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To cause anguish or distress to

To physically surround or enclose, typically in a hostile manner

To take violent or aggressive action against

To overwhelm with an excessive amount of something

To inhabit a place in unpleasantly large numbers

To persuade (an unwilling person) to do something by using force or threats

To be preoccupied with a single thought, topic or emotion

To confound or perplex someone

To be overcome or overwhelmed by something (typically negative)

Feeling or expressing distress or anxiety

Having been subjected to oppression

Surrounded or attacked by hostile forces

Surrounded by hostile or enemy forces

(idiomatic, figuratively) Burdened or weighed down, especially by a mass of something unpleasant

Teeming or filled with people, animals or things

Enamored or very attracted to someone

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Verb

To cause anguish or distress to

drive up the wall

put the squeeze on

give a hard time

give a bad time

give the business

jump on one's case

give the needle

cause suffering to

give someone grief

weigh heavily on

cause trouble to

inflict anguish on

bend someone's ear

cause anxiety to

weigh heavily on one's mind

take control of

be a great weight on

be in someone's way

be the victim of

cause disquiet to

be afflicted with

be plagued with

be burdened with

be blighted with

be bedevilled by

upset the applecart

put someone's nose out of joint

mess with someone's head

do someone's head in

prey on your mind

make uncomfortable

cause discomfort to

cause concern to

weigh heavily on someone's mind

be a nuisance to

discriminate against

play cat and mouse

rub salt in wound

put through wringer

come back to haunt

inflict suffering on

inflict pain on

be a weight on one's mind

get the knife into

stick the knife into

rub up the wrong way

get on your nerves

get on your wick

breathe down someone's neck

make somebody's hackles rise

get on someone's case

rule with a rod of iron

rule with an iron hand

trample underfoot

weigh heavy upon

ride roughshod over

give someone the hump

get in your hair

get under your skin

get on one's nerves

be on your back

make someone see red

rub the wrong way

drive round the bend

get your back up

put your back up

drive to distraction

cut to the quick

drive round the twist

try your patience

make your blood boil

hurt somebody's feelings

ruffle one's feathers

raise your hackles

give someone the pip

get your dander up

get up someone's nose

send into a rage

drive you up the wall

get your hackles up

be on the back of

get across someone

throw off balance

rattle one's cage

rub you up the wrong way

get a rise out of

take the piss out of

set one's teeth on edge

hit where one lives

try the patience of

be on one's case

break one's heart

give offence to

put a damper on

make things hot for someone

make it hot for someone

cause anguish to

make discontented

be a pain in the neck

be a thorn in someone's side

get on the wrong side of

take the mickey

stick in one's craw

make despondent

be a thorn in someone's flesh

rattle someone's cage

make someone fed up

put on the spot

breath down someone's neck

make an enemy of somebody

search high heaven

hit a sour note

get someone's wick

give someone hell

cause suffering

get on the nerves of

put pressure on

bring pressure to bear on

push one's buttons

break the heart of

put into a funk

be in someone's hair

run up the wrong way

stroke someone's hair the wrong way

get in the hair of

be disagreeable to

push the buttons of

push someon's buttons

cause resentment to

cause annoyance to

irritate greatly

cause inconvenience to

lie heavy on someone's mind

weigh heavy on someone's mind

work into lather

take a rise out of

kick up a stink

offend morals of

knock the wind out of

rasp one's nerves

knock props out

make demands on

make severe demands on

put a strain on

create difficulties for

harsh one's mellow

give the cold shoulder

hurt the feelings of

fill with loathing

get on someone's back

have had enough

exhaust someone's patience

drive you out of your mind

drive you to distraction

make somebody's blood boil

drive you round the twist

make you see red

drive you round the bend

drive you crazy

be a weight on someone's mind

shout catcalls at

make your gorge rise

be repugnant to

make someone's stomach rise

put someone off their stroke

put into a flap

throw into a tizz

cause someone to lose their composure

throw into tizzy

cast a pall over

make downhearted

dampen the spirits of

cause to lose heart

dampen someone's hopes

cause to lose hope

take the wind out of your sails

knock the stuffing out of

harsh someone's mellow

make one's heart bleed

give someone the blues

pour cold water on

cast a gloom upon

make someone's heart bleed

reduce to tears

bring tears to your eyes

break someone's spirit

throw cold water on

break someone's heart

cause someone difficulty

yank someone's chain

be a problem to

give someone bother

make someone go out of his way

cause to feel emotional strain

cause to feel mental strain

put in traction

push to the limit

make jokes about

be sarcastic about

poke mullock at

pull someone's leg

make a monkey of

go against the grain

be injurious to

have an adverse effect on

cause illness to

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“My disturbing dreams and pseudomemories still beset me with unabated force.”

Verb

To physically surround or enclose, typically in a hostile manner

come at from all sides

form a barrier round

form a ring around

form a ring round

form a barrier around

set the limits of

set the boundaries of

keep under lock and key

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“Swarms of biting insects would beset me to add to my torment.”

