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bait
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Noun
Something intended to entice or incite someone to do something
Food placed on a hook or in a net or trap to entice fish or other animals as prey
Something designed to mislead to divert attention
A sum of money or other inducement offered or given to bribe someone
Verb
To attract or lure by temptation, typically using deception
To deceive or fool someone, typically by luring them
To annoy or provoke through teasing
To catch or try to catch fish, typically by using a net or hook and line
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▲
Noun
▲
Something intended to entice or incite someone to do something
lure
enticement
temptation
allurement
inducement
attraction
incentive
draw
pull
carrot
decoy
snare
magnet
incitement
trap
bribe
seducement
honeypot
shill
siren
come-on
turn-on
siren song
carrot and stick
persuasion
encouragement
invitation
sweetener
provocation
inveiglement
allure
coaxing
stimulus
spur
interest
ambush
impetus
motive
stimulation
motivation
seduction
charm
entrapment
tantalization
impulse
goad
call
cajolery
blandishment
urge
mousetrap
fake
trick
camouflage
hook
influence
stimulant
consideration
drawing card
douceur
sitting duck
exhortation
momentum
siren call
fancy
offer
hankering
yen
teaser
challenge
overture
bung
candy
sugared pill
solicitation
gimmick
tout
delusion
illusion
appeal
fascination
con game
urging
enchantment
glamour
UK
prompting
attractiveness
ambuscade
ensnarement
magnetism
stirring
goading
pushing
instigation
pressure
pressurization
US
surprise
ambushment
prodding
reason
yeast
boost
red herring
pitfall
incitation
drive
insistence
premium
excuse
catalyst
ground
inspiration
determinant
glamor
US
facade
stick
catch
nark
distraction
plant
stoolie
booster
chicane
trickery
pretence
UK
deception
chicanery
pretense
US
beard
blind
imitation
front
rationale
purpose
drawing power
pressurisation
UK
needling
beseeching
spring
façade
egging on
reason why
shot in the arm
smoke screen
stool pigeon
blow off
set-up
kick up the backside
arm-twisting
honey trap
convincing
inducing
persuading
cause
conversion
suasion
con
reward
leader
desire
brainwash
twist
perk
clarion call
hard sell
sweet talk
snow job
soft soap
fillip
prompt
push
prod
driving force
impulsion
motivating force
grounds
causation
end
source
trigger
goal
aim
lift
basis
kick
propellant
tonic
stimulator
occasion
hidden agenda
mainspring
flash
charge
piquing
sting
excitant
justification
intention
spark
objective
design
origin
spark plug
explanation
target
object
reviver
antecedent
causality
warrant
refreshment
pretext
agenda
pick-me-up
ax to grind
score to settle
excitement
ammunition
kick-start
fodder
actuation
jog
prick
compulsion
activation
needle
spurring
pressing
will
force
a shot in the arm
agitation
help
thrust
motivator
propulsion
movement
aid
shove
necessity
fuel
kick in the pants
uplift
impellent
animus
example
model
motive power
need
requirement
reminder
invigoration
US
spice
muse
foundation
fount
beginning
root
fountain
generator
piquancy
tittivation
envigoration
UK
titillation
nudge
revelation
right
obligation
animating force
inspo
creativeness
awakening
arousal
eureka
cue
intent
facilitator
chief reason
impelling cause
guiding light
agitator
bang
precipitant
fireworks
adjuvant
incendiary
ambition
chief motive
prime mover
motive force
springboard
leaven
concern
focus
hope
eye-opener
geeing-up
determination
resolve
wish
aspiration
preoccupation
pretension
ideal
dream
radical stimulus
resolution
mission
vision
care
wave maker
straw that stirs the drink
plan
thinking
end game
holy grail
signal
nod
hidden motive
Holy Grail
vested interest
object of desire
special interest
prejudice
restorative
energizer
green light
go-ahead
upper
analeptic
antidepressant
refresher
case
bracer
roborant
argument
parti pris
ulterior motive
secret plan
hair of the dog
drink
pep pill
drug
spark pulg
defence
UK
defense
US
apology
point
account
vindication
apologia
wherefore
accounting
authority
subject
why
rationalization
US
exposition
story
genesis
rationalisation
UK
premise
driver
underpinning
causal agent
whys and wherefores
principal element
why and wherefore
chief ingredient
more ❯
“Eunice had hit upon the very idea which I had been going to use as a
bait
to get her to go to Polmeer with me.”
