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Cause or become hurt
(
usually of a disease or condition
)
To affect adversely
To cause a profound effect
Live in a frugal way
To take sudden, violent action against
To punish (in order to bring about improvement in behavior, attitude, etc)
To hit or strike with force
To spread throughout
To inflict a penalty on for a fault or crime
To catch or develop (a disease or infectious agent)
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Verb
▲
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
hassle
agitate
depress
discompose
sadden
disquiet
hound
dismay
nag
perplex
badger
fret
gall
fuss
mortify
unsettle
molest
give someone grief
concern
provoke
alarm
haunt
disconcert
flurry
fluster
dog
gnaw at
unhinge
injure
discomfort
aggrieve
beleaguer
weigh down
distemper
frazzle
chafe
tease
aggravate
ruffle
rattle
faze
sting
punish
bum out
deject
get to
assail
burn up
distract
freak out
dishearten
weird out
displease
crush
unnerve
needle
mistreat
derail
hagride
maltreat
devastate
scourge
frustrate
confound
tyrannize
US
abuse
offend
wring
drive up the wall
ill-treat
give a hard time
pique
shake
cause agony to
confuse
cast down
dash
peeve
prey on
hector
ride
alarum
exercise
undo
frighten
lie heavy on
pick on
scare
dispirit
discomfit
tyrannise
UK
anger
nettle
cause pain to
discourage
inconvenience
rile
make wretched
disgust
miff
make miserable
cause anguish to
nark
attack
get down
discombobulate
sicken
embarrass
hack off
convulse
cut to the quick
tick off
make anxious
stir up
traumatize
US
put off
make uneasy
rend
give someone a hard time
move
tear
daunt
touch
sear
put out
discountenance
outrage
desolate
demoralize
US
derange
stew
throw
taunt
heckle
mither
hang over
psych
inflict anguish on
devil
shock
puzzle
spook
interrupt
traumatise
UK
make despondent
tantalize
US
tantalise
UK
weigh heavily on
pother
give a bad time
wrong
turn off
demoralise
UK
throw off balance
get on your nerves
victimize
US
harm
ruin
destroy
ravage
niggle
cause pain
stab
pierce
test
inflame
overwhelm
overcome
suffer
bite
chagrin
devour
bring down
fear
cut
importune
bait
nauseate
chivvy
sweat
repel
stretch
grate
eat
constrain
cause discomfort to
excite
infest
take over
victimise
UK
beat
affront
cramp
drain
weary
repulse
push
make gloomy
inflict suffering on
inflict pain on
break one's heart
despair
break
bully
tire
put a damper on
break the heart of
disparage
cow
nudge
indispose
rasp
gripe
itch
frost
get
spite
nag at
disappoint
make desolate
chill
cut up
weigh
make waves
eat at
intrude
rouse
cause anguish
drive bananas
hack you off
flip out
be a nuisance to
get at
make unhappy
goad
rub up the wrong way
wind up
get across
bend someone's ear
abash
appal
UK
get someone down
bewilder
grate on
turn
debilitate
appall
US
bear down
psych out
knock sideways
make your heart bleed
browbeat
hold down
dampen
beat down
suppress
face
bedog
grind someone down
buffet
grizzle
preoccupy
damage
hunt
occupy
tangle
grind
force
confront
press down on
obsess
keep after
nonplus
cause disquiet to
buttonhole
scar
cause someone distress
prick
scorn
rib
chaff
maim
mutilate
martyrize
brutalize
US
mangle
impale
grill
whip
brutalise
UK
gnaw
startle
throw off
consume
dun
shatter
incommode
exhaust
sap
be a burden to
be a burden on
make someone scratch their head
cause anxiety to
be prey to
be the victim of
work up
stir
discriminate against
impose on
intrude upon
chivy
hit hard
daze
overcharge
be
disgruntle
inflict
be afflicted with
suffer from
be plagued with
be troubled by
intimidate
terrorize
US
excoriate
roust
thrill
rag
rark
heavy
sweat out
be a great weight on
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
unman
be unwell
bone
horrify
incapacitate
flip
craze
floor
wreck
wreak
befall
impose
exacerbate
impede
cross
hinder
breathe down someone's neck
get on your wick
carp at
bore
insult
lie
encroach
obtrude
terrify
give someone the works
tear to shreds
tear to pieces
put on the rack
rock the boat
make a scene
