Related Clues:

• Bothered no end
• Troubled continually
• Continued to annoy
• Was annoying to
• Bothered a lot
• Bothered big-time
• Really rankled
• Annoyed persistently
• Really irked
• Really annoyed
• Irked a lot
• Persistently bothered
• Gave heartburn, say
• Bothered greatly
• Kept awake, maybe