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Verb
▲
To punish or reprimand (someone) for a fault or crime
castigate
chastise
correct
discipline
penaliseUK
penalizeUS
punish
admonish
afflict
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
scarify
drub
belabourUK
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
ostraciseUK
ostracizeUS
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
satirizeUS
rap someone's knuckles
rip
moraliseUK
moralizeUS
tear to pieces
take apart
dress-down
smear
cudgel
slap
deride
strike
smother
hit
fry
zap
oppose
harass
defame
satiriseUK
chew
rank on
give going-over
slang
give a tongue-lashing
twit
cavil at
rake over coals
reject
dishonorUS
dishonourUK
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
stigmatizeUS
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
stigmatiseUK
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
sermonizeUS
preach to
hold forth to
sermoniseUK
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
more ❯
Verb
▲
To punish (in order to bring about improvement in behavior, attitude, etc)
humble
humiliate
subdue
cow
curb
squash
tame
abase
cheapen
debase
deflate
degrade
demean
discipline
discredit
disgrace
dishonourUK
dishonorUS
flatten
foul
lower
mortify
restrain
shame
sink
smirch
soften
afflict
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
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
trivializeUS
distort
violate
deface
scorn
minify
cast a slur on
spread scandal about
fling mud at
run smear campaign
diss
dis
vilipend
adulterate
trivialiseUK
blight
trash-talk
poor-mouth
roast
cry down
write off
hurt
blacken the name of
dilute
make degenerate
embitter
underrate
despoil
waste
criticizeUS
marginalizeUS
outrage
blaspheme
slate
scorch
criticiseUK
marginaliseUK
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
vandalizeUS
scoff at
do down
hold cheap
hit out at
pick holes in
treat sacrilegiously
flame
vandaliseUK
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
colourUK
unsettle
mongrelize
misemploy
alloy
bend
skew
sour
squander
sell
sacrifice
lower in rank
reduce in value
discolourUK
flaw
discolorUS
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
destabilizeUS
toughen
drag through mud
drag someone's name through the mud
sling mud
touch
colorUS
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
destabiliseUK
aggravate
axeUK
slash
wound
incapacitate
coarsen
hoodoo
swear
vice
cuss
voodoo
darn
tar
axUS
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
mechanizeUS
mechaniseUK
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
appalUK
sledge
miscall
bring to ruin
cause instability
slang
gird
jeer
scoff
mess up
appallUS
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 ❯
“No doubt the school will feel suitably chastened by her absence.”
Verb
▲
Penalize for wrongdoing
punish
discipline
penaliseUK
penalizeUS
chastise
correct
castigate
abuse
beat
cane
get
lash
mistreat
murder
scalp
sentence
thump
wallop
whip
batter
flog
harm
hurt
injure
misuse
oppress
scourge
manhandle
recompense
visit
admonish
blacklist
cuff
debar
defrock
dismiss
drop on
execute
exile
expel
fine
immure
incarcerate
lecture
mete out punishment to
paddle
rebuke
reprimand
reprove
skin
skin alive
spank
switch
tear down
train
bring someone to book
bring to book
come down on
make an example of
slap someone's wrist
teach someone a lesson
attend to
beat up
do in
give it to someone
give someone what for
rap knuckles
rap someone's knuckles
slap wrist
crack down on
give a going-over
give a lesson to
give someone the works
give the works
knock about
rough up
teach a lesson
give a going over
throw the book at
come down on like a ton of bricks
exact a penalty from
hit with
award a penalty against
impose a penalty on
put at disadvantage
doom
convict
devote
gaolUK
proscribe
confine
ordain
adjudicate
impound
jailUS
blame
adjudge
settle
rule
railroad
denounce
pronounce sentence on
pass judgement on
mete out justice to
send up the river
send to prison
put on ice
put away
pronounce judgment on
pass judgment on
take the fall
mete out
pass judgment
more ❯
Verb
▲
To be victorious over
subdue
conquer
defeat
overcome
master
overpower
vanquish
crush
humble
quell
tame
beat
subjugate
break
control
lick
overwhelm
quash
suppress
discipline
triumph over
trounce
best
cow
dispatch
dominate
get
overbear
overmatch
overrun
pacify
skunk
stop
subject
subordinate
surmount
take
thrash
trample
trim
upend
worst
clobber
demolish
hammer
put down
calm
do down
drop
extinguish
gentle
get around
mellow
mollify
placate
prevail over
quench
quiet
quieten
reduce
soften
soothe
temper
underbring
win against
get the better of
hold in check
bear down
break in
calm down
gain ascendancy over
gain the upper hand over
make mincemeat of
shut down
walk all over
wipe the floor with
beat down
bring someone to their knees
get the upper hand
get the upper hand over
more ❯
Verb
▲
To exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party
avenge
requite
revenge
redress
repay
retaliate
venge
bewreak
chastise
payback
punish
retaliate for
retribute
spite
take revenge for
vindicate
get even for
get revenge for
take vengeance for
get even
hit back
hit back for
take revenge
take satisfaction
take vengeance
come back at