hurt somebody's feelings
get someone
fire up
egg on
turn on
lay up
key up
be indisposed
be crook
hurt deeply
ridicule
lampoon
be blighted with
be burdened with
be bedevilled by
disoblige
jar
slight
terrorise
UK
deter
rape
rifle
havoc
spoil
desecrate
gut
ransack
strip
waste
rob
plunder
loot
depredate
despoil
fleece
maraud
pillage
spoliate
demolish
dish it out
give it to
stick it to
dish out
take control of
be a pest to
lead someone a merry dance
play cat and mouse
rub salt in wound
put through wringer
infuriate
incense
be sick
feel pain
be ill
be weak
overawe
enrage
cause suffering
be hurtful to
cause offense
bleed
mourn
lambaste
cause sorrow
madden
scold
berate
revolt
tire out
wear out
engulf
swamp
make downhearted
be wrong with
be in pain
feel unwell
touch up
feel up
break in
be the matter with
give offence to
be disagreeable to
push the buttons of
hurt someone's feelings
thumb nose at
repress
prostrate
awe
droop
cause to lose heart
deprecate
make severe demands on
put a strain on
make demands on
reproach
revile
domineer
dissatisfy
avenge
lay waste
cause concern to
rankle with
surround
encompass
enclose
take the heart out of
override
upbraid
haze
make uncomfortable
eat up
strap
nit-pick
entangle
environ
encircle
gravel
rankle
make sad
dominate
enslave
aggress
compass
ring
circle
invade
girdle
overrun
make someone see red
abrade
descend upon
force upon
hem in
push buttons
tyrannize over
be autocratic
swallow up
be at
mix up
give someone the hump
gross out
knock the stuffing out of
run down
harsh someone's mellow
turn one off
give someone the blues
drag
reduce to tears
make someone fed up
mock
bring tears to your eyes
dull
keep under
slow
pour cold water on
decrease
darken
debase
damp
abase
knock for six
throw cold water on
cast a gloom upon
degrade
enervate
arouse anxiety in
weigh on
be a pain in the neck
put your back up
get your back up
fall upon
fall on
overtax
pressure
overstretch
tense
pressurize
US
get in one's hair
get under one's skin
reluct
make sick
be repugnant to
make someone want to throw up
turn one's stomach
make someone sick
make someone feel nauseous
make your gorge rise
disorder
turn your stomach
descend on
bring down on
do a number on
make it tough for
be on one's case
encumber
overload
charge
overburden
load down
weigh upon
task
press down
pull down
weight
cumber
start in on
give the needle
jump on one's case
put the squeeze on
give one the business
brood
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
ache
affect badly
throb
dampen spirits
bring one down
ruminate
contemplate
writhe
muse
speculate
struggle
labour
UK
strive
make blue
drag down
put into a funk
smart
make suffer
leave a mark
impact on
make an impact
disadvantage
impinge on
knock back
leave a mark on
hit
upset oneself
dwell on
feel uneasy
be anxious
be worried
chasten
wrestle
vacillate
exercise oneself
squirm
lament
puzzle over
labor
US
chew over
mull over
wrestle with oneself
wince
cause discomfort
pinch
pore on
be indecisive
weigh up
be distressed
be tender
be in anguish
eat heart out
torment yourself
sing the blues
take it badly
be in agony
stew over
go through the mill
carry on
torture yourself
twinge
prickle
play up
burn
be sore
bruise
kill
be painful
nick
panic
take aback
load
saddle
antagonize
US
flummox
keep on at
hamper
antagonise
UK
put someone off their stroke
tee off
drive round the twist
unbalance
make angry
go on at
work on
drive crazy
be agitated
be troubled
drive mad
engross
possess
absorb
disrupt
baffle
laden
disarrange
lade
surprise
lumber
cause anxiety
be upset
make cross
eat away at
lose sleep
cheese off
mire
give someone the pip
rub the wrong way
involve
broil
subdue
ensnare
implicate
embroil
enthral
UK
overpower
freight
wear
make fretful
snarl
cause feeling
destabilize
US
jolt
monopolize
US
henpeck
fuddle
land
muddle
cavil
catch
embrangle
make nervous
dumbfound
quibble
curdle
befuddle
addle
argue
bog down
pick at
destabilise
UK
enthrall
US
monopolise
UK
rattle one's cage
mystify
drive to distraction
