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What is another word for
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Cause or become hurt
(
usually of a disease or condition
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To affect adversely
To cause a profound effect
To take violent or aggressive action against
To punish (in order to bring about improvement in behavior, attitude, etc)
To hit or strike with force
To spread or pervade throughout
To punish or reprimand (someone) for a fault or crime
To catch or develop (a disease or infectious agent)
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Cause or become hurt
burden
distress
trouble
beset
harass
oppress
plague
rack
torment
bother
smite
annoy
harrow
pain
vex
worry
wound
ail
bedevil
curse
exasperate
grieve
hurt
irritate
strain
stress
tax
try
agonise
UK
agonize
US
anguish
besiege
blight
excruciate
grip
persecute
pursue
torture
affect
cause suffering to
cause trouble to
crucify
discommode
harry
irk
lacerate
martyr
pester
press
strike
take
upset
visit
disturb
perturb
bug
agitate
depress
discompose
disquiet
hassle
sadden
dismay
perplex
hound
unsettle
nag
fret
concern
badger
gall
haunt
aggrieve
mortify
disconcert
fluster
provoke
fuss
beleaguer
give someone grief
faze
weigh down
flurry
unhinge
gnaw at
molest
discomfort
rattle
alarm
deject
dog
ruffle
aggravate
frazzle
dishearten
injure
get to
chafe
distemper
tease
burn up
unnerve
crush
dispirit
cast down
discourage
displease
sting
punish
needle
drive up the wall
discomfit
assail
wring
bum out
distract
shake
freak out
weird out
mistreat
derail
pique
hagride
maltreat
lie heavy on
peeve
scourge
ride
frustrate
give a hard time
cause agony to
demoralize
US
offend
confound
abuse
ill-treat
tyrannize
US
confuse
cause pain to
dash
pick on
hector
alarum
rile
exercise
undo
scare
frighten
demoralise
UK
nettle
daunt
devastate
nark
stir up
make anxious
desolate
anger
disgust
tyrannise
UK
make uneasy
tear
inconvenience
miff
make wretched
make miserable
cause anguish to
prey on
hack off
discombobulate
attack
sicken
weigh heavily on
get down
rend
cut to the quick
tick off
make despondent
give someone a hard time
traumatize
US
put off
convulse
niggle
overwhelm
move
sear
taunt
touch
outrage
mither
devil
bring down
embarrass
discountenance
derange
interrupt
tantalize
US
tantalise
UK
heckle
throw
put out
inflict anguish on
psych
dampen
hang over
shock
give a bad time
cause discomfort to
puzzle
traumatise
UK
spook
get on your nerves
nag at
pother
make gloomy
wrong
turn off
throw off balance
prey on someone's mind
make unhappy
victimize
US
beat down
harm
get
grate
rasp
eat
spite
cause pain
stab
frost
gripe
itch
pierce
chivvy
test
inflame
grind
goad
preoccupy
cut up
suffer
bite
drain
weary
cut
fear
bait
nauseate
beat
importune
cause discomfort
pinch
chagrin
repel
stretch
rub up the wrong way
sweat
stew
constrain
abase
excite
victimise
UK
prick
affront
cramp
cow
browbeat
repulse
push
chill
inflict suffering on
inflict pain on
grate on
break one's heart
bend someone's ear
break
bully
tire
put a damper on
break the heart of
be painful
despair
disparage
take over
indispose
disappoint
grind at
make desolate
hack you off
be a burden to
weigh
weigh on
cause concern to
make waves
wind up
eat at
intrude
rouse
debilitate
get across
be a nuisance to
get at
make uncomfortable
flip out
reduce to tears
abash
appal
UK
bewilder
get someone down
cause anguish
cause anxiety to
turn
make sad
drive bananas
appall
US
give someone the blues
psych out
knock sideways
do someone's head in
make your heart bleed
be a great weight on
suppress
bedog
face
grind someone down
buffet
grizzle
force
damage
hunt
tangle
buttonhole
occupy
gut
grind on
nonplus
ruin
destroy
ravage
eat away at
muse
labor
US
labour
UK
press down on
obsess
scorn
rib
chaff
wrench
keep after
cause disquiet to
exhaust
sap
squirm
scar
shatter
work up
maim
mutilate
martyrize
brutalize
US
mangle
impale
grill
whip
brutalise
UK
entangle
hamper
gnaw
infest
tear away at
terrorize
US
excoriate
incommode
startle
confront
be prey to
throw off
dun
aggress
be afflicted with
suffer from
be plagued with
be troubled by
be a burden on
hit hard
be blighted with
be burdened with
be bedevilled by
occupy someone's thoughts
make someone scratch their head
overcharge
be the victim of
rag
stir
discriminate against
dash the hopes of
cause someone distress
disgruntle
roust
possess
put the squeeze on
daze
be in someone's way
be
mess with someone's head
sweat out
weigh heavily on one's mind
inflict
bone
thrill
jump on one's case
give one the business
terrorise
UK
lie
get in your hair
drive round the bend
be on your back
work over
astound
complicate
amaze
arouse
shake up
get in the way
interfere
fall upon
fall on
horrify
start in on
intimidate
be unwell
accost
encroach
obtrude
terrify
give the needle
hurt deeply
ridicule
lampoon
incapacitate
flip
craze
floor
wreck
wreak
befall
impose
consume
take control of
unman
give someone the works
tear to shreds
tear to pieces
put on the rack
rock the boat
get on someone's wick
make a scene
hurt somebody's feelings
get someone
fire up
egg on
turn on
lay up
key up
dish it out
give it to
stick it to
dish out
be a pest to
lead someone a merry dance
play cat and mouse
rub salt in wound
put through wringer
disoblige
jar
slight
be indisposed
be crook
tire out
wear out
infuriate
weigh heavily on someone's mind
niggle at
strap
nit-pick
deter
be sick
feel pain
be ill
be weak
dampen spirits
bring one down
revolt
cause suffering
be hurtful to
cause offense
bleed
mourn
lambaste
cause sorrow
incense
make severe demands on
put a strain on
make demands on
madden
make blue
drag down
put into a funk
overawe
break in
scold
berate
enrage
knock the wind out of
rankle
lie heavy on someone's mind
weigh heavy on someone's mind
be wrong with