Noun
▲
Food placed on a hook or in a net or trap to entice fish or other animals as prey
lure
decoy
teaser
fly
jig
plug
troll
“Normally, of course, the fisherman puts some kind of
bait
on the hook such as nightcrawlers or balls of dough.”
Noun
▲
Something designed to mislead to divert attention
red herring
subterfuge
ploy
device
ruse
wile
artifice
deception
blind
trick
hoax
pretence
UK
pretense
US
expedient
bluff
manoeuvre
UK
sham
smokescreen
feint
cover
dodge
contrivance
machination
maneuver
US
distraction
gimmick
commotion
decoy
deviation
distractor
disturbance
diversion
interruption
lure
attention-grabber
put-on
curve ball
diversionary tactic
false clue
false face
false trail
fool's errand
misleading clue
put-up job
smoke screen
wild-goose chase
deceit
irresistible bait
play
stratagem
honeytrap
gambit
hoodwinking
imposture
make-believe
shift
snare
duck
pretext
stall
mock attack
pretension
cheat
fake
scheme
flimflam
con
jig
game
fraud
sleight
fetch
stunt
trickery
plot
wheeze
scam
shenanigan
knack
juggle
tactic
swindle
cheating
chicanery
facade
intrigue
façade
front
move
plan
craftiness
masquerade
sting
codology
trap
chicane
grift
humbug
lurk
set-up
con trick
shenanigans
craft
disguise
false front
misrepresentation
smoke and mirrors
dishonesty
artfulness
jiggery-pokery
canard
hanky-panky
double-dealing
twist
dissimulation
bunco
gamesmanship
rort
method
flanker
imposition
finesse
cunning
funny business
snow job
cloak
mask
screen
cover-up
fraudulence
duplicity
skulduggery
camouflage
kidology
guile
duping
charade
legerdemain
lie
fakery
jugglery
skullduggery
slyness
racket
guise
manipulation
fastie
setup
sell
cunning plan
angle
wangle
semblance
schlenter
rig
monkeyshines
confidence trick
booby trap
curveball
counterfeit
monkey business
sleight of hand
measure
catch
deceitfulness
show
wiles
underhandedness
hypocrisy
swindling
deviousness
sophistry
conspiracy
loophole
posturing
prank
hustle
treachery
deceptiveness
crookedness
cunningness
delusion
dissembling
falseness
hocus-pocus
instrument
sport
veil
leg-pull
scenario
illusion
sharp practice
strategy
take-in
knavery
management
escapade
act
simulation
Trojan horse
feigning
secret
means
jive
allurement
switch
game plan
dissemblance
veneer
con game
fast one
whitewash
spoof
demarche
shuffle
fig leaf
sweet talk
play-acting
soft soap
window-dressing
curtain
little game
unscrupulousness
caper
antic
stratagems
ambush
feat
beguilement
horseplay
slant
scheming
falsehood
distortion
invention
dirty trick
dirty work
sellout
crocodile tears
fake out
winning move
design
kicker
furtiveness
wire-pulling
surreptitiousness
waffle
talk
double-crossing
verbiage
fourberie
nonsense
action
brainchild
scene
bit
rip-off
manoeuvring
UK
hokum
porky
misleading talk
oldest trick in the book
evasion
fiddle
cabal
quackery
course of action
line of action
one-upmanship
bait and switch
jiving
snow
proposition
charlatanry
loss-leader
shtick
hot air
improvisation
hogwash
bilk
mare's-nest
fallacy
wrinkle
story
ride
pork pie
shuck
malarkey
crock
fib
footwork
insincerity
clever move
forgery
false show
gin
sanctimoniousness
apparatus
concern
publicity device
eye-catching novelty
jest
promotion
aid
fun
fixture
mere show
pitfall
pose
false colors
fast shuffle
confidence game
specious reasoning
maneuvering
US
artful argument
dragnet
inveiglement
enticement
temptation
hook
seducement
snag
phoniness
cant
masking
falsity
burlesque
faking
fiction
imitation
smoke
come-on
posture
Tartufferie
smoke-screen
disguising
closeting
affectation
phoneyness
lies
propaganda
attitude
display
appearance
performance
empty talk
shamming
stance
hypocritical talk
hypocritical behaviour
airs
posing
playacting
fabrication
falsification
false display
chaser
a put-up job
a put-on
shuck and jive
hamming