dragoon
fume
put pressure on
roil
carp
foul up
take pains
get on nerves
drive someone up the wall
be bothered
put into a flap
cause someone to lose their composure
throw into a tizz
harp on at
mess with
T-off
concern oneself
be on tenterhooks
dump on
put down
do in
torment oneself
torture oneself
make things hot for someone
make it hot for someone
be concerned
hurt one's feelings
catch up
dump something on someone
insist on
lose sleep over
be in a stew
be in a flap
get worked up
pull the rug out from under
pull the rug from under
set someone back on their heels
be on the back of
niggle at
incite
tear apart
tick someone off
unquiet
criticize
US
give someone hell
handicap
stimulate
make restless
fester
consternate
thrust
cause to panic
insist
remind
trammel
beleague
ferment
lean on
bamboozle
unstring
ventilate
examine
criticise
UK
blind
lie heavily on
hump
disaccord
jangle
disharmonize
discord
brown off
dement
jumble
down
disorganize
displace
rummage
disarray
inhibit
obstruct
delay
mess
be rude to
astonish
dizzy
stump
furbelow
bluster
frill
interfere with
chide
make flip
work someone up
bug up
scandalize
US
push someon's buttons
rub you up the wrong way
put your nose out of joint
bring pressure to bear on
prey on your mind
disillusion
paralyse
UK
expel
exile
put
get up your nose
get under your skin
make your blood boil
get your goat
stress out
find fault with
inflict trauma
deeply upset
knock props out
barge in on
intrude on
discontent
disaffect
be offensive
give the business
be on someone's back
disorient
flap
affright
disenchant
blast
dang
darn
catch somebody off balance
catch somebody unawares
throw into confusion
macerate
noodge
foray
bullyrag
get on one's nerves
throw a curve
throw into tizzy
push button
heat up
get your dander up
misplease
wing
zing
cool
sound
cap
prey on one's mind
drive you up the wall
horn in on
let down
paralyze
US
snafu
make fed up
bustle
single out
throw into uproar
throw into disorder
ask for it
prod
have had enough
become bored
make discontented
try the patience of
grate at
lose patience
subjugate
lower
stifle
scandalise
UK
nitpick
fidget
catch off balance
get the knife into
stick the knife into
fuss over
worry about
exert oneself
butt in on
jerk around
hit where one lives
slow down
hold back
screw up
mess up
fill with consternation
louse up
muck up
balk
US
play dirty
put yourself out
make an effort
take the trouble
put oneself out
be concerned about
devitalize
smother
diminish
weaken
squelch
throw into a tizzy
give someone a turn
put the wind up someone
hit a sour note
scratch
scout
peck at
baulk
UK
take by surprise
put someone off
labour over
live off
exploit
blackmail
take advantage of
raid
extort
feed on
seize
live on
controvert
brawl
scrap
tiff
row
argufy
squabble
bicker
altercate
wrangle
fight
quarrel
dispute
spat
brabble
make a fuss about
recur
put out of countenance
make a big thing out of
make a big thing of
make a meal of
make a mountain out of a molehill
be in a tizzy
get in a stew
make a thing of
humble
deaden
defeat
extinguish
curb
quell
divert
go to the trouble of
go out of one's way
pervade
materialize
US
manifest
walk
dwell
materialise
UK
rise
voodoo
reappear
hover
permeate
return
appear
inhabit
float
stop someone in their tracks
upset apple cart
boil
simmer
fall out
give chase
scratch around
track down
yap at
rag on
slap
disrespect
dis
diss
bear down on
damp down
put someone off their stride
come back to
sidetrack
turn inside out
be on one's tail
be on one's back
take out after
search high heaven
leave no stone unturned
beat the bushes
turn upside down
learn
understand
comprehend
incorporate
grasp
sense
digest
assimilate
immerse
follow
braise
casserole
dither
stay with
come back
cast a pall over
cause to be at a stand
breath down someone's neck
be ever present
endure
dread
stomach
tolerate
go
stand
brook
exert
abide
poach
parboil
fricassee
seethe
coddle
become an obsession with
soak up
take in
get into
latch onto
detract
amuse
deflect
abstract
entertain