be in pain
feel unwell
give offence to
be disagreeable to
push the buttons of
hurt someone's feelings
thumb nose at
make downhearted
harsh one's mellow
chasten
be the matter with
push buttons
reproach
revile
domineer
take the heart out of
avenge
repress
dampen someone's hopes
prostrate
awe
droop
cause to lose heart
deprecate
arouse anxiety in
gravel
override
upbraid
haze
do a number on
make it tough for
be on one's case
engulf
overcome
swamp
dissatisfy
dominate
enslave
abrade
ache
throb
gross out
descend upon
force upon
smart
tyrannize over
be autocratic
drag
dull
darken
damp
enervate
reluct
make sick
be repugnant to
make someone want to throw up
turn one's stomach
make someone feel nauseous
make your gorge rise
disorder
turn your stomach
give someone the hump
make someone see red
eat up
devour
run down
rankle with
overtax
pressure
overstretch
tense
pressurize
US
get your back up
descend on
bring down on
get under one's skin
be at
cast a gloom upon
put your back up
bring tears to someone's eyes
knock the stuffing out of
bear down
harsh someone's mellow
turn one off
make someone's heart bleed
make someone fed up
bring tears to your eyes
keep under
dampen someone's spirits
pour cold water on
dash someone's hopes
break someone's spirit
knock for six
throw cold water on
break someone's heart
get in one's hair
be a pain in the neck
mix up
be a thorn in someone's side
swallow up
be tender
overextend
cause to feel emotional strain
overdo
cause to feel mental strain
put on trial
make tense
tense up
pressurise
UK
put in traction
crunch
push to the limit
twinge
prickle
affect badly
play up
burn
be sore
bruise
kill
make suffer
leave a mark
impact on
make an impact
disadvantage
impinge on
knock back
leave a mark on
hit
nick
rark
insult
heavy
chivy
nudge
bore
impede
cross
hinder
intrude upon
impose on
get on your wick
breathe down someone's neck
carp at
make one's hackles rise
get on someone's case
take aback
exacerbate
roil
antagonize
US
hump
antagonise
UK
stun
panic
surprise
muddle
dumbfound
put someone off their stroke
flummox
rub the wrong way
addle
baffle
drive mad
drive crazy
tee off
mystify
make nervous
fuddle
affright
petrify
humiliate
get your goat
jolt
drive to distraction
disrupt
get in someone's hair
put down
astonish
get on someone's nerves
stagger
disorient
stupefy
befuddle
disarrange
set someone back on their heels
embitter
shame
put into a flap
throw into a tizz
bowl over
make angry
subdue
get one's goat
ire
enflame
mad
scandalize
US
buffalo
get on one's nerves
raise someone's hackles
get someone's back up
ruffle someone's feathers
make someone's hackles rise
disillusion
steam up
sour
foul up
bamboozle
consternate
be offensive
jumble
muddy
disenchant
scandalise
UK
put out of countenance
bustle
scarify
fright
T-off
let down
cause someone to lose their composure
get under your skin
stimulate
put the wind up
hang up
drive round the twist
put someone's nose out of joint
put someone's back up
unbalance
make someone's blood boil
incite
scare to death
get under someone's skin
get up someone's nose
scare the bejesus out of
get someone's dander up
put on the spot
galvanize
US
weaken
get across someone
rock
disaffect
galvanise
UK
disrespect
diss
disorganize
dis
snafu
paralyse
UK
mess up
hurry
jar on
flabbergast
bemuse
rattle one's cage
make cross
electrify
paralyze
US
fox
overpower
put someone off their stride
thwart
send into a rage
get your dander up
disorientate
get under skin
give a turn
give someone a turn
scare stiff
give someone the pip
dump on
do in
cause to be at a stand
hit where one lives
try someone's patience
put in a spot
rattle someone's cage
scare the living daylights out of
fidget
quicken
make fretful
disgrace
zing
alienate
cavil
down
foul
dizzy
catch off balance
undermine
demean
lower
enfeeble
meddle
devitalize
make your blood boil
stump
cause anxiety
slap
criticize
US
snub
squelch
jangle
acerbate
maze
dumfound
keep on at
stop someone in their tracks
estrange
go on at
humble
louse up
raise your hackles
thunderstrike
discredit
befog
own
screw up
muck up
try one's patience
dishonour
UK
make self-conscious
get up your nose
try your patience
wear on
criticise
UK
get your hackles up
dishonor
US
numb
pose
be offensive to
get someone's goat
cheese off
rub you up the wrong way
greatly upset
get on somebody's nerves
knock over
throw into a tizzy
put the wind up someone
be distasteful to
cause offence to
stick in one's craw
give trouble
set one's teeth on edge
fog
throw a curve
bulldoze
make it tough
obfuscate
try the patience of
make shudder
be repulsive to
fill with fear
hurt one's feelings
be on the back of
be a thorn in someone's flesh
get someone's hackles up
get a rise out of
deflate
blow away
scare someone out of their wits
strike dumb
put somebody's nose out of joint
make discontented
throw into a panic
go to one's head
make your hair stand on end
strike terror into
put the fear of God into
make one sick
get on nerves
blow one's mind
scare the pants off
put to trouble
bring low
throw into a blue funk
make someone's gorge rise
fill with loathing
flutter
hustle
muddle up
outface
stare down
outstare
put off balance
heat
stand up to
unquiet
frenzy
make restless
tear apart
put on edge
stress out
mistake
fester
discontent
urge
prod
ferment
deplore
misplease
wing
curdle
cool
sound
cap
be rude to
psych someone out
destabilize
US
ventilate
examine
unstring
furbelow
bluster
frill
wear
henpeck
bum
hack
steam
drive nuts
dement
displace
rummage
disarray
send into a spin
chase
cause resentment to
cause annoyance to
destabilise
UK
make flip
work someone up
bug up
push one's buttons
play dirty
balk
US
dislocate
throw into tizzy
work on
push button
heat up
knock props out
foil
motivate
absorb
grab
attract
awake
goose
ignite
interest
baulk
UK
take by surprise
put someone off