phoney
UK
phony
US
dissimilation
lying
wiliness
dupery
bluffing
crookery
foxiness
cozenage
guilefulness
cozening
defrauding
trapping
misleading
two-timing
ambidextrousness
entrapping
overreaching
two-facedness
ambidexterity
dirty pool
dirty dealing
more ❯
Noun
▲
A sum of money or other inducement offered or given to bribe someone
bribe
backhander
incentive
inducement
kickback
pay-off
sweetener
payola
sop
bung
carrot
graft
boodle
cumshaw
dropsy
enticement
fix
allurement
douceur
drop
plugola
schmear
sling
blackmail
buyoff
compensation
contract
envelope
feedbag
gift
goody
gratuity
gravy
grease
ice
lagniappe
lure
payoff
perk
perquisite
present
price
protection
remuneration
reward
sweetening
take
corrupt money
fringe benefit
hush money
influence peddling
reward for treachery
corrupting gift
payment
tip
cut
bribery
handout
share
bonus
favour
UK
favor
US
baksheesh
percentage
commission
rake-off
dividend
money
pacifier
palm greasing
extortion
kick-back
recompense
token
oil
softener
lubrication payment
grease payment
money under the table
ransom
liberation money
sum
throw-in
extra
donative
pourboire
half
allotment
part
portion
ration
allocation
smalls
bonsella
whack
measure
apportionment
something extra
fee
small change
little something extra
gravy train
little something
little extra
bit extra
piece of the action
slice of the cake
largesse
offering
giveaway
freebie
souvenir
prezzie
freebee
goodie
largess
memento
hand-out
donation
keepsake
contribution
boon
benefaction
alms
bounty
remembrancer
bonsela
bestowal
endowment
grant
charity
premium
award
conferment
concession
benefit
dispensation
pittance
inheritance
tithing
presentation
bequest
provision
philanthropy
legacy
tribute
fairing
oblation
subsidy
allowance
giving
settlement
hand
koha
offertory
handsel
hand-me-down
honorarium
guerdon
goodwill gesture
extra payment
more ❯
Verb
▲
To attract or lure by temptation, typically using deception
lure
entice
tempt
beguile
seduce
allure
decoy
attract
betray
draw
solicit
fascinate
pull
lead on
inveigle
entrap
induce
coax
hook
ensnare
persuade
suck in
cajole
wheedle
woo
mousetrap
invite
deceive
rope in
delude
trap
trick
wile
charm
steer
dupe
mislead
honey
snare
lead
tantalize
US
toll
drag
rope
sweep off feet
tantalise
UK
appeal to
make your mouth water
lead astray
come on
draw in
turn on
dangle a carrot in front of
dare
ensorcell
tout
con
shill
distract
bewitch
captivate
draw out
enrapture
beckon
interest
whet the appetite of
titillate
lead up garden path
win over
enchant
train
excite
convince
dangle
intrigue
sucker
arouse someone's interest in
sell
persuade to buy
influence
motivate
sweet-talk
smooth-talk
maneuver
US
manoeuvre
UK
hit on
bat eyes at
prevail on
bribe
keep hanging
keep someone hanging on
flirt with
string along
come on to
hoodwink
gull
implicate
involve
entangle
enmesh
incriminate
embroil
embrangle
broil
mire
engage
frame
set up
fit up
lay a trap for
urge
sway
incite
blandish
blarney
soft-soap
talk into
encourage
instigate
coerce
get
impel
palaver
prevail upon
bring round
butter up
move
flatter
make
provoke
prompt
cause
press
get round
work on
argue into
incline
stimulate
trigger
procure
worm
talk round
compel
suborn
convert
bring
bring around
corrupt
sweeten up
pay off
manipulate
egg on
talk
control
finagle
dragoon
counsel
brainwash
wangle
push
court
argue
goad
importune
barter
prod
intimidate
reason
stir
snow
oil
drive
arouse
soap
dispose
twist someone's arm
affect
arm-twist
soften up
inspire
get around
work over
put up to
wheedle into
spur on
twist one's arm
prod into
sell one on
ingratiate
whet
soften
pressure
ask
bend
change
stroke
kowtow
banter
flatter into
jolly
condition
spread it on
lay it on
actuate
budge
predispose
troll
goose
steamroll
squeeze
bulldoze
activate
change mind