beguile
draw
hurt the feelings of
enmesh
jug
smoor
be on pins and needles
be in a tiz-woz
be afraid
be in a state of anxiety
be in a state of nervousness
be in a state
stay the course
be in a lather
be in a state of agitation
stick it out
compel
frenzy
call off
engage
turn aside
stall
mislead
steamroller
drive
impel
cajole
make
wheedle
coerce
cook
steam
draw away
turn away
oblige
bulldoze
obligate
railroad
call away
lead away
catch flies
sway
muscle
sandbag
talk
impress
make ill
lead astray
cause to lose concentration
mope
incriminate
entrap
disunite
compromise
get in a state
get in a tizz
bite one's nails
get stressed
get in a tizzy
get in a panic
get in a fluster
get steamed up
have qualms
get in a flap
get in a sweat
get in a lather
be in a blue funk
get overwrought
have someone do something
use strong-arm tactics on
twist someone's arm
put the heat on
prevail on
put the screws on
come at
blackjack
enforce
boil slowly
cook slowly
disagree
pine
complain
sigh
sorrow
impose upon
grumble
feel unhappy
whine
make unwell
go against the grain
be injurious to
be sickening
be disturbing
be distasteful
have an adverse effect on
be injurious
strike down
be unsuitable
cause illness to
cause problems
cause trouble
upset yourself
distress yourself
feel peeved
make a fuss
sweat it out
take on
eat one's heart out
carry a heavy load
distress oneself
get into a dither
more ❯
“Will regression
afflict
the developing countries as aging weakens the industrial world?”
Verb
▲
(
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
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
inspire
tell on
stir
get
have an impact on
stimulate
excite
arouse
have an effect on
make an impression on
impassion
induce
get to
impact on
work on
upset
hit
persuade
manipulate
grab
control
overwhelm
rouse
overcome
motivate
provoke
faze
prompt
incline
convince
convert
carry
win over
prevail on
condition
disturb
shake
cause
impel
drive
urge
form
actuate
lead
involve
throw
incite
guide
propel
act on
push
encourage
bend
galvanize
US
activate
trigger
prod
mark
mold
US
instigate
spark
exert influence on
dispose
bring
mould
UK
pique
nudge
inspirit
quicken
galvanise
UK
get through to
register with
tug at your heartstrings
talk into
fire up
leave a mark on
dictate
soften
melt
disquiet
touch a chord
leave an impression on
strike a chord
forecast
carry weight with
get through
distort
warp
prejudice
twist
slant
garble
taint
angle
cross
stretch
doctor
compel
spur
skew
coerce
coax
color
US
colour
UK
steer
occur to
press
rally
elicit
cajole
occasion
goad
pressure
make
spring to mind
come to the mind of
dawn on one
make an impact
cross your mind
come into one's consciousness
come to mind
dawn on
make an impact on
come to
present itself
emerge to
energize
US
incentivize
US
evoke
force
steel
exhort
invigorate
US
hearten
animate
uplift
empower
vitalize
inveigle
exhilarate
tempt
advise
embolden
refresh
incentivise
pressurise
UK
prick
envigorate
UK
energise
UK
help
necessitate
pressurize
US
incentify
dominate
direct
cheer on
hint to
stir up
whip up
pep up
spur on
boost up
pump up
egg on
suggest to
amaze
astonish
nobble
exert an influence on
dazzle
awe
overawe
shove
run
start
gain
satisfy
predispose
crack
overrule
talk round
manage
hook
whitewash
bring round
sell
reign
brainwash
conduct
shift
overpower
turn on
turn
set off
touch off
scotch
introduce
crank up
operate
rev up
bring around
suck in
twist one's arm
rule over
hold sway over
lead by the nose
soften up
put across
turn one's head
set going
tug at
argue with
give rise to
get going
play on
draw up
prevail upon
bring up
score
grandstand
slay
register
enthuse
electrify
bulldoze
kill
thrill
astound
enforce
buffalo
take someone aback
feel admiration
feel respect
knock out
show off
cut a figure
blow away
be conspicuous
push around
make a hit
make splash
perturb
trouble
grieve
concern
hurt
attack
pain
distress
damage
infect
sadden
devastate
hit hard
strike at
take hold of
impinge
bowl over
shake up
interest