throw into confusion
cast a gloom on
cause to panic
chide
ruffle one's feathers
mess
ask for it
get someone's wick
impose upon
knock for a loop
arouse hostility in
put to some trouble
spring something on
throw a curveball
disengage
uncouple
unfasten
separate
unhitch
disconnect
detach
start
throw into uproar
throw into disorder
wind somebody up
drive you up the wall
stroke someone's hair the wrong way
resent
set someone's teeth on edge
snit
pet
tiff
huff
fill with consternation
mess with
push someon's buttons
disaccord
disharmonize
discord
begrudge
crab
grudge
alien
put
upset apple cart
worst
inflict trauma
deeply upset
chill off
frighten to death
frighten the living daylights out of
subjugate
stifle
rile up
give the business
make one's heart bleed
bring tears to one's eyes
dampen someone's spirit
make awkward
make ashamed
show up
disarm
dispraise
slander
catch somebody off balance
catch somebody unawares
rub one the wrong way
cause to lose your bearings
find fault with
envenom
knock the stuffing out of someone
put someone out
get even
cramp style
smother
diminish
give a zinger
give the cold shoulder
wilder
dash hopes
surprize
put off his or her stride
make someone laugh on the other side of their face
make someone laugh out of the other side of their mouth
take the wind out of someone's sails
make fed up
pull the rug from under
whelm
overmaster
work into lather
set one off
set on
take a rise out of
make blood boil
upset the apple cart
poison
drive insane
carp
have had enough
become bored
exhaust someone's patience
grate at
lose patience
snow
uncalm
pull the rug out from under
drive you crazy
deaden
defeat
extinguish
curb
quell
slur
catch one short
put out of action
hit like a ton of bricks
take someone's breath away
bring around
set thinking
make punchy
intoxicate
bring up short
inebriate
stymie
disempower
scare silly
make jump
impress
umbrage
shatter the illusions of
burst one's bubble
dampen the spirits of
hurt the feelings of
make a monkey of
put in a hole
quibble
hit a sour note
mess with one's head
make someone's head spin
be all Greek to
set someone thinking
ball up
nitpick
knock out
blow out
unzip
send up
snarl
unglue
take steam out
cripple
blow up
take apart
squick
make turbid
drive you to distraction
make livid
cause someone difficulty
discommodate
threaten
menace
flap
snow under
grind down
set back
send over the edge
raise someone's eyebrows
bear down on
damp down
dazzle
spellbind
make someone's hair stand on end
make your hackles rise
drive you round the twist
drive you round the bend
shake out of your complacency
hit like ton of bricks
take the wind out of your sails
completely surprise
make someone's blood run cold
disunify
abominate
cause to feel nauseous
disunite
pall
divide
cause aversion
surfeit
make someone's stomach rise
cloy on
offend morals of
wean
be repulsive
be a problem to
put someone to trouble
drive you off your head
make you see red
be agitated
lean on
take pains
give someone bother
be disagreeable
be an affront to
give offence
tread on someone's toes
put pressure on
be in a tizzy
be worried
make emotional
be in someone's hair
bring pressure to bear on
crawl
drive you out of your mind
make somebody's blood boil
drive out of mind
labour over
cast a pall over
turn someone off
be displeasing to
be in a flap
throw into panic
jaundice
empoison
make resentful
make bitter
be in a stew
get worked up
get in a stew
make someone feel sick
drive somebody up the wall
make a big thing out of
make a big thing of
drive
make a meal of
make a mountain out of a molehill
scare witless
disburb
stiff
steamroller
run circles around
hit for six
downgrade
leave speechless
sweep someone off their feet
render speechless
subordinate
mau-mau
strong-arm
coerce
make a thing of
turn stomach
make your flesh creep
give you the creeps
make flesh crawl
make someone go out of his way
freeze your blood
make things hot for someone
inspire panic in
strike terror in
frighten out of your wits
dragoon
bludgeon
fill with terror
make it hot for someone
put the frighteners on
worsen
turn someone's stomach
give someone goose pimples
give one the creeps
chill to the bone
get the wind up
throw into a fright
scare off
make your blood run cold
make someone jump out of their skin
make blood run cold
make one's flesh creep
chill someone to the marrow
make teeth chatter
scare someone half to death
give someone the heebie-jeebies
scare away
curdle the blood
invigorate
US
inspire
whip up
acidulate
make rancorous
bitter
venom
spur
energize
US
pump up
degrade
debase
sink
juice up
enliven
inspirit
foment
energise
UK
envigorate
UK
trigger
animate
enthuse
liven up
activize
work
jazz up
titillate
make ill
belittle
reduce
disagree
cheapen
silence
make a fool of
pop one's balloon
take down
bemean
make someone eat humble pie
pull down
make someone eat crow
bring down a peg
cause to lose face
squash
cut down to size
put to shame
take down a peg
settle someone's hash
tear down
make one feel small
put one away
put someone in their place
put away
smirch
take down a peg or two
shoot down
make eat dirt
force to eat humble pie
demote
embroil
make unwell
be sickening
be unsuitable
cause illness to
cause problems
ravel
complexify
complex
sophisticate
be injurious to
be disturbing
be injurious
strike down
snarl up
involve
make difficult
go against the grain
be distasteful
have an adverse effect on
multiply
twist
make intricate
add fuel to fire
make complicated
handicap
render unintelligible
clog
interrelate
fold
convolute
interweave
make difficulties
mire
elaborate
intricate
set hurdles
combine
open can of worms
obscure
make more difficult
make complex
interfuse
infold
snag
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“Will regression
afflict
the developing countries as aging weakens the industrial world?”