Verb

To take violent or aggressive action against

make an assault on

launch an attack on

launch oneself at

attempt to capture

let someone have it

make an onslaught on

launch an attack

make inroads on

swoop down upon

give someone a beating

beat the living daylights out of

make a foray on

conduct an offensive on

make an assault

turn to violence

make a sortie on

begin hostilities

begin an assault

take the offensive

fire a broadside at

assault physically

beat someone up

arrive in hordes

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“The King afterwards sent an army to Durham, and allowed it to beset the castle.”

Verb

To overwhelm with an excessive amount of something

cover with water

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To inhabit a place in unpleasantly large numbers

be diffused through

diffuse through

spread throughout

be disseminated through

extend throughout

percolate through

diffuse throughout

spread like wildfire

spread like wildfire over

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Verb

To persuade (an unwilling person) to do something by using force or threats

put pressure on

use pressure on

bring pressure to bear on

put the squeeze on

put the screws on

put under an obligation

twist one's arm

force one's hand

make an offer they can't refuse

put the heat on

use strong-arm tactics on

have someone do something

twist someone's arm

ride roughshod over

turn on the heat

tighten the screws on

bring pressure to bear upon

breathe down someone's neck

turn the screws on

put the chill on

put the frighteners on

rule with a rod of iron

bring someone to their knees

rule with an iron hand

trample underfoot

have someone under your thumb

rule despotically

keep under thumb

leave someone no option

put through the wringer

hold a gun to one's head

pressurize into

make things hot for someone

make it hot for someone

bring pressure upon

tighten the screw on

turn the screw on

put the screws to

bring force to bear on

hold a gun to someone's head

intimidate into

throw your weight around

steamroller into

leave someone no option but to

make compulsory

exert influence on

put the bite on

scare the bejesus out of

pull strings with

leave no choice but to

make yourself felt with

carry weight with

cut any ice with

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Verb

To be preoccupied with a single thought, topic or emotion

Verb

To confound or perplex someone

throw off balance

make someone scratch their head

be all Greek to

catch off balance

cause to be at a stand

leave open-mouthed

stop someone in their tracks

set someone thinking

go to your head

boggle the mind

take by surprise

mess with one's head

take your breath away

muddy the waters

boggle the mind of

be too much for

knock the stuffing out of

fill with wonder

fill with amazement

make your head spin

be unbelievable

knock your socks off

take the wind out of your sails

strike with awe

render speechless

knock senseless

hit like a ton of bricks

knock for a loop

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Adjective

To be overcome or overwhelmed by something (typically negative)

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“Beset by worries, ill, chronically underfunded, and in half a mind to quit altogether, he nonetheless stuck by the organization he had done so much to promote.”

Adjective

Feeling or expressing distress or anxiety

discombobulated

hot and bothered

a bundle of nerves

all of a dither

in a state of agitation

bricking oneself

in a cold sweat

on pins and needles

at the end of one's rope

with one's back up against the wall

at the end of your tether

all of a lather

like a cat on a hot tin roof

with one's stomach in knots

having butterflies in the stomach

shaking in one's shoes

with your heart in your mouth

in a state of nerves

like a cat on hot bricks

all of a doodah

bundle of nerves

discountenanced

like a fish out of water

terror-stricken

hot under the collar

waiting for the axe to fall

scared to death

frightened out of your wits

scared out of your wits

horror-stricken

feeling anxious

shaking like a leaf

all of a flutter

easily frightened

beside yourself

out of countenance

in high dudgeon

not best pleased

ill-humoured^UK

having cold feet

waiting with bated breath

easily agitated

sweating bullets

tossing and turning

on the qui vive

biting one's nails

on the defensive

at sixes and sevens

emotionally charged

tied up in knots

chicken-hearted

with your back to the wall

apprehensive about

anxiously waiting

nervously awaiting

fearfully anticipating

apprehensively expecting

tearing one's hair out

carrying a chip on your shoulder

with bated breath

having stage fright

having a funny feeling

frightened to death

in fear and trepidation

pushing the panic button

racked with suffering

caught off balance

thrown off balance

not self-assured

lacking confidence

lacking self-confidence

out of your mind

out of one's mind

like a chicken with its head cut off

uncomprehending

foaming at the mouth

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Adjective

Having been subjected to oppression

underprivileged

under one's thumb

under the thumb

led by the nose

under someone's heel

in one's clutches

in one's pocket

at beck and call

taken advantage of

treated like dirt

tied to someone's apron strings

subjected to nagging

without a mind of one's own

in fear of one's partner

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Adjective

Surrounded or attacked by hostile forces

Adjective

Surrounded by hostile or enemy forces

Adjective

(idiomatic, figuratively) Burdened or weighed down, especially by a mass of something unpleasant

Adjective

Teeming or filled with people, animals or things

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Adjective

Enamored or very attracted to someone

infatuated with

enamoured of^US

very attracted to

twitterpated by

head over heels in love with

hopelessly in love with

very taken with

swept off your feet

head over heels in love

passionate about

enthusiastic about

consumed with desire for

carrying a torch for

head over heels

preoccupied with

obsessive about

single-minded about

under the spell of

up to one's ears

eat sleep and breathe

greatly enamoured of

fanatical about

deep in thought

having a one-track mind

very enthusiastic

carried away with

hopelessly in love

swept off one's feet by

under someone's spell

very interested

extremely curious

very inquisitive

highly interested

extremely interested

head over heels for

has a thing about

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