravation |
| Botheration |
| Disagreement |
| Big headache |
| Major bother |
| Great bother |
| Big runaround |
| Give grief to |
| Inconvenience. |
| Red tape, e.g. |
| Major headache |
| Badger or hound |
| Fuss and bother |
| Annoying ordeal |
| Kin of a rumble |
| Procedural pain |
| Major annoyance |
| Bothersome task |
| Heated argument |
| Pain in the neck |
| Harass — grief |
| Long lines, e.g. |
| Give a hard time |
| Annoy continually |
| Big inconvenience |
| Annoy persistently |
| Persistently annoy |
| Bothersome dispute |
| Pain in the behind |
| Rhubarb's relative |
| Disorderly dispute |
| Pester persistently |
| Give a hard time to |
| Annoying experience |
| Major inconvenience |
| Real pain in the ass |
| Give one a hard time |
| Be a pain in the neck |
| Relative of a rhubarb |
| Major pain in the neck |
| Annoying inconvenience |
| Exasperating experience |
| Give someone a hard time |
| Irritating inconvenience |
| More than an inconvenience |
| Minor but aggravating problem |
| Talking to customer service, typically |
| Getting through a busy toll plaza, e.g. |