even the score
even the score for
exact retribution for
get back at
stick it to
take satisfaction for
pay someone back for
get even with someone for
get your own back for
exact revenge
respond
turn the tables
avenge yourself
reply
square
rally
match
serve out
give in return
get you back
take the bait
charge
settle scores
make somebody pay
get someone
challenge
counteract
defend oneself
requite something
hit back at
get one's own back
counterwork
parry
sort someone out
get square
demand an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
return tit for tat
fix someone
controvert
react to
reply to
respond to
get back
defend oneself against
strike back at
exchange
equal
correspond
trade
interchange
swap
barter
compensate
satisfy
alternate
swing
retort
vacillate
share
render
pay
pay one's dues
make up for
do the same in return
tit for tat
do the same
respond in kind
scratch one's back
give back
remunerate
indemnify
reimburse
recoup
quit
restitution
settle
redeem
make
make good
pay off
make amends
more ❯
Verb
▲
Quell the anger, agitation, or excitement of
pacify
appease
placate
assuage
conciliate
mollify
propitiate
still
soothe
compose
content
silence
calm
allay
moderate
quiet
soften
ameliorate
calm down
crush
disarm
gentle
quell
quieten
tame
relax
repress
subdue
con
cool
dulcify
grease
lull
mitigate
pacificate
put down
qualify
relieve
soft-pedal
square
stroke
sweeten
temper
tranquillizeUK
tranquilizeUS
make peace with
butter up
fix up
impose peace upon
lay back
make peace
restore harmony to
smooth over
bury the hatchet
clear the air with
smooth someone's ruffled feathers
kiss and make up
put the lid on
take the edge off
drop
dwindle
de-escalate
taper
deplete
downscale
minimizeUS
curtail
muffle
minimiseUK
ebb
downsize
limit
taper off
cut
contract
wane
wind down
drop off
tail off
impair
shrink
decline
slash
decrement
depress
dent
cut down
knock down
make less
recede
thin
water down
sink
devaluate
cut back
sap
pare down
peter out
numb
die down
phase down
ratchet down
vary
fade
undermine
buffer
benumb
narrow
change
depreciate
pare
minify
scale down
dial down
make smaller
turn down
throw cold water on
mark down
bring down
step down
pour cold water on
slow down
slacken off
die out
fall off
die away
fall away
cloud
revise
disempower
adulterate
adapt
cauterizeUS
discount
vindicate
slow
overcome
trim
enfeeble
alter
plummet
slump
plunge
erode
cauteriseUK
disable
debilitate
pall
stop
shift
truncate
abridge
degrade
couch
clip
shorten
drain
obtund
put a damper on
close
roll back
dry up
make cutbacks in
take down
trim back
trim down
become smaller
take a load off
whittle down
grow smaller
rachet down
grow less
dampen down
drain away
dim
ration
shade
sober
darken
deepen
diffuse
paralyseUK
shave
pipe down
restraint
mask
make weaker
prune
paralyzeUS
phase out
discourage
constrict
deflate
rarefy
vitiate
offset
enervate
gruntle
round down
attune
take sting out
deter
drop away
make less intense
sate
harmonizeUS
run low
become less
wear away
wear down
get rid of
blanket
inhibit
dash
cut down on
slim down
make fewer
cut back on
ease up on
circumscribe
make conditional
tenderizeUS
melt
stamp out
set
tone
tune
hebetate
desensitiseUK
desensitizeUS
add to
add reservations to
absorb
knead
bend
yield
dissolve
thaw
disintegrate
mash
tenderiseUK
give
moisten
lessen the impact of
soften the impact of
reduce the impact of
cheapen
make less strict
make less formal
make additions to
inflect
insulate
buttress
seclude
guard
embroider
embellish
add a rider to
make lighter
amend
fine-tune
harmoniseUK
tweak
become tender
reduce the effect of
make agreeable
subjugate
veil
prettify
condone
veneer
gloze
screen
whiten
exculpate
white
dissemble
varnish
brighten
counteract
disencumber
empty
levitate
take
remove
upraise
uplight
jettison
eradicate
unload
dress up
punctuate
hush up
quick fix
apologize for
justify
tongue-tie
clam
muzzle
gag
overawe
hush-hush
undervalue
liss
interrupt
defend
make less painful
prevent
break up
devalue
cut in price
lower in price
extend
lace
sophisticate
explain
explain away
whitewash
deodorizeUS
bring an end to
bring aid to
make bearable
make something bearable
bring respite to
bring aid
take load off
blur
trail
abbreviate
shrivel
retrench
put on a Band-Aid
reduce weight
put off
throw out
pour out
dummy up
cut short
close up
say nothing
cut off
strike dumb
hush one's mouth
keep it down
sit on
choke off
decrease the volume
hold one's tongue
deduct
undersell
write down
lower the price of
make cheaper
rein in
put on sale
debase
invalidate
gloze over
deodoriseUK
gloss over
make excuses for
downplay
disgrade
demerit
offer at a giveaway price
reduce the price of
write off
subtract
render worthless
drive down
go through the floor
fade out
hit the floor
fade away
trail off
come to an end
fizzle out
go downhill
flag
sag
make allowances for
make a case for
give an explanation for
make allowances
thin out
come up with an explanation for
axeUK
axUS
amortiseUK
downgrade
cast down
amortizeUS
tighten
get less
become less intense
slack off
more ❯
Verb
▲
To refrain from openly expressing or displaying
repress
suppress
stifle
control
check
curb
hold back
restrain
smother
swallow
muffle
silence
contain
inhibit
strangle
hold in
keep back
bite back
choke back
conceal
