strained, stretched, tested, tried
demanded, exacted, importuned, pressed, pressured, pushedaggravated, agitated, annoyed, bothered, exasperated, galled, gnawed (at), got (to), grated, harassed, harried, hassled, irked, irritated, nettled, pained, peeved, pestered, riled, spited, vexed(also vext)