knock back
relate
prevail
emotionally move
regard
prevail over
impress on
knock for six
impinge upon
more ❯
Verb
▲
Live in a frugal way
pinch
scrimp
skimp
economise
UK
economize
US
stint
spare
press
distress
oppress
retrench
save
be economical
cut corners
reduce wastage
be frugal
be niggardly
be sparing
cut back
cut expenditure
scrape
scrimp and save
be close
be mingy
be tight
be tight-fisted
be stingy
tighten your belt
pinch pennies
make ends meet
limit
withhold
scrimp on
economize on
be frugal with
be niggardly with
be sparing with
be economical with
be parsimonious with
be stingy with
be mingy with
be tight with
be mean with
tighten one's belt
hold back on
budget
scant
make economies
cut costs
be thrifty
conserve
make cutbacks
stint on
be more economical
scrimp and scrape
restrict
be prudent
roll back
skimp on
pinch the pennies
rake and scrape
stretch a dollar
hold back
restrain
be mean
draw in your horns
squirrel
be tight-fisted with
penny-pinch
go easy on
stash
ration
nurse
husband
struggle
save money
clean
make cuts
use less
decrease wastage
shepherd
buy cheaply
manage
begrudge
shave
buy more cheaply
count the pennies
watch the pennies
watch your pennies
count your pennies
rein in
husband your resources
be careful
cut down
spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar
save for rainy day
sock away
grudge
tighten belt
confine
be parsimonious
define
keep within means
run tight ship
pay one's way
be on a shoestring
meet a budget
pinch your pennies
scamp
screw
slight
shorten
reduce
curtail
get along
get by
straiten
cut back on
cut it close
cut it fine
go easy
be cheap
pull in your horns
run a tight ship
look after the pence
earmark
take short cuts
more ❯
Verb
▲
To take sudden, violent 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
bombard
fly at
tear into
fire on
besiege
go at
lay into
strafe
shell
bomb
capture
fire at
round on
march into
pitch into
light into
infiltrate
penetrate
launch oneself at
make an assault on
launch an attack on
open fire on
make a raid on
seize
attempt to capture
take by storm
lunge at
have at
jump
take down
surge over
set at
batter
cannonade
mug
blast
torpedo
barrage
pound
blitzkrieg
sally
set about
beat up on
advance on
strike at
make an onslaught on
shoot down
come at
fight
quarrel
overcome
harry
surprise
waylay
take
charge at
run at
blindside
smash
set in on
make a foray on
make a sortie on
surge into
go in
conduct an offensive on
take on
pepper
pelt
fusillade
hold up
fire upon
launch
catapult
open fire
march on
foray into
sally forth
make inroads on
swoop down upon
belabour
UK
lie in wait for
accost
shoot at
weigh into
maltreat
let fly at
vilify
malign
belabor
US
molest
sail into
impugn
hit out at
lash out at
blister
wade into
lace into
bust
encounter
beat up
get stuck into
work over
let someone have it
have a go at
secure
conquer
breach
pillage
advance
infringe
overwhelm
plunder
maraud
ravage
combat
encroach
occupy
begin hostilities
swoop
leap
leap on
take unawares
spring on
begin an assault
take the offensive
dive at
dart
grab
spring
surge
tackle
dash
drop
snatch
dive
bound
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
denigrate
cast down
own
shoot down
show up
quash
make someone eat crow
reduce
smear
tarnish
prostitute
disparage
chagrin
corrupt
discomfit
taint
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
lessen
profane
warp
vitiate
deprave
subvert
descend
stigmatize
US
sully
blemish
slander
canker
poison
blacken
besmear
derogate
damage
defile
destroy
bastardise
UK
cause to lose face
stigmatise
UK
drag down
make ashamed
bring into disrepute
censure
run down
bring shame to
give a black eye
take the wind out of someone's sails
lower the status of
blame
break
subjugate
stain
disconcert
slam
pan
injure
demoralize
US
besmirch
undermine
slur
harm
expose
mar
attaint
libel
pull down
disconsider
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
depreciate
disregard
deride
desecrate
disrespect
scandalise
UK
mock
let down
take apart
give a bad name to