Verb
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(
usually of a disease or condition
)
To affect adversely
attack
infect
affect
damage
injure
corrupt
devastate
vitiate
cripple
destroy
contaminate
mar
ruin
spoil
annihilate
demolish
impair
ravage
trouble
compromise
impact
overcome
touch
harm
strike
break
influence
perturb
sabotage
taint
upset
defile
occur
pollute
prevail
crush
hurt
overwhelm
poison
blight
debase
impinge
weaken
impact on
impinge upon
prevail over
wear away
shake up
spread to
strike at
strike down
do damage to
play havoc with
take hold of
wreak havoc on
exert influence on
have an effect on
have an impact on
wreck
disrupt
shatter
trash
disfigure
foul up
mess up
screw up
louse up
dirty
foul
radioactivate
deprave
spread among
make impure
pervert
enthuse
debauch
move
disease
make ill
lay low
frustrate
dash
undo
end
quell
quash
scotch
prevent
crool
nix
queer
scupper
banjax
scar
dish
stymie
make a mess of
put an end to
do in
cruel
nullify
stain
euchre
decay
blow a hole in
bring to naught
throw a spanner in the works of
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
put a damper on
bring to an end
put the lid on
put paid to
disappoint
make a hash of
put a stop to
put the kibosh on
glitch up
destabilize
US
undermine
jeopardize
US
subvert
hinder
tarnish
deteriorate
impoverish
debilitate
diminish
devitalize
impede
incapacitate
dismantle
disable
depress
wound
enervate
corrode
blemish
torpedo
batter
shock
scorch
deface
flaw
smash
blast
enfeeble
endamage
inconvenience
bloody
sap
cross up
wither
crab
be detrimental to
put out of commission
interfere with
cause detriment to
take out
jeopardise
UK
smash up
throw a monkey wrench into
destabilise
UK
do harm to
detract from
put out of action
muck up
rough up
sully
total
desecrate
waste
befoul
desolate
do for
mangle
maim
blot
blow
decimate
raze
soil
adulterate
mutilate
pulverize
US
besmirch
despoil
nuke
sink
defeat
vandalize
US
warp
degrade
pulverise
UK
deform
profane
distort
overturn
disfeature
vaporize
US
cream
prejudice
vandalise
UK
vaporise
UK
wipe out
tear down
pull down
darken
thwart
foil
rot
lessen
uglify
cheapen
gut
botch
discolour
UK
discolor
US
smirch
wrack
ruinate
scratch
ravish
scourge
level
lay waste
break up
overshadow
bring to ruin
bring down
rub out
blacken
lay in ruins
violate
bruise
reduce to nothing
cloud
demean
worsen
muller
explode
muddy
reduce
demoralize
US
envenom
fester
rust
crack
dishonour
UK
threaten
blow up
dent
knock
alloy
disintegrate
ding
tweak
dishonor
US
bodge
demoralise
UK
disgrace
bust
break down
invalidate
extinguish
devalue
slaughter
dilapidate
wreak havoc with
overthrow
fell
make unattractive
spoliate
knock down
smite
make ugly
make filthy
make useless
water down
cancel out
negate
neutralize
US
render ineffective
blotch
speckle
obliterate
blunt
decrease
tag
neutralise
UK
finish
contort
misshape
burst
pop
mess
topple
trounce
bring about the downfall of
disarrange
disorganize
disturb
disorder
destruct
tumble
be the ruination of
make of no use or value
endanger
unfit
devaluate
disqualify
lay waste to
envelop in gloom
brutalize
US
brutalise
UK
delay
hold up
hamper
convulse
slow
retard
obstruct
unsettle
chasten
chastise
tar
imperil
rattle
turn upside-down
derange
slow down
bastardize
US
inflict
prostitute
abase
consume
lower
depreciate
sour
color
US
colour
UK
put the skids under
doctor
spike
lose strength
write off
plunder
depredate
sack
pillage
squash
cause confusion in
cause turmoil in
throw into disarray
throw into disorder
throw into confusion
be the ruin of
seal the doom of
flatten
begrime
embitter
crud up
disfashion
take apart
bring to nought
cause the loss of
cause the sacrifice of
result in damage to
lead to the end of
result in harm to
cost
be a blot on the landscape
deplete
toxify
litter
infest
smear
check
cast a shadow over
baulk
UK
bastardise
UK
ulcer
sore
canker
bestialize
animalize
be prejudicial to
put at risk
be disadvantageous to
baffle
leave in ruins
reduce to rubble
bring to nothing
wreak havoc upon
clean out
leave desolate
splash
besmear
circumvent
be deleterious to
balk
US
muck
gaum
mire
distain
spatter
grime
bemire
smudge
daub
exterminate
assassinate
kill
waste away
cast gloom over
confound
bilk
spot
abuse
lacerate
maltreat
split
burn
tear
scathe
gnaw
wrong
bring a note of sadness to
cast a gloom upon
bleach
fade
stab
cast a pall over
take the fun out of
take the enjoyment out of
take the pleasure out of
make dirty
cause injury
bang up
tamper with
dampen
chill
play merry hell with
drive a nail into the coffin of
decompose
perish
putrefy
burst one's bubble
bend
detract
mortify
shrivel
moulder
UK
molder
US
crumble
mold
US
degenerate
go bad
sphacelate
necrotize
go off
mildew
turn
sicken
grow moldy
shrivel up
curdle
be impaired
dissolve
dry-rot
mould
UK
suppurate
putresce
become contaminated
dynamite
crash
take
bomb
maraud
raze to the ground
blow to bits
blow sky-high
balls up
blow to pieces
cook someone's goose
upset someone's apple cart
more ❯
Verb
▲
To cause a profound effect
impact
affect
alter
change
abate
determine
govern
modify
shape
transform
decide
reshape
exert influence
have an effect
have an influence
make an impression
touch
work
agitate
bias
impress
move
reach
bear on
bear upon
touch on
influence
sway
strike
impact on
tell on
have an impact on
have an effect on
inspire
make an impression on
stir
upset
hit
manipulate
faze
control
get to
exert influence on
work on
condition
overwhelm
disturb
prejudice
shake
form
slant
overcome
throw
guide
colour
UK
act on
hit hard
induce
strike at
mold
US
bend
color
US
impress on
mould
UK
shake up
emotionally move
prevail over
tug at your heartstrings
dictate
impassion
melt
arouse
grab
stimulate
soften
disquiet
excite
get through to
register with
forecast
carry weight with
get through
distort
twist
warp
angle
garble
taint
stretch
doctor
persuade
skew
turn
steer
sell
convert
incline
convince
motivate
jaundice
prompt
nobble
predispose
crack
hook
brainwash
carry
conduct
bring round
suck in
prevail on
lead by the nose
soften up
win over
twist one's arm
talk round
put across
turn one's head