bias
exert influence on
cajole into
coax into
put someone up to something
give
force
determine
get next to
impress on
make willing
exploit
jockey
play
direct
enkindle
prevail
effectuate
work
work upon
lean on
pressurize
US
pull strings with
browbeat
prejudice
buy
square
turn
colour
UK
swing
rouse
cut any ice with
bring pressure to bear on
make yourself felt with
carry weight with
touch
bring pressure to bear upon
fix
nobble
generate
pressurise
UK
color
US
foster
secure someone's support
buy off
grease palm
get at
oil someone's hand
spur
elicit
engender
create
inflame
spark
pique
impassion
prick
entreat
countenance
issue
command
sting
impress
advise
bring on
ask for
needle
constrain
exhort
call forth
make happen
leave the door open to
beg for
bring on oneself
lead to
call for
propagandize
US
enlist
proselytize
US
stir up
fire up
proselyte
propagandise
UK
proselytise
UK
drive on
rev up
root on
plead with
cause to believe
pressurize into
reason someone into
press someone into
turn somebody on to
pressure someone into
convert to
lead to do
bring to senses
lead to believe
wear down
plague
pester
tease
jawbone
soothe
gain confidence of
win argument
prove to
talk someone into something
more ❯
“But just when he agreed with his inner demons on how he would
bait
her with his tired and helpless act in the parking lot, a man walked in and approached her with a hug and kiss.”
Verb
▲
To deceive or fool someone, typically by luring them
deceive
fool
mislead
delude
hoodwink
beguile
bluff
con
dupe
misdirect
bamboozle
hoax
misstate
prevaricate
scam
snooker
trick
bilk
cozen
hose
sucker
swindle
cheat
inveigle
misrepresent
shaft
snow
defraud
outfox
pervert
betray
buffalo
burn
diddle
ensnare
entrap
outwit
victimise
UK
victimize
US
lead astray
take in
string along
fake out
lead on
rip off
rope in
suck in
do a number on
double-cross
lead up the garden path
play for a sucker
pull a fast one on
pull a swifty on
take advantage of
take for a ride
gull
put one over on
misinform
manipulate
misguide
gaff
hornswoggle
have
humbug
spoof
gammon
juggle
catch
rook
have on
impose on
hook
maneuver
US
manoeuvre
UK
decoy
seduce
entice
tempt
lure
poke borack
put someone up to something
disinform
flimflam
doublespeak
illude
lie
befool
stick
exploit
chisel
propagandize
US
distort
bunk
fudge
kid
fabricate
jockey
take
finesse
give wrong information to
bait and switch
jive
propagandise
UK
pull the wool over someone's eyes
lie to
mousetrap
put on
overreach
send on a wild goose chase
pull one's leg
caboodle
throw off the scent
put on the wrong track
put on an act
entangle
enmesh
lead up garden path
give someone a bum steer
cover up
wrong steer
play trick on
put up smoke screen
give the wrong impression
lead down the garden path
put on false front
double-talk
play
sting
stiff
do
fleece
finagle
mulct
euchre
fiddle
bunco
screw
swizzle
sharp
chicane
skin
sell a pup to
take to the cleaners
hustle
sell
bleed
shortchange
ream
beat
outmanoeuvre
UK
outmaneuver
US
stitch up
set up
squeeze
short
sandbag
skunk
thimblerig
chouse
pluck
nobble
goldbrick
rob
trap
shuck
double-deal
make a fool of
catch out
milk
fake
wangle
shake down
do in
jerk around
pull strings
pull wires
contrive
lull
gouge
clip
falsify
outsmart
play a trick on
cross
rig
use
pull fast one
gaslight
pull someone's leg
four-flush
one-up
do the dirty on
trifle with
play with
fix
double deal
sell down the river
throw dust in someone's eyes
play games
stretch the rules
bend the rules
pull something funny
stack the cards
hit below the belt
thwart
pull in
embezzle
cajole
sham
juke
blag
stump
fox
pilfer
wheedle
play dirty
disappoint
cuckold
circumvent
psych out
sway
throw
impose upon
take for
play away
cross up
step out
dally
trifle
toy
flam
impress
take to cleaners
play joke on