tar and feather
lose face
silence
overcome
upset
squelch
make lose face
betray
devaluate
enfeeble
disable
debilitate
cripple
sap
put away
strike dumb
take to bits
take to pieces
make uncomfortable
make someone feel ashamed
dispirit
succumb
pop one's balloon
make eat dirt
put one away
deny
suppress
bring down a peg
make one feel small
cut to the quick
minimize
US
drop
decline
minimise
UK
fall
undervalue
discourage
dismay
dishearten
force to eat humble pie
sell out
punish
lose value
render worthless
be untrue to oneself
beat down
lower oneself
demean yourself
lower yourself
debase oneself
be reduced
be reduced to
demean oneself
debase yourself
debunk
dash
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
vilify
confound
confuse
vanquish
downplay
compromise
brutalize
US
impair
dehumanize
US
desensitize
US
dehumanise
UK
disbar
declass
desensitise
UK
worsen
depose
bump
detract
bench
brutalise
UK
soil
calumniate
malign
detract from
cut down
rule out
pooh-pooh
shoot
disesteem
puncture
bring into disfavour
insult
play down
cast aspersions on
do a hatchet job on
bring to naught
poke full of holes
take rug out from under
blow up
knock bottom out of
frown upon
cause to feel small
put out of countenance
traduce
befoul
bad-mouth
asperse
knock
bring discredit to
rubbish
slag off
attack
speak ill of
blotch
breathe on
do a number on
cast a slur on
assail
rip up and down
pollute
sling mud at
fling mud at
muckrake
dirty
blacken the name of
contaminate
denounce
spread scandal about
run smear campaign
blight
condemn
deprecate
vilipend
hurt
tar
trash
smudge
poor-mouth
daub
revile
mark
pillory
spatter
offend
scorch
discolour
UK
displease
roast
abuse
bring dishonour to
criticize
US
dis
dismiss
discolor
US
damage the reputation of
criticise
UK
mess up
label
muddy
annoy
begrime
grime
adulterate
scorn
classify
splash
vex
splatter
characterize
US
back-bite
infect
muck
gaum
mire
distain
bemire
class
underestimate
prejudice
slight
contemn
horrify
appal
UK
underrate
characterise
UK
mark out
get dirty
disfigure
speak evil of
blackguard
diss
affront
deface
rap
discount
trash-talk
despoil
slate
belie
make filthy
make dirty
get filthy
maculate
reflect negatively
cry down
appall
US
pour scorn on
waste
write off
cast in a bad light
mark down
harm the reputation of
kiss off
muddy the reputation of
talk down
ravage
blacken the reputation of
muck up
anoint
bedaub
cloud
distort
badmouth
influence
dilute
misrepresent
despise
bestialize
impugn
lower in rank
lower in status
touch
darken
slag
gossip about
mongrelize
sling mud
relegate
deform
be prejudicial to
dissatisfy
disquiet
drag through mud
drag someone's name through the mud
zing
chop
insinuate
push
miff
cap
trivialize
US
crumb
bedraggle
mess
muss
make mucky
muss up
stamp
designate
tag
disdain
treat lightly
vituperate
scoff at
make light of
disappoint
lie about
blacken the character of
villainize
throw mud at
set back
revert
do down
sneer at
irk
irritate
peeve
discompose
tell lies about
minify
sell short
misprize
disrate
bust
reduce to the ranks
kick downstairs
faze
fluster
rattle
nonplus
run a smear campaign against
trivialise
UK
dispraise
have a go at
find fault with
look down on
pull apart
clamor against
hold cheap
spurn
hit out at
fault
pick holes in
rape
violate
cast a slur upon
cast slur on
put zingers on
deflower
molest
ravish
seduce
shock
outrage
disgust
put someone to shame
get one's comeuppance
take the wind out
harass
worry
slap in the face
skin alive
blow off
hit where one lives
cut up
tinge
perturb
do discredit to
sicken
repel
revolt
nauseate
blemish the reputation of
tarnish the reputation of
scuzz up
be a discredit to
make foul
backbite
give offence to
raise eyebrows amongst
blackball
cause raised eyebrows
lampoon
cause a few raised eyebrows amongst
blast
wreck
execrate
flame
lambaste
scar
become a stain of the escutcheon of
become a blot of the escutcheon of
categorize
US
rail against
deplore
flaw
total
blow
reprehend
anathematize
cavil at
inveigh against