exert an influence on
perturb
trouble
grieve
concern
hurt
distress
damage
attack
involve
infect
sadden
pain
devastate
relate
take hold of
prevail
impinge
bowl over
regard
interest
mark
knock back
knock for six
impinge upon
direct
regulate
fashion
rule
constrain
model
lead
design
jockey
style
order
contain
restrain
check
curb
inhibit
tame
bridle
master
discipline
subdue
hold
measure
keep
pattern
categorise
UK
underlie
pull in
rein in
directionalize
dispose
shepherd
interact with
decorate
copy
emulate
imitate
categorize
US
follow
hold in check
be a factor in
channel
define
keep a tight rein on
instigate
have a part in
rouse
talk into
bring to bear
carry weight
train
pull strings
argue into
get at
act upon
be recognized
seduce
get the better of
develop
produce
create
frame
adapt
make
construct
devise
remodel
build
grow
chart
choreograph
become
map out
lay out
more ❯
Verb
▲
To take violent or aggressive action against
strike
attack
assault
assail
invade
charge
descend
pounce
rush
smite
storm
trash
aggress
beset
raid
sic
sick
bushwhack
devastate
hit
assault someone
descend on
descend upon
pounce on
pounce upon
set upon
fall on
jump on
launch an attack
make an assault
make an attack
set on
fall on someone
fall upon
fall upon someone
lay into someone
turn on
deal a blow
deal a blow to
set upon someone
go in on
blitz
swoop on
ambush
fly at
tear into
lay into
capture
jump
besiege
march into
infiltrate
bombard
penetrate
go at
make a raid on
seize
launch oneself at
attempt to capture
light into
round on
make an assault on
take by storm
launch an attack on
pitch into
fire on
take down
surge over
leap
dive
spring
mug
sally
bound
lunge at
surge
dash
have at
advance on
strike at
make an onslaught on
set about
come at
beat up on
set at
overrun
overcome
blindside
harry
smash
take
charge at
run at
torpedo
bomb
open fire on
blast
fight
quarrel
set in on
make a foray on
make a sortie on
surge into
go in
conduct an offensive on
take on
surprise
waylay
belabour
UK
march on
foray into
accost
shoot down
sally forth
make inroads on
swoop down upon
thrust
maltreat
impugn
belabor
US
bust
encounter
lie in wait for
hold up
work over
weigh into
beat up
let someone have it
sail into
let fly at
hit out at
have a go at
lash out at
wade into
lace into
get stuck into
lurch
drive
burst
launch oneself
pitch
swing
lunge
move suddenly
make for
secure
conquer
breach
pillage
advance
infringe
overwhelm
plunder
maraud
ravage
combat
strafe
encroach
occupy
shell
fire at
begin hostilities
swoop
leap on
take unawares
spring on
begin an assault
take the offensive
dive at
dart
grab
tackle
drop
snatch
bound at
swoop down on
make a grab for
seize upon
catch off-guard
attack suddenly
take by surprise
drop down on
more ❯
Verb
▲
To punish (in order to bring about improvement in behavior, attitude, etc)
chasten
humble
humiliate
subdue
cow
curb
squash
tame
abase
cheapen
debase
deflate
degrade
demean
discipline
discredit
disgrace
dishonour
UK
dishonor
US
flatten
foul
lower
mortify
restrain
shame
sink
smirch
soften
check
repress
bring down
bring low
take down
put down
cut down to size
put in your place
put someone in their place
take down a peg or two
devalue
embarrass
crush
belittle
abash
take down a peg
bemean
cast down
denigrate
own
shoot down
show up
make someone eat crow
quash
reduce
smear
tarnish
prostitute
disparage
chagrin
taint
corrupt
discomfit
downgrade
debauch
snub
blot
diminish
tear down
make a fool of
reproach
put to shame
make someone eat humble pie
drag through the mud
stoop
demote
pervert
deteriorate
bastardize
US
defame
stigmatize
US
lessen
profane
warp
vitiate
deprave
subvert
descend
sully
blemish
slander
canker
poison
blacken
besmear
damage
derogate
defile
destroy
bastardise
UK
cause to lose face
stigmatise
UK
drag down
make ashamed
bring into disrepute
censure
run down
bring shame to
settle someone's hash
give a black eye
take the wind out of someone's sails
lower the status of
blame
break
subjugate
disconcert
stain
injure
demoralize
US
slam
pan
besmirch
undermine
harm
slur
expose
attaint
libel
mar
disconsider
pull down
ridicule
spoil
weaken
decry
demoralise
UK
ruin
mudsling
disfavor
US
disfavour
UK
reflect badly on
drag through the mire
dump on
put in a bad light
show in a bad light
bring shame upon
give a bad name
reflect on
get the better of
have the last laugh on
reduce the status of
bring shame on
deign
condescend
floor
depress
crawl
demolish
brand
disoblige
scandalize
US
cast a slur
spot
control
disregard
deride
desecrate
disrespect
scandalise
UK
mock
let down
take apart
lower someone's status
lower someone's dignity
depreciate
give a bad name to
tar and feather
lose face
make lose face
silence
overcome
upset
squelch
devaluate
enfeeble
disable
debilitate
cripple
sap
put away
strike dumb
take to bits
take to pieces
make uncomfortable
make someone feel ashamed
betray
dispirit
pop one's balloon
make eat dirt
put one away
succumb
deny
suppress
bring down a peg
make one feel small
cut to the quick
force to eat humble pie
discourage
dismay
dishearten
minimize
US
drop
decline
minimise
UK
fall
undervalue
punish
sell out
lower oneself
demean yourself
lower yourself
debase oneself
be reduced
be reduced to
demean oneself
debase yourself
debunk
dash
lose value
render worthless
be untrue to oneself
abandon one's principles
beat down
knock down
puncture balloon
let down easy
get under control
knock the stuffing out of
kick in the teeth
let wind out of sails
take the wind out of somebody's sails
blister
wither
rip
discountenance
brutalize
US
impair
dehumanize
US
desensitize
US
confound
confuse
vanquish
downplay
vilify
dehumanise
UK
disbar
declass
desensitise
UK
worsen
depose
bump
detract
bench
brutalise
UK
compromise
soil
calumniate
malign
cut down
rule out
detract from
pooh-pooh
shoot
disesteem
puncture
bring into disfavour
insult
play down
cast aspersions on
cause to feel small
put out of countenance
do a hatchet job on
bring to naught
poke full of holes
destroy someone's credibility
take rug out from under
blow up
damage someone's reputation
blacken someone's name