fight back
frustrate
gag
hide
master
overcome
pocket
sink
submerge
bottle up
overpower
rein in
block
bottle
collect
compose
cool
cork
gridlock
hinder
internaliseUK
internalizeUS
keep under control
kill
limit
lock
quelch
rein
shush
button up
cork up
keep in check
black out
jam up
keep in
keep inside
simmer down
tie up
keep the lid on
keep under wraps
throw cold water on
pour cold water on
put in your place
put someone in their place
take down a peg or two
cut down to size
more ❯
Verb
▲
Remove contaminants from
purify
clarify
filter
clean
cleanse
clear
refine
decontaminate
disinfect
distilUK
fumigate
sanitiseUK
sanitizeUS
deodoriseUK
deodorizeUS
freshen
sieve
sift
steriliseUK
sterilizeUS
strain
autoclave
boil
distillUS
fine
garble
liquate
make pure
pasteuriseUK
pasteurizeUS
depollute
detoxify
filtrate
rectify
absolve
aerate
aerify
atone
depurate
deterge
edulcorate
elutriate
exculpate
exonerate
expiate
oxygenate
rarify
remit
sublimate
wash
get rid of impurities
more ❯
Verb
▲
To be convincingly victorious over
thrash
lick
paste
beat
hammer
clobber
trounce
crush
overwhelm
rout
drub
cane
defeat
pound
wallop
whip
annihilate
flog
hide
slaughter
belt
best
batter
bludgeon
bury
cream
marmalize
maul
pulveriseUK
pulverizeUS
spank
thresh
thump
buffet
demolish
destroy
flatten
leather
massacre
murder
smoke
whomp
worst
bash
baste
crucify
pommel
pummelledUK
pummelUS
roll
shellac
slog
smother
tank
tromp
whale
whup
bomb
curry
do
dust
own
skunk
slam
trash
whap
whop
chastise
kill
punish
strike
walk all over
win a resounding victory over
work over
bring someone to their knees
give someone a drubbing
give someone a hiding
run rings around
take to the cleaners
turn inside out
vanquish
overpower
conquer
overcome
subdue
total
prevail over
overthrow
master
subjugate
devastate
floor
waste
win against
stuff
break
quell
ruin
decimate
quash
overmatch
dispatch
overbear
surmount
knock out
upend
prostrate
wreck
extinguish
vaporizeUS
wrack
nuke
desolate
shatter
raze
surpass
outdo
exceed
top
steamroll
deck
outshine
swamp
outperform
outclass
wax
transcend
better
outplay
excel
upset
undo
wipe out
get
stop
take
bowl over
overshadow
put in the shade
pip at the post
go one better than
pull down
tear down
do in
rub out
vaporiseUK
drop
knock over
suppress
repress
eclipse
finish
mow down
cap
stagger
oppress
whelm
overmaster
outstrip
overturn
trump
immobilizeUS
humble
overrun
gain mastery over
trim
outrun
grind down
gain a victory over
render incapable
immobiliseUK
put paid to
render powerless
render helpless
knock off
torpedo
tan
get around
lambaste
drown
improve on
overtop
outmatch
outgun
bear down
override
triumph
tower over
knock spots off
take care of
put away
overtake
do better than
edge out
bulldoze
KO
outdistance
unseat
dismiss
force
give a drubbing to
outrank
outfight
blast
shut down
shoot down
take down
put in their place
checkmate
improve upon
pass
put to shame
outpace
shake off
overpass
shame
shoot ahead
hegemonize
control
steamroller
be victorious
outrival
be better than
bring to their knees
hose
shoot ahead of
dynamite
destruct
dominate
subordinate
subject
pacify
gain control over
fell
overdevelop
shellack
throw
blank
shut off
stretch
dumbfound
roll over
get the upper hand over
subsume
reduce
prevail
take out
overawe
overdraw
beat down
lay one out
raze to the ground
down
level
bust
whack
zap
sink
whitewash
smite
hit
trample
slay
edge
powder
subvert
route
obliterate
outjump
outmaneuverUS
shipwreck
outmanoeuvreUK
skin
flax
outflank
butcher
outhit
ambush
entrap
plow under
do down
bring to ruin
take to cleaners
take it all
roll back
finish off
run roughshod over
put an end to
pwn
run rings round
nose out
win a victory over
knock down
defeat heavily
defeat easily
eradicate
demoraliseUK
render speechless
astonish
demoralizeUS
win
bowl down
cut to pieces
knock for six
sweep someone off his
take someone's breath away
more ❯
Verb
▲
To render comprehensible or understandable
simplify
clarify
elucidate
explain
interpret
construe
demonstrate
demystify
explicate
expound
illuminate
illustrate
unriddle
clear up
spell out
get across
abridge
analyseUK
analyzeUS
decipher
disinvolve
facilitate
order
reduce
shorten
unscramble
boil down
break down
clean up
cut down
lay out
make clear
make easier
make easy
make plain
make straightforward
break it down
clean it up
cut the frills
draw a picture
let daylight in
let sunlight in
make perfectly clear
put one straight
get down to basics
get to the meat
hit the high spots
put in a nutshell
reduce to the bare bones
expound on
present
recount
represent
elaborate
portray
depict
give an account of
make understood
display
convey
account for
impart
pass on
put over
transmit
get through
give details
ram home
shed light upon
divulge
narrate
relate
recite
figure out
dope out
set out
solve
publish
announce
make known
discover
offer
proffer
advance
frame
propose
propound
put forward
embellish
state
typify
embody
symbolizeUS
epitomizeUS
elaborate on
add detail to
expatiate on
put flesh on the bones of
beef up
dilate on
enlarge on
go into detail about
supplement
fill out
dilate upon
pad out
denote
quote
be a typical example of
be the embodiment of
mirror
symboliseUK
emblematize
evidence
epitomiseUK
serve as an example of
personify
cite
instance
body