reprobate
fulminate against
excoriate
carp at
undo
bloody
crab
endamage
identify
animadvert
disapprove of
crool
disfeature
come down on
complain
hold forth against
tear to shreds
opprobriate
snipe at
take swipe at
take away
throw stones at
pull to pieces
hit
rail
tear into
cross up
make useless
be a blot on the landscape
devastate
plunder
screw up
depredate
sack
pillage
smash
put a damper on
desolate
spoliate
call
describe
categorise
UK
name
accuse of being
label negatively
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
pummel
US
batter
pummelled
UK
deck
slosh
boff
smash
drub
welt
lam
lambaste
dong
tan
quilt
pelt
belabour
UK
flog
whomp
belabor
US
whip
lick
whop
lay one on
swinge
lash
club
lay into
cudgel
knock into the middle of next week
stick one on
birch
baste
floor
rough up
lace into
dot
chin
let someone have it
rain blows on
switch
lace
lather
paddle
whap
work over
assault
thud
give someone a good hiding
pitch into
maul
do
lambast
whup
slate
curry
hide
tromp
pommel
thresh
fib
crown
give someone a hiding
beat the living daylights out of
tonk
punch out
mess up
bung up
bump
spank
tap
light into
pop
plug
blow
wham
cane
ding
give someone a drubbing
give someone a beating
give someone a good beating
knock around
give someone a good drubbing
jab
crash
skelp
larrup
king-hit
hook
chop
thrust
ram
drive
beat up
do over
knock about
let have it
sucker-punch
impact
strap
welly
drum
KO
dash
aim blows at
pat
fell
brain
level
conk
flail
impinge
collide
clump
forge
draw
impel
abuse
lob
weigh into
maltreat
stripe
tear into
punish
beat up on
hit hard
soak
hack
poke
assail
catch
stroke
haymaker
fillip
scourge
concuss
stun
skull
duke
horsewhip
swing
elbow
clatter
jostle
set on
clonk
injure
hurt
chip
impair
force
scud
bombard
thump on
knock on
bam
bushwhack
flay
jolt
hit for six
lash out
trounce
mash
crush
bean
cosh
malleate
leather
flagellate
set upon
set about
mistreat
roughhouse
manhandle
flatten
total
wound
blip
snap
sock it to someone
take out
plant one
box somebody's ears
pick
plump
stinger
land a punch
wipe
bear down
hit over the head
hit on the head
let one have it
rain blows upon
chastise
sail into
jump
mug
fall upon
hit out
have a go at
get stuck into
jerk
whisk
shake
sink
give someone a hot bottom
swing at
hit out at
lash out at
wear out
slap around
come down on
physically attack
go for
jump down one's throat
pounce upon
haul off on
plunge
wreck
deface
mutilate
brutalize
US
mangle
lacerate
break
disable
disfigure
maim
bruise
contuse
brutalise
UK
cripple
lame
dash against
stick one on someone
stab
send
dig
screw
push
trash
uppercut
kick
stone
pellet
flax
percuss
dab
blitz
whang
run
propel
down
drop
knock over
prostrate
knock out
ride roughshod
let fly
give a black eye
stick
butt
jackhammer
twack
mow down
knock down
lay a finger on
bowl down
bowl over
box someone's ears
slash
cowhide
rawhide
cream
castigate
rout
annihilate
bury
smoke
shellac
smother
skunk
bomb
dust
tan one's hide
blow away
snow under
defeat
thong
wax
pulverize
US
chasten
pulverise
UK
give a hiding
overwhelm
discipline
clean
slaughter
best
marmalize
bullwhip
trim
murder
massacre
worst
destroy
demolish
penalize
US
quirt
roll
crucify
tank
own
penalise
UK
ferule
skin
walk all over
win a resounding victory over
kill
bring someone to their knees
run rings around
take to the cleaners
turn inside out
scratch
walk over
beat someone hollow
tan someone's hide
defeat utterly
take a stick to
make mincemeat of
wipe the floor with
be victorious over
triumph over
blow out
beat hollow
blow out of the water
get the better of
take a strap to
polish
rework
clog
close
block
caulk
obstruct
handle
knob
finial
saddlebow
groom
comb
powder
clog up
stop up
throb
slipper
revile
blister
flop
flutter
flap
paddlewhack
pitch
pour
pulse
pulsate
palpitate
correct
contact
teem
hit repeatedly
claw
ill-treat
pump
race
pitter-patter
fustigate
dust someone's britches
warm someone's seat
punish severely
stream
blackjack
savage
molest
thrill
quop
pant
vibrate
strain
mangulate
tear