knock bottom out of
frown upon
pollute
bestialize
abuse
befoul
asperse
contaminate
knock
rubbish
bad-mouth
slag off
traduce
bring discredit to
speak ill of
blotch
attack
discount
trash
deprecate
infect
animalize
dismiss
breathe on
revile
rip up and down
do a number on
sling mud at
assail
muckrake
lead astray
trivialize
US
distort
violate
deface
scorn
minify
cast a slur on
spread scandal about
fling mud at
run smear campaign
diss
dis
vilipend
adulterate
trivialise
UK
blight
trash-talk
poor-mouth
roast
cry down
write off
hurt
blacken the name of
dilute
make degenerate
embitter
underrate
despoil
waste
criticize
US
marginalize
US
outrage
blaspheme
slate
scorch
criticise
UK
marginalise
UK
impugn
bring dishonour to
pour scorn on
sneer at
mark down
pull apart
influence
kiss off
talk down
have a go at
treat with disrespect
disfigure
decrease
misuse
underestimate
bust
prejudice
condemn
attenuate
understate
manipulate
envenom
treat lightly
annoy
disrate
dispraise
bash
affront
ravage
laugh off
laugh at
slight
misprize
vandalize
US
scoff at
do down
hold cheap
hit out at
pick holes in
treat sacrilegiously
flame
vandalise
UK
commit sacrilege
make light of
reflect negatively
curse
vituperate
speak badly of
pull to pieces
cast in a bad light
damage the reputation of
harm the reputation of
muddy the reputation of
blacken the reputation of
seduce
bias
twist
misapply
colour
UK
unsettle
mongrelize
misemploy
alloy
bend
skew
sour
squander
sell
sacrifice
lower in rank
reduce in value
discolour
UK
flaw
discolor
US
jaundice
badmouth
lower in status
subordinate
devalorize
reduce in quality
wreck
dirty
endamage
rot
relegate
turn
disdain
blackguard
harden
blast
bloody
crab
speckle
inflict
consume
rust
criticize unfairly
rap
sneer
deform
undercut
sabotage
destabilize
US
toughen
drag through mud
drag someone's name through the mud
sling mud
touch
color
US
cut
corrode
spread lies about
set back
revert
go bad
blacken the character of
bad mouth
give black eye
sully the reputation of
throw mud at
rip up
put hooks in
tear into
defeat
go to hell
reduce to the ranks
kick downstairs
cross up
offend
live in the gutter
ulcer
sore
scourge
provoke
case-harden
inure
overwhelm
smash
overpower
nose dive
set a bad example
destabilise
UK
aggravate
axe
UK
slash
wound
incapacitate
coarsen
hoodoo
swear
vice
cuss
voodoo
darn
tar
ax
US
dip
slow
waste away
taunt
impoverish
extinguish
keep down
make callous
make unfeeling
slap
alter
disappoint
tease
write down
do wrong
be evil
talk dirty
commit sin
rout
enervate
lace
falsify
automate
robotize
mechanize
US
mechanise
UK
imbrute
automatize
barbarize
put double whammy on
devastate
depredate
sack
pillage
devour
desolate
spoliate
faze
fluster
rattle
displease
nonplus
vex
irritate
doctor
putrefy
cook
blaspheme against
horrify
appal
UK
sledge
miscall
bring to ruin
cause instability
slang
gird
jeer
scoff
mess up
appall
US
put someone to shame
get one's comeuppance
take the wind out
harass
worry
be rude to
give offence to
call names
step on one's toes
cause offence to
cut dead
hurt someone's feelings
treat disrespectfully
throw shade
call someone names
lay waste to
commit sacrilege against
bring someone to their knees
interfere with
tinker with
fiddle with
make impure
tamper with
poor mouth
pooh pooh
sour grapes
take a swipe at
shoot full of holes
more ❯
Verb
▲
To hit or strike with force
smite
strike
knock
hit
smack
thump
beat
pound
punch
slap
clout
cuff
sock
bash
clobber
crack
swat
thwack
wallop
bang
belt
box
rap
hammer
slug
swipe
thrash
whack
biff
bop
buffet
slam
bat
bludgeon
bob
bonk
bust
clap
clip
clock
nail
paste
slog
tag
whale
zap
attack
blast
hang one on
batter
pummel
US
pummelled
UK
deck
slosh
boff
drub
welt
lam
lambaste
dong
smash
quilt
tan
pelt
flog
belabour
UK
whomp
whip
belabor
US
lick
lay one on
whop
swinge
lash
club
lay into
cudgel
knock into the middle of next week
stick one on
birch
baste
dot
lace into
rough up
chin
let someone have it
rain blows on
floor
switch
lace
lather
thud
paddle
assault
work over
whap
give someone a good hiding
maul
hide
pitch into
crown
thresh
slate
give someone a hiding
pommel
lambast
whup
tromp
fib
curry
do
beat the living daylights out of
tonk
bung up
spank
mess up
punch out
tap
light into
pop
blow
plug
wham
bump
cane
ding
give someone a drubbing
give someone a beating
give someone a good beating
knock around
give someone a good drubbing
jab
skelp
larrup
king-hit
hook
chop
thrust
drive
beat up
do over
knock about
let have it
sucker-punch
ram
crash
strap
welly
drum
KO
aim blows at
pat
conk
abuse
brain
impel
flail
forge
draw
maltreat
clump
lob
impact
weigh into
zonk
hit hard
stripe
tear into
punish
beat up on
hack
poke
assail
catch
stroke
haymaker
fillip
scourge
duke
horsewhip
swing
injure
hurt
chip
impair
bombard
thump on
knock on
bam
bushwhack
flay
hit for six
lash out
trounce
mash
crush
scud
blip
mistreat
fell
roughhouse
manhandle
flatten
level
total
wound
leather
flagellate
set upon
set about
sock it to someone
impinge
collide
take out
plant one
box somebody's ears
pick
plump
stinger
land a punch
wipe
give someone a hot bottom
bear down
put someone over one's knee
make someone feel the back of one's hand
let one have it
rain blows upon
sail into
chastise
trash
uppercut
jump
mug
fall upon
hit out
have a go at
get stuck into
kick
stone
pellet
flax
percuss
dab
blitz
whang
jerk
whisk
shake
wreck
deface
mutilate
brutalize
US
mangle
lacerate
break
disable
disfigure
maim
bruise
contuse
brutalise
UK
cripple
lame
lay a finger on
swing at
hit out at
lash out at
wear out
concuss
stun
skull
slap around
come down on
physically attack
go for
jump down one's throat
pounce upon
haul off on
dash against
sink
clonk
bean
cosh
knock out
ride roughshod
let fly
box someone's ears
hit over the head
hit on the head
give a black eye
plunge
stick one on someone
stab
send
dig
screw
push
run
propel
stick
butt
jackhammer
dash
twack
malleate
set on
collide with
run into
crash into
smash into
bang into
bump into
plough into
turn on
slam into
meet head-on
be in collision with
harm
crack into
crack against
slash
cowhide
rawhide
smack into