serve as a typical example of
be representative of
manifest
term
character
denominate
nail it down
entitle
lay it out
call a spade a spade
name
label
formalizeUS
assign
give the meaning of
etch
tag
ascertain
state precisely
formaliseUK
dub
more ❯
Verb
▲
To destroy, especially with godly force
smite
destroy
annihilate
crush
desolate
devastate
ruin
smash
demolish
desecrate
pulveriseUK
pulverizeUS
ravage
wreck
decimate
defeat
raze
shatter
torpedo
total
blight
chastise
dash
fell
level
scupper
sink
vitiate
waste
spoil
banjax
muck up
damage
mar
impair
extinguish
injure
undermine
flatten
cripple
deface
sabotage
despoil
lay waste
rub out
harm
wipe out
weaken
disfigure
hurt
mangle
compromise
blow
queer
wreak havoc on
pillage
overthrow
depredate
vandalizeUS
tarnish
subvert
disrupt
topple
overturn
bulldoze
sack
obliterate
put paid to
dish
blemish
batter
nix
defile
devour
plunder
vandaliseUK
consume
reduce
disable
sap
taint
unbuild
thwart
debase
diminish
flaw
kill
endamage
put an end to
raid
crab
disassemble
foil
ransack
enfeeble
burst
take apart
debilitate
bring down
take down
leave in ruins
sully
rob
overwhelm
euchre
loot
burn
cross up
pull to pieces
exhaust
poison
enervate
pollute
disintegrate
prostrate
dilapidate
erode
frustrate
befoul
incapacitate
bloody
stain
hinder
fragment
corrupt
strip
pop
botch
lay waste to
rape
quash
exterminate
remove
stymie
attack
dirty
butcher
crack
tear up
rend
besmirch
dishonourUK
rip up
wear away
devitalize
foul
degrade
infect
shred
smirch
belittle
corrode
threaten
destabilizeUS
smash up
dishonorUS
trounce
pull apart
impede
disfeature
wither
depose
disgrace
leave desolate
rifle
drain
dismember
shiver
contaminate
write off
throw a spanner in the works of
put out of action
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
tire
slaughter
fracture
eat away
impoverish
crool
disparage
discredit
separate
depress
soil
split
prejudice
distort
bust
scorch
tear
lessen
bring to an end
destabiliseUK
put a stop to
wound
lower
soften
etiolate
rive
lay low
quell
oust
violate
take to bits
pound
flub
strike
put down
take to pieces
beat
unseat
pull to bits
dethrone
detonate
harry
jeopardizeUS
bungle
blitz
rupture
profane
scar
lacerate
splinter
mangulate
denigrate
chew up
bobble
wreak havoc
subdue
prang
incinerate
shame
tumble
tear apart
deteriorate
throw down
ignite
humiliate
eradicate
squash
invalidate
demean
take out
mow down
forage
immobilizeUS
humble
goof up
blot
pervert
touch
jeopardiseUK
put a damper on
cheapen
bombard
puncture
bankrupt
knock over
finish off
reave
disorder
mix up
rust
abuse
wipe off the map
scratch
devalue
shell
rip to pieces
run down
rip to shreds
confuse
bring low
wear out
cause detriment to
wrack up
smash to smithereens
strip down
use up
immobiliseUK
neutralizeUS
put out of commission
deform
nullify
do away with
bring someone to their knees
shoot down
cancel out
render ineffective
jumble
muddle
scramble
unsettle
strafe
deplete
conquer
maul
dismount
demount
cannonade
shake
supplant
scuttle
disorganize
end
havoc
zap
confound
muller
shrivel
stop
assault
bruise
emasculate
blitzkrieg
cut
prevent
disestablish
dissolve
squelch
eliminate
efface
floor
dispatch
terminate
depopulate
hack
finish
darken
minimizeUS
capsize
down
drop
muff
stamp out
neutraliseUK
overrun
overpower
afflict
wreak havoc with
cloud
smear
fleece
barrage
destruct
disappoint
defame
snap
decry
derogate
put at risk
reduce to ruins
slay
slander
fluff
sever
undercut
blaspheme
bodge
fatigue
wipe off map
implode
bumble
slur
cremate
abolish
contort
wear down
mow
torch
discolorUS
discolourUK
weary
be detrimental to
shock
foozle
paralyseUK
slash
worsen
blunt
mortify
nip in the bud
malign
dispirit
carbonizeUS
divide
fumble
boggle
abase
overtax
tax
denude
deprive
chagrin
slit
outrage
prostitute
twist
dub
discourage
dismay
adulterate
bowl down
bowl over
take the edge off
burst apart
detract from
cast down
combust
scald
boot
rough up
blow away
censure
overtire
knacker
whack
frazzle
besmear
carboniseUK
wrench
treat sacrilegiously
liquidate
bring about the downfall of
make useless
murder
bollix up
blow out
poop
tire out
play merry hell with
crack up
dent
insult
fragmentize
wipe off the face of the earth
wash out
paralyzeUS
detract
minimiseUK
stab
damage beyond repair
treat with disrespect
break into pieces
fall to pieces
be a blot on the landscape
dash to pieces
drag through the mud
knock out
bring shame upon
bring to ruin
burn up
reduce to ashes
cut down to size
sap the strength of
drag through the mire
take it out of
mudsling
fag out
blow apart
reduce to nothing
negate
clobber
avenge
torment
kick in
pockmark
make unclear
take something apart
empty
make desolate
attenuate
snuff out
do one in
cool
uglify
rattle
pull something down
discomfit
submerge
abandon
pull something apart
bleed
make of no use or value
tag
blotch
speckle
shrink
crump
endanger
be the ruination of
rip down
pick apart
misshape
let down
decrease
bring to nought
ball up
imperil
target
hit
saturate
ground
nick
play mischief with
create chaos
shipwreck
inconvenience
burn out
put the skids under
hamstring
spray paint
excise
erase
be the ruin of
seal the doom of
whittle
shake up
interfere with
handle roughly
cast a pall over
cast a shadow over
lay in ruins
clear
spend
expunge
delete
handicap
