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What is another word for
distract
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To divert one's mind or attention (to something else)
To bother or cause unease to one's mental or emotional state
To distract, or to occupy or draw one's attention or thoughts
To delight, allure or attract in an almost magical manner
To speak or act in a deliberately vague way to gain more time to deal with something
To cause to become angry
To attract or lure by temptation
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Verb
▲
To divert one's mind or attention (to something else)
divert
sidetrack
abstract
deflect
detract
mislead
throw off
turn aside
unbalance
draw away
put off
turn away
call away
lead away
cause to lose concentration
lead astray
call off
shift
avert
head off
shift one's attention
deflect one's attention
draw one's attention away
disengage
attract attention
bend the rules
be a distraction
send on a wild-goose chase
put someone off their stride
digress
put someone off their stroke
cause someone to lose their concentration
disturb someone's concentration
divert someone's attention
divagate
get off the subject
deviate from the topic
get off the point
stray from the subject
stray from the point
repel
redirect
prevent
ward off
glance
block
stop
rebound
parry
defend against
hold off
glance off
keep off
fend off
stave off
reroute
whip
veer
turn
switch
deviate
wheel
swing
channel
transfer
pivot
alter
change the course of
channel away
whirl
sheer
volte-face
change
modify
swerve
offlead
more ❯
“That question is the only thing that could possibly
distract
me from what has just happened.”
Verb
▲
To bother or cause unease to one's mental or emotional state
disturb
upset
worry
discompose
perturb
unsettle
bother
agitate
distress
alarm
disquiet
dismay
concern
flurry
fuss
discomfort
distemper
unhinge
ail
frazzle
exercise
alarum
trouble
torment
undo
disconcert
fluster
hagride
addle
derail
harass
derange
frenzy
freak out
weird out
faze
confuse
confound
rattle
bewilder
ruffle
unnerve
perplex
discombobulate
vex
nonplus
throw
discomfit
shake
puzzle
throw off balance
get to
flummox
annoy
baffle
discountenance
hassle
take aback
muddle
bug
mystify
embarrass
befuddle
dumbfound
gravel
floor
shake up
fret
abash
surprise
disorient
irk
plague
buffalo
bamboozle
get
stun
pester
startle
fuddle
befog
throw off
bemuse
irritate
frighten
stupefy
mortify
make someone scratch their head
cause to be at a stand
stump
fox
spook
beat
make anxious
maze
pose
afflict
mix up
frustrate
astonish
provoke
flabbergast
make uneasy
wilder
fog
muddy
daze
excite
psych out
put off
catch off balance
put someone off their stroke
scare
be all Greek to
panic
stagger
chagrin
astound
psych
gall
stir up
craze
put out of countenance
give a hard time
nettle
chafe
bustle
shock
stress
amaze
peeve
appal
UK
displease
beset
bedevil
sadden
sicken
disorder
try
harry
work up
foul up
dizzy
burn up
affect
depress
gnaw at
obfuscate
needle
pother
bowl over
appall
US
set someone thinking
make nervous
knock sideways
put into a flap
throw into a tizz
blow your mind
knock for six
put someone off their stride
set someone back on their heels
go to your head
make waves
pique
pain
daunt
persecute
hurry
nark
jolt
inflame
horrify
rack
disrupt
snafu
jumble
grieve
shame
unbalance
curse
humiliate
mess up
tangle
demoralize
US
put out
oppress
disarrange
hack off
make uncomfortable
strain
dement
disappoint
torture
hurt
offend
weigh down
wound
demoralise
UK
anger
paralyse
UK
aggrieve
cause anxiety to
balk
US
make fretful
lie heavy on
baulk
UK
overwhelm
miff
intoxicate
inebriate
make punchy
bring up short
disorientate
stymie
take by surprise
tantalize
US
tantalise
UK
tease
push buttons
egg on
turn on
give someone grief
indispose
paralyze
US
let down
blow away
put the wind up
