aggravate — If someone or something aggravates a situation, they make it worse.
hack — to place (something) on a hack, as for drying or feeding.
incite — to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action: to incite a crowd to riot.
needle — a small, slender, rodlike instrument, usually of polished steel, with a sharp point at one end and an eye or hole for thread at the other, for passing thread through cloth to make stitches in sewing.
ask for it — to put a question to; inquire of: I asked him but he didn't answer.
steam up — water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
umbrage — offense; annoyance; displeasure: to feel umbrage at a social snub; to give umbrage to someone; to take umbrage at someone's rudeness.
whip up — to beat with a strap, lash, rod, or the like, especially by way of punishment or chastisement; flog; thrash: Criminals used to be whipped for minor offenses.