beat out of
take for ride
wanton
play-act
sell a pup
pull a fast one
make a sucker of
get the better of
wind up
bias
do number on
sucker into
do someone in the eye
do out of
sell a bill of goods to
trip up
frame
play a jest on
play a prank on
play a joke on
murphy
pull wool over
play for a fool
hocus-pocus
hand a line
play a practical joke on
two-time
operate
angle
rush
run a game on
play games with
trim
lirt
crib
blench
rogue
belirt
toy with
dally with
make use of
play fast and loose with
give the runaround
baffle
pull
send on a wild-goose chase
short-change
twist around your little finger
stage-manage
backstab
fail
take out
fast talk
arrange
give bum steer
break the rules
screw over
give the shaft
let down
be disloyal to
split
play someone false
break faith with
sell out
be unfaithful to
stab in the back
machinate
swing
plot
bring off
collude
lobby
connive
conspire
work
influence
yuck
yuk
jest
jape
joke
banter
fun
jolly
josh
quip
gag
wisecrack
chaff
rag
ridicule
mock
bother
fib
mistreat
capitalize on
misuse
abuse
profit from
step on
walk all over
play on
take liberties with
prey on
cash in on
maltreat
ill-use
leverage
control
target
use for one's own ends
dissimulate
make sport of
poke fun at
make fun of
yank someone's chain
exaggerate
pretend
perjure
dissemble
equivocate
misspeak
palter
bull
overdraw
misinstruct
forswear
BS
be economical with the truth
not speak the truth
make up a story
tell stories
invent a story
lie through one's teeth
be untruthful
break promise
make believe
tell a lie
lack candor
put up a front
forswear oneself
bear false witness
say something untrue
tell an untruth
commit perjury
not tell the truth
fake it
tell a falsehood
stretch the truth
tell a white lie
perjure oneself
tell untruths
tell a terminological inexactitude
concoct a story
be forsworn
depart from the truth
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“The opponent had used a scheme to
bait
him out of his guard and then sneak attack him from the shadows.”
Verb
▲
To annoy or provoke through teasing
tease
needle
provoke
taunt
annoy
irritate
hound
torment
badger
goad
harass
hassle
plague
bother
guy
persecute
mock
rag
rib
aggravate
ridicule
bedevil
gall
irk
nark
pester
torture
chaff
gibe
harry
haze
heckle
ride
wind up
get
pick on
anger
nag
razz
hack you off
take the mickey
be on the back of
get on the nerves of
take the piss out of
get in the hair of
give a hard time
vex
bug
bully
trouble
worry
exasperate
disturb
nettle
pique
rile
devil
ruffle
hector
peeve
josh
hack off
kid
dog
chivvy
get at
be on your back
molest
make fun of
heavy
miff
rally
chafe
exacerbate
roast
get to
put out
infuriate
jeer at
rub up the wrong way
deride
jive
victimize
US
drive up the wall
laugh at
joke
rasp
nudge
pursue
eat
twit
grate
agitate
quiz
victimise
UK
keep on at
get across
burn up
scoff at
jibe at
get on your nerves
poke fun at
banter
rag on
make sport of
have on
intimidate
upset
jeer
gnaw
spite
frost
gripe
hump
itch
importune
niggle
chiack
fun
insult
outrage
smoke
prod
sledge
shuck
offend
burn
keep after
affront
get under your skin
rankle
gravel
get in your hair
get your back up
roil
work on
go on at
send up
goof on
poke mullock at
sling off at
put on
flout at
poke borak at
pull one's leg
beset
prick
satirize
US
terrorize
US
lead on
enrage
displease
henpeck
chivy
incense
try
rark
madden
beleaguer
perturb
distress
mither
terrorise
UK
rot
slam
criticize
US
give someone grief
satirise
UK
upbraid
criticise
UK
put down
tick off
peck at
single out
fret
make jokes about
breathe down someone's neck
be sarcastic about
be at
be on one's case
make a monkey of
grill
get your goat
give someone the hump
harp on at
make things hot for someone
make it hot for someone
swipe at
call names
stir up
rub the wrong way