stop someone in their tracks
cause someone to lose their composure
knock the stuffing out of
flip
make a scene
get at
make your head spin
screw up
mess with one's head
throw into a tizzy
tick off
ball up
pick on
muddle up
heat
incommode
disorganize
mistake
incite
unquiet
catch unawares
put down
disengage
unfasten
separate
unhitch
disconnect
uncouple
detach
make restless
disaccord
jangle
discord
disharmonize
snow
confuscate
confusticate
set thinking
inconvenience
leave open-mouthed
strike dumb
leave aghast
put on edge
send into a spin
grate
rasp
exasperate
rile
gripe
itch
frost
eat
aggravate
spite
discourage
dispirit
dishearten
rouse
stimulate
involve
complicate
thicken
overpower
knock out
cause anxiety
rattle one's cage
unman
encumber
entangle
metagrobolize
flutter
hustle
dash
quicken
muck
thwart
ravel
stumble
boggle the mind
ferment
arouse
dazzle
rock the boat
turn
incapacitate
hurt somebody's feelings
get someone
bum out
fire up
wind up
get across
get on your wick
lay up
flip out
cramp
key up
debilitate
drive insane
chill
disillusion
terrify
intimidate
snarl up
muddy the waters
mix you up
tax
ventilate
examine
move
benumb
numb
cow
affright
disgruntle
disenchant
deject
demean
hit a sour note
blur
hit like a ton of bricks
besiege
burden
despair
beleaguer
crush
terrorize
US
terrorise
UK
uncalm
discommode
send over the edge
badger
discredit
dishonour
UK
make flip
bug up
test
importune
crack
unstring
loco
madden
make self-conscious
make awkward
make ashamed
show up
own
anguish
hound
agonize
US
dun
tear
goad
hector
give a turn
fill with consternation
louse up
muck up
dishonor
US
hang up
make a monkey of
put in a spot
put in a hole
put on the spot
give a bad time
catch one short
nag
injure
carp
agonise
UK
strap
dog
break
nit-pick
prick
push
desolate
harrow
martyr
cavil
mess with someone's head
sweat out
weigh heavily on one's mind
do someone's head in
be a great weight on
niggle
fear
pull the rug from under
cause suffering to
cause anguish to
sweat
stew
pull the rug out from under
quibble
nitpick
eat at
arouse anxiety in
make miserable
do a number on
be on one's case
make wretched
make it tough for
weigh on
cut up
flap
hinder
fidget
be agitated
take pains
be in a tizzy
be worried
labour over
infatuate
enrage
drive mad
be in a flap
get worked up
get in a stew
be in a stew
make a big thing out of
make a big thing of
molest
make a meal of
make a mountain out of a molehill
make a thing of
upset the applecart
chivvy
chivy
interrupt
butt in on
interfere with
horn in on
barge in on
intrude upon
intrude on
devastate
sting
outrage
crucify
excruciate
traumatize
US
traumatise
UK
haunt
cast down
affront
disgust
cut to the quick
insult
shatter
drive up the wall
ride
bully
rankle
blight
slight
abuse
make unhappy
smite
turn off
wrong
wring
rend
cause agony to
be on your back
hang over
rankle with
make sad
sear
harm
rub up the wrong way
weigh heavily on
get down
infuriate
bring down
incense
get on your nerves
get in your hair
jar
nauseate
cause trouble to
antagonize
US
overcome
give offence to
press
cut
pursue
weary
stab
cause pain to
prey on
gnaw
make despondent
make gloomy
damage
antagonise
UK
pierce
make one's heart bleed
put your back up
get under your skin
beat down
dampen
confront
prey on your mind
mistreat
breathe down someone's neck
maltreat
disrespect
diss
scar
sap
dis
subjugate
consternate
scandalize
US
abrade
tire
preoccupy
cause offense
dampen spirits
bait
browbeat
mither
inflict anguish on
be a burden to
victimize
US
scandalise
UK
hack you off
give someone the hump
make someone see red
ill-treat
crab
keep on at
get your back up
cause discomfort to
put someone's nose out of joint
dump on
do in
lacerate
victimise
UK
drive round the bend
bring tears to your eyes
drive round the twist
break someone's heart
face
give someone the blues
work on
pour cold water on
throw cold water on