scrunch
crunch
splinterize
fragmentalize
smatter
dump on
do mischief to
take the shine off
refute
disprove
cost
envenom
master
do harm to
extirpate
make helpless
whelm
make powerless
overmaster
oppress
swamp
dispossess
take the enjoyment out of
take the pleasure out of
reduce to rubble
eat into
engulf
be prejudicial to
be disadvantageous to
disqualify
tweak
unfit
devaluate
ding
lick
unmake
spill
scatter
disarm
make impotent
decay
wax
wolf
make ill
assassinate
fester
prey
pirate
wrest
trample
foray
seize
capture
prove wrong
muddy
erupt
mushroom
blacken
throw a monkey wrench into
crush to smithereens
burn away
libel
drive
propel
force
thrust
check
baulkUK
knock to pieces
be deleterious to
rout
displace
rot
gnaw
wrong
maltreat
scathe
make weary
snow under
grind down
tucker out
drown
cause the loss of
result in damage to
cause the sacrifice of
lead to the end of
result in harm to
absorb
envelop
expend
dismiss
poor-mouth
dis
discount
trash-talk
diss
depreciate
deprecate
vilipend
bad-mouth
run onto the rocks
bleach
fade
tar
dampen
rip
gash
glitch up
lose strength
steal from
freeboot
reive
strike out
blow down
mildew
gobble up
give the lie to
shoot full of holes
chip away
defenestrate
vanquish
subjugate
upend
drive a nail into the coffin of
do damage to
cause injury
bang up
tamper with
sweep away
collapse
crumble
pile up
chill
baffle
discomfort
abash
bilk
balkUS
circumvent
incise
scratch out
doctor
set off
downstroy
grind
mill
crud up
bray
kablooey
comminute
bang
spike
water down
powder
tear to pieces
put in toilet
asperse
tip
remove from power
remove from office
purge
appropriate
embezzle
trespass
arrogate
confiscate
invade
scandalizeUS
queer someone's pitch
crack open
crack apart
disunite
spall
fall apart
suppress
rebel
reverse
supersede
invert
commit sacrilege
drive a coach and horses through
throw
make untidy
blunder
put out
muddle up
blow out of the water
smash down
drop bombs on
muckrake
go boom
be set off
go bang
go off
play out
draw down
deconstruct
split up
come apart
come to pieces
tumble down
sap one's strength
disrespect
claw
pierce
rake
napalm
cow
bring discredit to
scandaliseUK
sling mud at
fling mud at
bring shame on
cull
jigsaw
cut to ribbons
cut open
ribbon
cut to pieces
burst one's bubble
cry down
play down
kiss off
talk down
bastardizeUS
demoralizeUS
warp
canker
debauch
deprave
wipe from the face of the earth
blaspheme against
taint with mildew
dishearten
disconcert
fire upon
set a match to
flame
light
parch
set fire to
blaze
consume by fire
brutalizeUS
dehumanizeUS
desensitizeUS
unrig
make a mess
make a mistake
knock for six
hamper
obstruct
commit sacrilege against
make lose face
dispose of
deal with
mop up
clear up
detonate weapon
zero in
open fire on
rain destruction
thin out
mull
slam
demoraliseUK
pan
bastardiseUK
bump
rule out
bemean
cut down
brutaliseUK
dehumaniseUK
disbar
take down a peg
desensitiseUK
declass
lower the status of
bring shame to
bench
denudate
bare
disrobe
divest
knock the stuffing out of
deflate
puncture balloon
take the wind out of somebody's sails
snub
let wind out of sails
debunk
kick in the teeth
take down a peg or two
take the wind out of someone's sails
let down easy
crumple
chop
go through
have
craze
overreach
outmaneuverUS
outmanoeuvreUK
abate
outsmart
skin
crimp
outfox
cramp
offset
halt
perforate
mismanage
mishandle
work away at
jade
take care of
account for
disarrange
dishevel
derange
put you off your stride
jack up
litter
clutter
bollix
disturb
rummage
discompose
gum up
part
work against
make waves
thin out the population of
reduce the numbers of
shutdown
part out
indispose
make feeble
make weak
hash
slice
carve
cut about
mash
flay
bush
block
render powerless
stall
stifle
destroy by fire
burn to the ground
burn down
burn to a crisp
chop up
fall to bits
bust up
disempower
torpefy
render infirm
make mincemeat of
pauperize
make an end of
grate
atomize
make hash of
spray
beggar
exenterate
disembowel
eviscerate
wear to a frazzle
rain on someone's parade
make insolvent
cause to go bankrupt
reduce to penury
make bankrupt
make destitute
bleed dry
reduce to destitution
clear out
clean out
put out of business
dead-end
bring to standstill
bring to a standstill
bring to a stop
pull the plug on
vilify
make a muck of
make a Horlicks of
stigmatizeUS
blame
calumniate
reflect badly on
disconsider
reproach
expose
disfavourUK
disfavorUS
do a hatchet job on
poke full of holes
shoot
give a bad name
take rug out from under
blacken someone's name
knock bottom out of
pooh-pooh
put in a bad light
stigmatiseUK
reflect on
damage someone's reputation
show up
frown upon
bring into disrepute
destroy someone's credibility
cast aspersions on
disesteem
bring into disfavour
show in a bad light
more ❯
Verb
▲
To cause unease in one's mental state
pain
sadden
grieve
distress
trouble
worry
bother
perturb
disturb
torment
afflict
oppress
harrow
deject
depress
torture
aggrieve
mortify
upset
burden
concern
disconcert
dishearten
dismay
dispirit
agitate
agoniseUK
agonizeUS
bring down
irk
wound
sting
vex
break one's heart
bring one down
cast down
crush
dampen spirits
discommode
discompose
gnaw at
hurt
pester
plague
stress
weigh down
annoy
break the heart of
bum out
burn up
cause anguish to
discourage
drag down
exasperate
fret