get on someone's back
grumble at
bend someone's ear
make your blood boil
put your back up
get on one's nerves
fool around
kid around
give someone hell
frazzle
scoff
stress
press
disgruntle
make a monkey out of
abuse
rankle with
injure
expel
crucify
aggrieve
dragoon
wrong
beat
hunt
exile
stress out
disrupt
interrupt
distract
macerate
attack
despoil
noodge
pain
foray
bullyrag
strain
perplex
drive to distraction
eat at
give the business
insist on
barrack
boo
sting
bum
T-off
hack
steam
afflict
affect
shout down
tyrannize
US
jerk around
get the knife into
stick the knife into
tyrannise
UK
hurl insults at
hiss
mistreat
revile
sneer
hurt
rattle one's cage
drive round the bend
disquiet
antagonize
US
inflame
sneer at
gibe at
discompose
discriminate against
discomfit
dis
rattle
faze
embarrass
disconcert
curse
discommode
give a bad time
drive round the twist
be down on
have it in for
have a down on
besiege
scare
incite
jab
reproach
scorn
disdain
scout
slap
dig
twitter
flout
lout
browbeat
anguish
shout at
excite
roust
start
abrade
curdle
confuse
terrify
accost
pother
frighten
work into lather
get across someone
try your patience
set on
set off
send into a rage
take a rise out of
make waves
make angry
raise your hackles
get a rise out of
hit where one lives
butt in
make game of
dump on
scold
punish
ire
enflame
drive crazy
mad
bristle
drive mad
berate
shout catcalls at
egg
urge
empurple
cross
scratch around
yap at
be a nuisance to
drive bananas
make somebody's hackles rise
boil
get on your wick
arouse
ruffle one's feathers
make sore
antagonise
UK
lose one's temper
get someone
blow up
tee off
steam up
get your dander up
raise hell
give someone the pip
make someone see red
rattle someone's cage
embitter
get up someone's nose
acerbate
craze
egg on
search high heaven
play cat and mouse
be a pest to
rub salt in wound
put through wringer
run up the wrong way
pick at
find fault
moan at
carp at
bust someone's balls
moan on at
bust chops
find fault with
keep complaining to
take it out on
spoof
sound
snap
mess around
pull someone's leg
flirt with
oppress
harrow
burden
rack
agonize
US
fluster
agonise
UK
grieve
unsettle
fuss
concern
wound
excruciate
ail
gnaw at
cause suffering to
alarm
tax
flurry
unnerve
bum out
sadden
haunt
inconvenience
depress
dismay
unhinge
discountenance
discomfort
distemper
weigh down
exercise
pressurize
US
incommode
blight
discombobulate
pressurise
UK
alarum
derail
hagride
undo
dun
freak out
frustrate
weird out
ill-treat
disgust
mortify
stir
throw
confound
lie heavy on
prompt
make cross
maltreat
grate on
make anxious
smite
tantalize
US
tantalise
UK
pressure
goose
prey on
martyr
cause trouble to
push
weigh heavily on
throw off balance
assail
wring
move
tear
chagrin
deject
lean on
test
intrude upon
coerce
bewilder
shake
stew
impel
instigate
appal
UK
induce
dishearten
exploit
whip
tire
appall
US
trigger
nag at
sicken
fire up
make uneasy
cheese off
eat away at
sic
weigh on
drive you up the wall
cause anguish to
make miserable
make wretched
remind
barrage
ply
put someone's nose out of joint
face
confront
rend
get on someone's case
domineer
grip
push around
sear
buffet
stab
chide
flummox
panic
cause agony to
nonplus
harm
punish unfairly
fear
take advantage of
bore
dispirit
break
dash
puzzle
scourge
discourage
sweat
impose on
stretch
turn off
dissatisfy
floor
cut up
addle
spook
fester
crush
psych
grind
jangle
get down
cast down
indispose
weary
cause anxiety
nauseate
make nervous
wear
cause anxiety to
bring down
hang over
put off
mess with
mix up
shake up
rowel
be a great weight on
troll
put someone off their stroke
weigh heavily on one's mind
hurt somebody's feelings
put into a flap
flip out
throw into a tizz
cause someone to lose their composure
cause concern to
cause discomfort to
cut to the quick