make someone fed up
rub the wrong way
make somebody's hackles rise
ruffle one's feathers
get up someone's nose
touch
buffet
strike
disoblige
repel
break the heart of
petrify
obsess
rock
suppress
abase
cause anguish
slap
make blue
drag down
break one's heart
drain
put a damper on
put into a funk
tyrannize
US
dissatisfy
nag at
bleed
bite
awe
be a burden on
pressurize
US
stir
rark
stretch
take over
eat away at
reduce to tears
devil
henpeck
pick at
tyrranize
dull
wear
make angry
pressurise
UK
dominate
get your goat
bruise
tear to pieces
grate on
be at
cause concern to
greatly upset
go on at
criticize
US
nudge
weigh
be offensive
tyrannise
UK
grind down
drive bananas
cast a gloom upon
be a pain in the neck
take control of
be a thorn in someone's side
heavy
criticise
UK
T-off
tee off
make your blood boil
exploit
treat harshly
cheese off
get your dander up
gross out
be cruel to
heckle
throw a curve
hit where one lives
burn
attack
hunt
be brutal to
take the wind out of your sails
walk all over
ride roughshod over
weigh heavily on someone's mind
dash hopes
be on the back of
break someone's spirit
raise your hackles
cause disquiet to
suffer
muse
labour
UK
labor
US
tear apart
squirm
excoriate
occupy
deter
tear away at
assail
corner
repulse
tear at
be hurtful to
mourn
cause suffering
lambaste
cause sorrow
convulse
gut
hit hard
chasten
grind
be in someone's way
cause to panic
be disagreeable to
push the buttons of
fester
down
deplore
thrill
foil
lower
lampoon
hurt deeply
ridicule
possess
be rude to
beleague
thumb nose at
exhaust
knock the wind out of
deeply upset
knock props out
grip
devitalize
begrudge
grudge
dampen someone's spirit
pall
knock for a loop
press down on
get on one's nerves
harsh one's mellow
revolt
cause pain
cause someone distress
worst
make cross
visit
take
overcharge
mess with
mess
push someon's buttons
bore
occupy thoughts
lie heavy on someone's mind
weigh heavy on someone's mind
inflict trauma
niggle at
grind at
scarify
fright
be bothered
cast a gloom on
humble
defeat
put
get even
furbelow
bluster
frill
throw into tizzy
whelm
prostrate
overmaster
swamp
straiten
drive to distraction
drive crazy
make someone laugh on the other side of their face
make someone laugh out of the other side of their mouth
dispraise
taunt
slander
try your patience
be a thorn in someone's flesh
get your hackles up
dish out
dish it out
give it to
stick it to
stress out
tear to shreds
hump
exacerbate
get the knife into
make things hot for someone
stick the knife into
dragoon
single out
expel
make it hot for someone
exile
bear down on
damp down
hurt the feelings of
make demands on
make severe demands on
put a strain on
tire out
wear out
jerk around
macerate
noodge
despoil
foray
bullyrag
push button
heat up
have had enough
become bored
make discontented
exhaust someone's patience
dumfound
try the patience of
grate at
lose patience
be a weight on someone's mind
give a zinger
give the cold shoulder
snub
rattle someone's cage
give someone the pip
ask for it
snow under
slur
zing
scare silly
scare stiff
make jump
cast a pall over
thunderstrike
electrify
scare to death
scare the bejesus out of
catch
be disagreeable
be an affront to
give offence
tread on someone's toes
scare the living daylights out of
make someone's hair stand on end
raise someone's eyebrows
shake out of your complacency
hit like ton of bricks
completely surprise
make someone's blood run cold
wrench
drag
darken
damp
enervate
overstretch
overtax
pressure
tense
run down
subdue
lean on
put pressure on
be in someone's hair
bring pressure to bear on
repress
enslave
make desolate
keep under
hegemonize
master
live off
blackmail
plunder
take advantage of
depredate
consume
kill
raid
load
extort
feed on
fleece
seize
live on
devour
harsh someone's mellow
crunch
overextend
pinch
bear down
make someone's heart bleed