let fly at
pounce on
knock into
ill-treat
bully
mishandle
beset
bomb
boot
persecute
drive into
ill-use
round on
treat badly
clash
fall on
misuse
kick around
mess over
sic
rush
sick
molest
pulverize
US
raid
cannon into
shell
jump on
carom
sideswipe
defeat
pulverise
UK
go in on
descend on
descend upon
treat roughly
wax
handle roughly
crash against
rebound
bash into
ricochet
punt
storm
jar
charge
fire at
overwhelm
jolt
graze
strafe
cannonade
rout
duff up
besiege
wrong
shoot
annihilate
glance
rear-end
cream
bury
smoke
smother
plow into
skunk
dust
shellac
blow away
snow under
beat hollow
fire on
open fire on
give a hiding
knock against
tan one's hide
shake up
wipe the floor with
bounce
aggress
clatter
pepper
fly at
skim
damage
harass
crunch
brush
run over
bunt
skip
castigate
barrage
oppress
fusillade
blitzkrieg
torture
knock down
trim
touch
victimize
US
contact
blooter
slaughter
barrel into
best
dropkick
assault physically
come into collision with
marmalize
victimise
UK
outrage
murder
massacre
worst
destroy
demolish
come into collision
ferule
clash with
roll
crucify
tank
be hurled
own
defeat utterly
take a stick to
be victorious over
put the boot in
blow out
walk all over
make mincemeat of
whip someone's hide
walk over
bring someone to their knees
make contact with
run rings around
chasten
triumph over
blow out of the water
put the boot into
cut up
get the better of
take to the cleaners
shoot down
win a resounding victory over
kill
strike with the foot
turn inside out
career into
take a swing
strike out
thrash about
flail around
collide into
whammy
head-butt
jog
clunk
strike out at
bullwhip
hit repeatedly
windmill
barge into
thong
whirl
thunder
stomp
quirt
yerk
terrorize
US
set at
go at
register
lunge
fustigate
fill in
stumble
light
blackjack
mar
crack up
smash up
wrack up
flop
flutter
flap
terrorise
UK
tackle
savage
potshot
excoriate
scathe
vituperate
clomp
stamp
whump
plunk
flump
slipper
handle
knob
finial
saddlebow
shoot at
strike head-on
paddlewhack
dust someone's britches
warm someone's seat
ruin
connect with
punish severely
give the cat o'nine tails
neglect
dive into
ambush
strike with a stick
beat with a stick
beat against
jostle
launch oneself at
rush at
spring on
lay about
interfere with
bang up
be violent toward
peck
bother
impact with
fender-bend
pervert
misapply
misemploy
profane
prostitute
knock over
beat to a pulp
launch at
run at
spring at
rush upon
put over one's knee
give someone a licking
put someone over your knee
give somebody a hiding
warm someone's bottom
tip
palpate
tan someone's hide
torpedo
exploit
calcitrate
take a strap to
desecrate
corrupt
smack against
blister
cook
wade into
wade in
invade
clank
clang
placekick
dribble
mismanage
misappropriate
pile up
go into
chop down
hit lightly
volley
battle
kick off
give the foot
snipe
fire
knock cold
go through
run through
rattle
launch
catapult
strike lightly
shower
strike at
slap lightly
fire upon
open fire
gun
pot
knock block off
duff someone up
glance off
jangle
turn to violence
lay siege to
fly
knock for a loop
gun down
open fire at
get at
skin
sweep
enfilade
rake
cannon
resile
grate
prang
grind
heave
lapidate
kiss
careen
slant
shave
slide
dart
scrape
be deflected
varnish
drop-kick
backbite
rip
mortar
kick out
dump on
do wrong
push around
give the shaft
give black eye
eat alive
sling at
hurl at
cast at
throw at
run circles around
beat the pants off
fire a broadside at
rain something down on
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To spread or pervade throughout
transfuse
permeate
suffuse
pervade
fill
infuse
interpenetrate
bathe
diffuse
imbue
penetrate
saturate
steep
tinge
cover
impregnate
lade
overspread
percolate
riddle
choke
clog
crowd
instil
UK
instill
US
pack
diffuse through
pile into
spread over
spread through
cram into
heap into
percolate into
spread throughout
spread out
inject
infect
affect
inspire
charge
seep
soak
filter
drench
inform
infiltrate
spread
pass through
filter through
percolate through
souse
pass
perfuse
sop
flood
ingrain
invade
load
enter
macerate
sodden
drown
inundate
wash
inoculate
leak
seep through
flow through
extend throughout
run through
be disseminated through
seep into
go
be disseminated
mantle
engrain
indue
inculcate
endue
invest
flow into
seep in
work into
filter in
imbrue
colour
UK
implant
produce
procreate
reproduce
overflow
leaven
seethe
conceive
stalk
pierce
stab
interfuse
interject
color
US
introduce
soak through
diffuse throughout
go through
ooze
strain
grip
drip
drain
leach
transude
douse
extend through
trickle
filtrate
be diffused through
waterlog
bleed
dribble
weep
exude
sweat
ret
drouk
wet
bubble
get into
sate
marinate
overwhelm
immerse
wet through
douche
satiate
surfeit
more ❯
Verb
▲
To punish or reprimand (someone) for a fault or crime
chasten
castigate
chastise
correct
discipline
penalise
UK
penalize
US
punish
admonish
berate
censure
chide
exprobate
objurgate
rebuke
reprehend
repress
reprimand
reproach
reprove
scold
scourge
soften
subjugate
suppress
tongue-lash
try
upbraid
call down
fulminate against
take to task
have on the carpet
rake over the coals
carpet
lecture
criticize
US
lambaste
remonstrate with
tell off
criticise
UK
give someone a dressing-down
dress down
tick off
bawl out
chew out
haul over the coals
give a talking-to
read the riot act
blast
lay into
give someone a roasting
lambast
give someone a rocket
rag
rate
monster
baste
keelhaul
bollock
trim
pull up
ream out
rap over the knuckles
give someone an earful
give someone a telling-off
rail against
rail at
give someone a caning
give someone hell
give someone a rollicking
have a go at
give someone a mouthful
let someone have it
give someone what for
give someone a wigging
give someone a bollocking
tear off a strip
give someone a rating
give someone a row
rap
wig
row
ream
take someone to task
blame
nag
tear into
rant at
come down on
pitch into
lace into
slap down
hammer
flay
score
jaw
put down
put on the mat
give someone some stick
jump on
blow up
excoriate
pummel
US
pummelled
UK
find fault with
bring someone to book
chew someone out
lay down the law