gall
get to
harass
irritate
make blue
make miserable
make wretched
nark
put a damper on
put into a funk
rack
rile
strain
cut to the quick
displease
hack off
offend
try
bug
persecute
pique
bedevil
crucify
peeve
injure
excruciate
beset
anguish
curse
affront
hassle
outrage
perplex
cause suffering to
harry
ail
needle
chafe
disquiet
provoke
nag
anger
ruffle
nettle
aggravate
miff
fuss
give someone grief
besiege
tick off
devastate
martyr
put out
hound
tease
alarm
get
wring
eat
discomfort
molest
shock
drive up the wall
rend
badger
cause agony to
disgust
insult
ride
slight
lacerate
affect
mither
smite
grate
inflame
sear
spite
itch
faze
get on your nerves
unsettle
give someone a hard time
unhinge
frazzle
distemper
flurry
dog
cut
exercise
pursue
pierce
stab
freak out
weird out
damage
move
traumatizeUS
shake up
rub up the wrong way
give a hard time
rasp
press
infuriate
frost
disgruntle
distract
incense
madden
alarum
derail
enrage
shake
hagride
undo
fluster
suffer
scar
rankle
discomfit
gripe
cause pain to
frustrate
abuse
rattle
cut up
traumatiseUK
eat at
devil
give offence to
burn
inflict anguish on
tax
embarrass
puzzle
wrong
hurt someone's feelings
put down
do in
gnaw
hack you off
make uneasy
grate on
rankle with
give a bad time
harm
strike
ache
touch
sicken
tear
inconvenience
discombobulate
break
shatter
desolate
excite
bruise
confound
unnerve
gravel
disrespect
diss
prick
mutilate
visit
dis
horrify
assail
maim
mangle
tire
haunt
jar
disoblige
rouse
wreck
chivvy
tantalizeUS
tantaliseUK
mourn
chagrin
bleed
dissatisfy
rark
pick on
bite
cause anguish
turn off
cause offense
browbeat
make unhappy
attack
feel pain
wind up
dump on
tear to pieces
interrupt
beleaguer
get across
be in pain
hurt one's feelings
make your heart bleed
stir up
make someone see red
give someone the hump
make anxious
turn one off
scare
be a pain in the neck
prey on someone's mind
drive round the bend
be a thorn in someone's side
be on your back
breathe down someone's neck
drive bananas
tear apart
mistreat
maltreat
squeeze
pinch
compress
cramp
blight
grip
convulse
tear at
muse
labourUK
cause trouble to
take
force
test
squirm
laborUS
preoccupy
repulse
repel
nauseate
overwhelm
confuse
pick at
occupy
constrain
drain
exhaust
stretch
weary
sap
be
cause suffering
be hurtful to
lambaste
nag at
cause sorrow
dash
tear to shreds
fester
hurt deeply
ridicule
lampoon
ill-treat
be unwell
stir
hit hard
startle
frighten
keep after
bait
be disagreeable to
push the buttons of
pother
impose on
intrude upon
chivy
martyrize
brutalizeUS
impale
grill
whip
beat
brutaliseUK
prey on
cause someone distress
cause pain
thrill
inflict trauma
deeply upset
knock for six
infest
hector
be indisposed
be crook
be prey to
occupy someone's thoughts
do someone's head in
make someone scratch their head
lie heavy on
get down
heavy
sweat
fear
stew
niggle
get on someone's wick
make someone's hackles rise
make someone's blood boil
get someone's hackles up
get in someone's hair
ruffle someone's feathers
get under someone's skin
try someone's patience
get someone's dander up
be a thorn in someone's flesh
get up someone's nose
get someone's back up
get on someone's nerves
daze
derange
bewilder
thumb nose at
get in your hair
be a nuisance to
spook
make one's hackles rise
exacerbate
get on someone's case
impede
bend someone's ear
cross
taunt
hinder
get on your wick
carp at
goad
nudge
bore
roil
ire
enflame
mad
embitter
be sick
be ill
be weak
be the victim of
down
deplore
astound
complicate
amaze
arouse
intrude
get in the way
interfere
grind
psych
antagonizeUS
cause annoyance to
cause resentment to
be wrong with
feel unwell
make sad
redden
snub
tire out
wear out
discountenance
zing
slur
antagoniseUK
humiliate
eat away at
eat up
get one's goat
steam up
obsess
get your goat
cause concern to
cause discomfort to
make waves
stress out
bring tears to your eyes
cast a gloom on
pour cold water on
throw cold water on
cast a gloom upon
throw
be the matter with
make uncomfortable
flip out
slap
make severe demands on
put a strain on
make demands on
bully
rattle one's cage
noodge
jerk around
drive round the twist
heckle
intimidate
macerate
keep on at
despoil
foray
bullyrag
work on
strap
nit-pick
indispose
push
lie heavy on someone's mind
weigh heavy on someone's mind
give offence
put someone's back up
be disagreeable
hurt somebody's feelings
get someone's goat
tread on someone's toes
be an affront to
be offensive
put someone's nose out of joint
gut
inflict
get at
push buttons
wreak
befall
impose
arouse anxiety in
weigh on
sensitizeUS
swell
do a number on
make it tough for
throw off balance
hurt the feelings of
be on one's case
sensitiseUK
descend on
avenge
descend upon
punish
force upon
bring down on
impair
disable
smash
mar
deform
spoil
bloody
crab
disfigure
cripple
deface
ruin
vitiate
blemish
compromise
flaw
endamage
incapacitate
mangulate
knacker
crool
weaken
scathe
sorrow
distort
cross up
foul
prejudice
total
foul up
draw blood
contort
wax
do mischief to
batter
hack up
have a bad time
be miserable
be affected
be upset
experience hardship
go through a lot
endure agony
be wounded
go through the mill
feel wretched
be racked
be wretched
be in distress
be racked with pain
be distressed
abrade
be at
get in one's hair
mix up
put your back up