subject
scourge
keep down
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
overload
saddle
bring under the yoke
rule with an iron hand
trample underfoot
weigh heavy upon
hold down
smother
handicap
rule with a rod of iron
trample on
rule over
hold sway over
tyrannize over
put screws to
bring someone to their knees
put the squeeze on
overthrow
trample
despotize
rule
coerce
force
put upon
bring to heel
cause discomfort
domineer
menace
overbear
threaten
manhandle
be painful
disable
mutilate
smash
impair
misuse
scold
mangle
mar
maim
mishandle
brutalize
US
brutalise
UK
trespass
make ill
deform
spoil
berate
upbraid
wreck
disfigure
deface
blemish
endamage
bloody
cripple
ruin
vitiate
compromise
flaw
disagree
push around
yowl
yammer
wail
moan
grump
kick
squawk
inveigh
whimper
bleat
growl
murmur
yaup
croak
keen
yawp
whinge
maunder
beef
grouse
holler
mutter
grumble
kvetch
peck at
complain
squeal
caterwaul
whine
scream
grouch
repine
bellyache
grizzle
knacker
crool
mangulate
weaken
scathe
kick around
play the heavy with
push about
ill-use
mess over
carp at
keep after
go against the grain
be injurious to
be sickening
be disturbing
make unwell
be distasteful
have an adverse effect on
be injurious
strike down
be unsuitable
cause illness to
cause problems
cross up
contort
wax
batter
distort
foul
prejudice
total
draw blood
do mischief to
hack up
egg
urge
bust someone's balls
find fault with
bend someone's ear
harp on at
find fault
prod
moan at
moan on at
bust chops
take it out on
get on someone's back
grumble at
keep complaining to
do wrong to
cause harm to
more ❯
“Worried that the news would
distract
me before my exams, she tried her best to hide the letter.”
Verb
▲
To distract, or to occupy or draw one's attention or thoughts
preoccupy
engross
absorb
consume
grip
obsess
concern
enthrall
US
enthral
UK
occupy
dominate
immerse
grasp
get
possess
become an obsession with
take in
take control of
take up all of someone's time
take up someone's whole attention
affect
overcome
disturb
haunt
eat up
fixate
plague
hound
bedevil
beset
hold
stay with
be ever present
overwhelm
trouble
worry
engulf
devour
monopolize
US
overpower
overburden
monopolise
UK
overload
eat away at
prey on your mind
be uppermost in someone's mind
rule
torment
prey on
fascinate
harass
control
infatuate
take over
have a grip on
have a hold on
be on your mind
be uppermost in your thoughts
more ❯
Verb
▲
To delight, allure or attract in an almost magical manner
beguile
fascinate
delight
entertain
occupy
amuse
charm
divert
please
absorb
allure
attract
bewitch
captivate
cheer
enchant
engross
entrance
engage
interest
kill
magnetise
UK
magnetize
US
solace
wile
witch
enrapture
enthral
UK
mesmerise
UK
mesmerize
US
preoccupy
win over
enthrall
US
send
slay
tickle
vamp
wow
appeal to
knock dead
knock out
tickle pink
turn on
hold the attention of
tickle the fancy of
tickle to death
put under a spell
sweep off feet
involve
immerse
busy
grip
enwrap
rivet
employ
intrigue
hold
bemuse
concern
hold your attention
arrest
regale
spellbind
disport
recreate
titillate
gratify
gladden
relax
transfix
commit
monopolize
US
give pleasure to
engulf
consume
draw
pique
grab
monopolise
UK
bury
throw
wrap
keep busy
take up
attend
catch up
hook
throw yourself into
fix
fixate
fill
overwhelm
obsess
engross oneself
concentrate
panic
keep amused
bowl over
hypnotize
US
absorb yourself in
lose oneself in
get lost in
fracture
make happy
soak
be a hit with
knock 'em dead
put 'em away
break one up
get one's jollies
bedazzle
be concerned with
tie up
be active with
use up
catch
make smile
make laugh
devote
ensnare
enlist
excite
tempt
compel
hold spellbound
hypnotise
UK
bother
lure
tantalize
US
snare
sit up
be attractive to
be interesting to
affect
matter to
arouse curiosity
arouse
pull
catch your eye
perk up
tickle your fancy
touch
capture your imagination