key up
make uncomfortable
put up to
make someone fed up
rub you up the wrong way
weigh heavily on someone's mind
prey on your mind
grind at
keep at
tell off
harp on
petition
solicit
carp
disoblige
be hostile to
be against
be prejudiced against
show antagonism to
be set against
disapprove of
startle
breath down someone's neck
cavil
tear away at
harangue
show ill will towards
feel ill will towards
push about
bear a grudge towards
suppress
sour
touch
abash
start on
insist
pierce
belabour
UK
convulse
disparage
overwhelm
target
mess
excoriate
be in someone's way
entangle
hamper
gut
put pressure on
unquiet
brown off
be prey to
push button
heat up
devastate
rock
aggress
bring pressure to bear on
despair
nit-pick
strap
desolate
be in someone's hair
overcharge
ask for it
get your hackles up
throw off
disappoint
push someon's buttons
make restless
make fretful
frenzy
derange
possess
cut
cause pain to
put the squeeze on
override
arouse hostility in
snit
pet
tiff
huff
horrify
foment
dumbfound
jump on one's case
be the victim of
grind on
do a number on
arouse anxiety in
push buttons
make it tough for
turn
incapacitate
flip
debilitate
cramp
fall upon
fall on
sap
drain
exhaust
beleague
be bothered
be a weight on someone's mind
shock
be a burden to
niggle at
dampen spirits
break one's heart
start in on
manipulate
humiliate
violate
give the needle
bamboozle
baffle
befuddle
dominate
enslave
hoodwink
cheat
trick
swindle
fleece
foil
thwart
hit a sour note
make blue
drag down
put a damper on
break the heart of
chasten
put into a funk
come back to haunt
jar on
put on edge
get on
set on edge
dish out
dish it out
give it to
stick it to
cause to panic
belabor
US
bombard
interfere with
turn on
lay up
be a weight on one's mind
sweat out
cause resentment to
cause annoyance to
surprise
have had enough
become bored
make discontented
exhaust someone's patience
try the patience of
grate at
lose patience
be offensive
be rude to
cause offense
rock the boat
make a scene
belittle
barge in on
intrude on
get on someone
wear on
hang up
begrudge
crab
grudge
get even
upset the applecart
louse up
eat up
obsess
horn in on
astonish
dizzy
stick in one's craw
set one's teeth on edge
lie heavy on someone's mind
weigh heavy on someone's mind
abase
misuse
immolate
use
demonize
US
butt in on
mess with someone's head
do someone's head in
be autocratic
fuddle
cow
cause pain
cause anguish
cause someone distress
grind down
destroy
weaken
incite trouble
blackmail
con
make trouble
bleed
be a pest
stir the pot
make demands on
make severe demands on
put a strain on
tire out
wear out
demonise
UK
stump
tyrannize over
bite
dishonor
US
dishonour
UK
spur
catch unawares
catch off balance
stimulate
drive
rouse
toy with
fiddle with
strike
do an injustice to
ill-use
martyrize
visit
take
throw into tizzy
stack the deck
have your knife into
motivate
force
challenge
encourage
inspire
go for jugular
give no quarter
lay a bad trip on
step on the toes of
be a pain in the neck
be a thorn in someone's side
overstretch
overtax
tense
lash
titillate
traumatize
US
daunt
work up
crunch
overextend
traumatise
UK
make despondent
lie
make gloomy
cause to feel emotional strain
overdo
cause to feel mental strain
make tense
tense up
put in traction
push to the limit
put on trial
impede
hinder
make desolate
take the heart out of
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“Charlie loved to
bait
him, but his jibes usually rolled off Travis's back like water off an oilskin tarp.”
Verb
▲
To catch or try to catch fish, typically by using a net or hook and line
fish
catch
angle
cast
net
trawl
chum
seine
go fishing
catch fish
fly-fish
cast one's net
cast a line
cast one's hook
bait the hook
haul out
pull out
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