get your back up
get under one's skin
hump
drive crazy
drive mad
incommode
rub the wrong way
make angry
tee off
get on one's nerves
rag
nonplus
importune
drive to distraction
chaff
put off
go on at
demoralizeUS
rib
haze
disrupt
mock
demoraliseUK
abash
make cross
daunt
egg on
dun
get on somebody's nerves
victimizeUS
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panic
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criticizeUS
victimiseUK
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fuddle
flummox
addle
work up
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T-off
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bamboozle
terroriseUK
cow
fire up
dumbfound
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criticiseUK
cause anxiety to
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chill
prod
pressurizeUS
confront
appalUK
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razz
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appallUS
josh
get across someone
sour
guy
banter
revolt
baffle
make nervous
hunt
pressuriseUK
craze
harp on at
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henpeck
disappoint
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floor
muddle
debilitate
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stump
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possess
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poke fun at
weigh
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put someone off their stroke
cheese off
quiz
face
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jar on
make sport of
take the piss out of
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hit where one lives
weigh heavily on someone's mind
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despair
pressure
roast
goose
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lead on
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domineer
bum
cavil
deride
curdle
scorn
hack
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jeer
berate
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scandalizeUS
impose upon
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fun
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psych out
unman
sound
chide
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twit
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stick in one's craw
acerbate
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jibe at
sledge
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buffalo
fox
disorient
maze
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kid
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abase
upbraid
scandaliseUK
surprise
weigh heavily on one's mind
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push one's buttons
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cause someone to lose their composure
get your hackles up
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befog
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slam
spoof
reluct
dull
mess with someone's head
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make it tough
try the patience of
pose
muddy
ask for it
disorientate
swipe at
stun
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make despondent
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make discontented
pull somebody's leg
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intoxicate
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inebriate
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umbrage
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get on the wrong side of
fool around
urge
bedog
excoriate
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snit
pet
tiff
huff
chevy
chase
insist
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heat
grizzle
steam
bustle
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buffet
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buttonhole
wig
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brown off
push button
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mess
dragoon
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exile
discontent
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motivate
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awake
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ignite
interest
roust
tatter
erode
fray
trigger
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bone
misplease
wing
cool
cap
incite
barrack
boo
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beleague
rile up
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turn
start
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scour
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foil
thwart
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wear upon
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shame
prey on your mind
question
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examine
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consternate
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stick the knife into
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turn on
lay up
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come back to