slap someone's wrist
send someone away with a flea in their ear
attack
abuse
slate
vituperate
condemn
rail
caution
bring to book
visit
blow up at
throw the book at
lean on
light into
yell at
come down on like a ton of bricks
give a rocket
slap someone on the wrist
rap someone over the knuckles
call to account
arraign
exprobrate
recompense
take disciplinary action against
spank
skelp
ferule
denounce
revile
warn
reprobate
disparage
vilify
threap
cavil
recriminate
taunt
adjure
counsel
advise
climb all over
put on the carpet
asperse
objurate
expostulate
speak
preach
mete out punishment to
criticize strongly
be hard on
rag on
teach someone a lesson
tear down
make an example of
pick on
talk to
tear a strip off
draw the line
give a going over
tell a thing or two
rap on knuckles
slap on wrist
strongly criticize
call on the carpet
give someone stick
come down hard on
give a piece of one's mind
go on at
have someone on the carpet
take to the woodshed
keep after
slam
savage
bash
flame
diss
trash
lash
assail
scathe
belabor
US
potshot
cane
whip
blister
scorch
beat
thrash
flog
scarify
drub
belabour
UK
slap on the wrist
rap someone the knuckles
jump down one's throat
drag over the coals
criticize severely
lay out
harangue
slag off
knock
pillory
pan
inveigh against
bag
roast
rubbish
bad-mouth
denunciate
cut up
slash
check
crucify
execrate
deprecate
fault
slag
dispraise
dis
skin
run down
malign
rave at
decry
anathematize
protest
denigrate
animadvert on
declaim
lesson
hit out at
monish
rant
fulminate
pull apart
rip into
pull to pieces
jump all over
lash out at
call over the coals
accuse
rake
discredit
deplore
thunder
complain
skewer
proscribe
shellac
jawbone
rollick
disapprove
besmirch
impugn
slur
judge
rave
spout
fume
animadvert
carp at
give someone a bad press
inveigh
remonstrate
disapprove of
maul
speak to
pour scorn on
cast aspersions on
give something a bad press
derogate
express disapproval of
ostracise
UK
ostracize
US
declaim against
give some stick to
get after
tear apart
give one hell
go on about
kick up a fuss about
take issue with
kick up a stink about
reprimand severely
let fly
round on
ridicule
pull someone up
lampoon
lash out
satirize
US
rap someone's knuckles
rip
moralise
UK
moralize
US
tear to pieces
take apart
dress-down
smear
cudgel
slap
deride
strike
smother
hit
fry
zap
oppose
harass
defame
satirise
UK
chew
rank on
give going-over
slang
give a tongue-lashing
twit
cavil at
rake over coals
reject
dishonor
US
dishonour
UK
disgrace
give tongue-lashing
give somebody a piece of one's mind
attask
lash into
tear someone a new one
give someone a dressing down
give someone a telling off
have words
rap across the knuckles
severely reprimand
ding
notice
glue
forewarn
growl
hoist
nitpick about
bring to account
give piece of mind
take to pieces
sail into
sledge
throw brickbats at
charge
carp on
sound off
go after
give someone a carpeting
eat out
criticize hatefully
shout at
cuss out
lay on
give comeuppance
jack up
sit on
give flak to
pick holes in
stigmatize
US
prosecute
scorn
backbite
contemn
rebuff
incriminate
tax
take down
take somebody to task
take down a peg
find fault
give a hard time
get on
burn one's ears
bag on
give a bad press to
vituperate against
stigmatise
UK
run something down
impeach
show up
indict
charge with
have your knife in
call to task
point the finger at
criticize harshly
read out
look askance
pick apart
give the devil
think badly of
express disapprobation
express disapprobation of
stick it to
send someone away with a flea in his
lower the boom
give the dickens
argue with
make a protest to
rage
thunder against
rage against
expostulate about
protest strongly at
remonstrate about
challenge
frame
pronounce
depreciate
belittle
name
adjudge
curse
object
make a fuss about
make a stand against
object to
raise objections to
vociferate
kick
make a protest against
complain vociferously about
disagree violently with
oppose strongly
put up a fight against
kick against
complain bitterly about
take a stand against
speak out against
kick up
take great exception to
storm
send up
put away
protest against
bluster
huff
point finger at
hang something on
blow whistle on
thumbs down on
pin it on
let have it
speak out
send up the river
lay at one's door
make a stand
menace
intimidate
take a stand
vociferate about
mouth off about
animadvert upon
rant and rave
swear at
discourse
orate
address
talk
perorate
descant
expatiate
mouth off
exhort
earbash
pontificate to
sermonize to
spout to
soapbox
declaim to
stump
accost
apostrophize
spiel
sermonize
US
preach to
hold forth to
sermonise
UK
buttonhole
spout at
spiel to
deliver a tirade to
speechify to
preachify to
sound off to
get on a soapbox
hold forth
give a lecture to
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▲
To catch or develop (a disease or infectious agent)
contract
catch
acquire
develop
get
induce
sicken
incur
obtain
take
cause
succumb
come down with
fall ill with
go down with
pick up
succumb to
become infected with
be infected with
be stricken with
be struck down with
bring on
incubate
be afflicted with
be taken ill with
sicken with
become ill with
become sick with
sink into
fall sick with
go down
be ill with
catch disease
show symptoms of
be indisposed with
take ill with
take sick with
be disordered with
fall victim to
be weakened with
take one's death
be upset with
be deranged with
suffer from
sicken for
become infected by
be overwhelmed by
be overcome by
be afflicted by
be smitten by
be smitten with
be sickened with
be induced with
break out with
fall prey to
fall ill
take sick
fall ill to
be prey to
come down
be seized
take to your bed
have
ail
cultivate
suffer
form
be affected by
be incapacitated with
be beset by
get sick
be racked with
be a martyr to
be suffering from
be inflicted with
be a sufferer from
have fallen victim to
be cursed with
be laid up with
be sick with
suffer with
have come down with
have gone down with
be beset with
be troubled with
have trouble with
be dogged by
be bedevilled by
grow into
slip into
get into
more ❯
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