give the cat o'nine tails
strike with a stick
beat with a stick
beat the living daylights out of someone
fill in
beat heavily
go pit-a-pat
cascade
muscle
trample
bump into
connect with
crash into
give someone a licking
damage
struggle
strive
give a hiding to
tan the hide of
handle roughly
tear to pieces
bucket down
harm
try
tax
endeavour
UK
take care of
put in the hospital
break face
lean on
come down in sheets
rain stair rods
come down in stair rods
rain cats and dogs
rain hard
chuck it down
overtax
overexert
oppress
terrorize
US
scorch
harass
excoriate
scathe
terrorise
UK
put over one's knee
put someone over your knee
give somebody a hiding
incapacitate
gash
graze
make every effort
work hard
kill oneself
endeavor
US
apply oneself
exert oneself
put out
cause pain to
cut
bang up
pinch
scrape
cause injury to
bend over backwards
do all one can
go all out
move heaven and earth
go for the doctor
bust a gut
try as hard as one can
pull out all the stops
more ❯
Verb
▲
To spread 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
Verb
▲
To inflict a penalty on 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
remonstrate with
lecture
criticize
US
lambaste
give someone a dressing-down
tell off
tick off
bawl out
criticise
UK
chew out
dress down
haul over the coals
give someone a talking-to
give someone a roasting
read the riot act
give someone a rocket
rate
keelhaul
monster
bollock
pull up
trim
ream out
lay into
give someone an earful
give someone a telling-off
give someone hell
rap over the knuckles
give someone a rollicking
blast
let someone have it
give someone a caning
give someone what for
give someone a mouthful
have a go at
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give someone a row
tear off a strip
give someone a bollocking
give someone a rating
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rag
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baste
wig
row
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rant at
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pitch into
lace into
rail against
rail at
blame
nag
hammer
score
jaw
flay
ream
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put on the mat
give someone some stick
blow up
put down
pummel
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find fault with
bring someone to book
chew someone out
lay down the law
jump on
haul someone over the coals
slate
excoriate
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caution
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visit
lean on
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come down on like a ton of bricks
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cavil
recriminate
vituperate
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asperse
speak
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talk to
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tear down
criticize strongly
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pick on
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teach someone a lesson
preach
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strongly criticize
give a going over
tell a thing or two
call on the carpet
give someone stick
come down hard on
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give a piece of one's mind
bawl someone out
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tick someone off
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go on at
have someone on the carpet
keep after
lash
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diss
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blister
thrash
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pan
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lay on
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give the devil
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malign
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savage
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