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be ever present
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be bothered
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make a scene
gibe at
sneer at
put someone out
create difficulties for
put through wringer
take control of
deter
get on someone
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grudge
rage
wear away
unstring
put off his or her stride
worst
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make someone laugh out of the other side of their mouth
set someone back on their heels
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scratch
work into lather
set one off
set on
take a rise out of
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make fed up
horn in on
disdain
flout
jab
twitter
dig
lout
overawe
put
envenom
deluge
belabourUK
swamp
break in
put pressure on
lead someone a merry dance
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rub salt in wound
bring pressure to bear on
throw a curve
knock props out
disadvantage
get on the nerves of
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catch somebody unawares
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make downhearted
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slander
demean
shout at
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get even
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louse up
lose patience
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poison
alienate
scrape away
bite into
wear to shreds
drive you crazy
have had enough
become bored
exhaust someone's patience
grate at
get in the hair of
dampen someone's hopes
awe
droop
cause to lose heart
repress
prostrate
deprecate
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track down
yap at
butt in
shout catcalls at
make game of
sweat out
dishonourUK
discredit
suppress
subjugate
subdue
stifle
drive you out of your mind
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make your hackles rise
make somebody's blood boil
drive you round the twist
make you see red
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make livid
drive out of mind
drive you round the bend
give a zinger
give the cold shoulder
dish out
dish it out
give it to
stick it to
make awkward
make ashamed
show up
own
make someone's stomach rise
make someone's gorge rise
cause someone difficulty
discommodate
gnaw away at
turn inside out
take out after
search high heaven
beat the bushes
turn upside down
dishonorUS
put out of countenance
let down
throw into a tizzy
put in a hole
catch one short
devitalize
smother
diminish
squelch
be a problem to
put someone to trouble
catch
disillusion
be a burden
be a nuisance
be on one's tail
be on one's back
leave no stone unturned
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hamper
give someone bother
aggress
override
tyrannizeUS
humble
deaden
defeat
extinguish
overpower
curb
overcome
quell
overstretch
overtax
tense
jaundice
empoison
make resentful
make bitter
dominate
tyranniseUK
enslave
put the squeeze on
jump on one's case
give one the business
bear down on
damp down
snow under
overrun
shower
belaborUS
bombard
fall upon
fall on
start in on
make someone go out of his way
give the needle
worsen
satirizeUS
cast a pall over
wilder
crunch
overextend
tyrannize over
be autocratic
laugh at
fog
flabbergast
send up
live off
exploit
blackmail
plunder
take advantage of
depredate
consume
kill
raid
load
extort
feed on
fleece
seize
live on
devour
snow
obfuscate
acidulate
estrange
make rancorous
bitter
venom
make jokes about
rot
chiack
slang
be sarcastic about
shuck
drag
darken
damp
cause to be at a stand
stagger
set thinking
mess with one's head
make someone's head spin
bring up short
be all Greek to
set someone thinking
stymie
overdo
put on
have on
goof on
titillate
smoke
fool
knock the stuffing out of
harsh someone's mellow
give someone the blues
make someone fed up
make desolate
bring tears to someone's eyes
run down
make gloomy
bear down
make someone's heart bleed
reduce to tears
knock sideways
keep under
dampen someone's spirits
dash someone's hopes
break someone's spirit
break someone's heart
laugh
manipulate
encourage
satiriseUK
snap
cause to feel emotional strain
cause to feel mental strain
make tense
tense up
put in traction
push to the limit
put on trial
threaten
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flirt with
flout at
sling off at
poke mullock at
pull someone's leg
mess around
gross out
squick
make ill
hoodwink
trick
dupe
hoax
beguile
deceive
delude
lead somebody on
abominate
cause to feel nauseous
make someone want to throw up
turn one's stomach
be distasteful to
pall
disenchant
make shudder
cause aversion
make one sick
surfeit
cloy on
offend morals of
be repulsive to
be repulsive
fill with loathing
turn your stomach
disagree
jest
jape
con
quip
wisecrack
yuck
yuk
jolly
gag
gull
cozen
adventure
risk
venture
peril
jeopard
jeopardizeUS
imperil
endanger
hazard
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
take in
flimflam
mislead
yank somebody's chain
scare hell out of
utter threats to
bad-eye
portend
jeopardiseUK
gamble with
whip around
impend
push around
menace
put heat on
loom
issue threats to
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