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Verb

To be irritating or upsetting, typically with repeated or unpleasant acts

Present participle for to bully or threaten, especially by causing others to feel frightened

Present participle for to demand earnestly or pressingly

Present participle for to ask for something, especially earnestly or forcefully

Present participle for to follow or chase after

Noun

The act of deliberately pestering or annoying someone

The playful and friendly exchange of teasing remarks

Adjective

Teasing in a playful manner

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Verb

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To be irritating or upsetting, typically with repeated or unpleasant acts

bedeviling^US

bedevilling^UK

rubbing up the wrong way

driving to distraction

getting someone's goat

getting under your skin

getting up your nose

giving someone grief

giving someone the hump

hacking off

making your blood boil

driving round the bend

driving round the twist

getting someone's dander up

getting your back up

hacking you off

heating up

making someone see red

getting on your nerves

giving someone the pip

putting your back up

hitting where one lives

breathing down someone's neck

bending someone's ear

victimizing^US

victimising^UK

tantalizing^US

tantalising^UK

rubbing the wrong way

agonizing^US

criticizing^US

terrorizing^US

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

tyrannizing^US

making it hot for someone

pulling someone's leg

driving bananas

terrorising^UK

plying

keeping complaining to

criticising^UK

agonising^UK

driving you up the wall

getting your dander up

rankling with

taking the piss out of

ragging on

roweling

getting on one's nerves

moaning at

making things hot for someone

tyrannising^UK

getting up someone's nose

making somebody's hackles rise

pushing someon's buttons

getting in the hair of

getting on the nerves of

getting your hackles up

rubbing you up the wrong way

rattling someone's cage

ruffling one's feathers

putting someone's nose out of joint

bringing pressure to bear on

belabouring^UK

searching high heaven

sticking the knife into

injuring

expelling

getting the knife into

playing cat and mouse

putting through wringer

rubbing salt in wound

making someone fed up

disheartening

wearying

nauseating

trying the patience of

discriminating against

belaboring^US

busting someone's balls

jumping on one's case

putting the squeeze on

satirizing^US

satirising^UK

hurting somebody's feelings

putting into a flap

flipping out

putting someone off their stroke

causing someone to lose their composure

getting across someone

causing discomfort to

showing antagonism to

feeling ill will towards

showing ill will towards

pushing about

bearing a grudge towards

browning off

souring

calling names

running up the wrong way

arousing hostility in

breaking the heart of

getting a rise out of

causing resentment to

disgruntling

hanging up

getting even

upsetting the applecart

sticking in one's craw

setting one's teeth on edge

causing someone distress

causing pain

tiring out

making severe demands on

dishonoring^US

demonizing^US

demonising^UK

having your knife into

doing an injustice to

ill-using

giving no quarter

stepping on the toes of

taking the heart out of

causing to feel mental strain

causing to feel emotional strain

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“In a seamy storyline, she tries to badger her now-clean brother, Chris, into turning a trick with her in order to earn drug money.”

Verb

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Present participle for to bully or threaten, especially by causing others to feel frightened

terrorising^UK

terrorizing^US

tyrannising^UK

tyrannizing^US

using strong-arm tactics on

twisting someone's arm

scaring off

scaring the bejesus out of

putting the screws on

bringing pressure to bear on

putting the squeeze on

putting under an obligation

spurring

blackmailing

breathing down someone's neck

tightening the screws on

turning the screws on

riding roughshod over

putting through the wringer

holding a gun to one's head

having someone do something

tightening the screw on

victimizing^US

victimising^UK

brutalizing^US

brutalising^UK

ruling with an iron hand

calling the shots

ruling with a rod of iron

bringing someone to their knees

exercising control over

trampling underfoot

leading by the nose

throwing your weight around

having the upper hand over

telling someone what to do

giving orders

misusing

putting the frighteners on

making things hot for someone

mishandling

acting the tin god

excruciating

making it hot for someone

pulling rank on

determining

crucifying

playing the heavy with

regulating

keeping in subjection

squelching

keeping in submission

gaining ascendancy over

having someone under your thumb

bringing pressure to bear

having the whip hand over

having upper hand

having ascendancy over

ruling the roost in

having the upper hand in

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Verb

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Present participle for to demand earnestly or pressingly

Verb

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Present participle for to ask for something, especially earnestly or forcefully

Verb

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Present participle for to follow or chase after

Noun

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The act of deliberately pestering or annoying someone

offence^UK

offense^US

being rubbed up the wrong way

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Noun

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The playful and friendly exchange of teasing remarks

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Adjective

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Teasing in a playful manner

tantalising^UK

tantalizing^US

tempting

tongue-in-cheek

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