light someone's fire
engage one's attention
be of interest to
whet one's appetite
tantalise
UK
float someone's boat
move
connect
associate
embroil
implicate
mire
humor
US
ecstasize
elate
enliven
humour
UK
comfort
inspire
stimulate
inspirit
indulge
satisfy
bind
impute
inculpate
participate
entangle
enmesh
link
entail
crack up
make merry
entice
seduce
invite
thrill
win
woo
capture
rouse
enamour
catch the eye of
appeal
persuade
court
bring in
pull in
ravish
provoke
stir
intoxicate
inflame
kindle
impact on
apply to
tease
enamor
pertain to
attach
impact
bear on
inveigle
have to do with
induce
relate to
deal with
have a bearing on
have an impact on
influence
be relevant to
pick up
beckon
have relevance for
be applicable to
draw attention
stir up
whet the appetite of
maintain
keep
seize
gain
impress
come on to
wrap up
spark
envelop
arouse the curiosity of
turn one's head
keep alive
keep up
whet
waken
secure
get
obtain
hog
apply
corner
assimilate
hold in awe
engage someone's attention
grab the attention of
be a source of fascination to
make roll in the aisles
put away
call
coax
be a box office success
fill the seats
endear
dazzle
cajole
prompt
whet someone's appetite
take someone's fancy
suck in
rope in
charge
electrify
exhilarate
galvanize
US
elicit
take
incline
become lost
sew up
up on
be hung
steer
turn someone on
get going
get someone going
give someone a thrill
do it for someone
address
reference
quicken
palpate
grapple
galvanise
UK
pump up
lead on
catch hold of
bring around
exert a pull on
exert influence on
call forth
bring forth
argue into
regard
summon
demand
indicate
ask
bid
sign
command
make a hit with
switch on
be about
connect with
refer to
touch on
bear upon
transport
make your mouth water
turn someone's head
initiate
enthuse
get started
show
introduce
work up
overpower
infatuate
enslave
subdue
animate
fire
pack in
interest greatly
include
encompass
be the business of
be in connection with
be of importance to
be important to
more ❯
Verb
▲
To speak or act in a deliberately vague way to gain more time to deal with something
stall
delay
hesitate
procrastinate
dither
temporise
UK
temporize
US
tarry
equivocate
hedge
defer
stonewall
filibuster
prevaricate
postpone
divert
hang back
hold back
hang fire
play for time
use delaying tactics
gain time
buy time
drag your feet
take one's time
avoid the issue
beat about the bush
beat around the bush
hold over
kick the can down the road
vacillate
shilly-shally
hum and haw
tergiversate
waver
dilly-dally
dally
be indecisive
pussyfoot around
haver
pause
put off
fluctuate
sit on the fence
waffle
dawdle
linger
flannel
falter
wait
evade
blow hot and cold
halt
dodge
be non-committal
swither
loiter
stagger
dodge the issue
parry questions
be undecided
be evasive
oscillate
quibble
pussyfoot
waste time
think twice
hang around
hem and haw
evade the issue
scruple
lag
stop
palter
teeter
hang about
be irresolute
take your time
wobble
fudge
wabble
sidestep
dillydally
fudge the issue
avoid
poke
balance
drag
duck the question
be vague
mince words
hold off
play a waiting game
yo-yo
shuffle
fence
weasel
shillyshally
cavil
falsify
stay
get cold feet
deliberate
obstruct
trifle
be unsure
diddle
creep
mope
lollygag
crawl
lallygag
kill time
mark time
cop out
stall for time
sidestep the issue
hang on
stay put
drag your heels
duck the issue
balk
US
lie
idle
hold on
duck
misrepresent
baulk
UK
potter
parry
sit tight
remain
fib
shift
tremble
jive
con
be uncertain
sway
tergiverse
while away time
shuck
plod
be doubtful
be ambiguous
trail
flip-flop
be slow
potter around
potter about
beg the question
potter round
wait around
warm a chair
hang round
put off doing something
hang out
pass the buck
cop a plea
let the grass grow under one's feet
get no place fast
rest
see-saw
refuse
rebuff
resist
skirt
discontinue
cease
fake
be ambivalent
penelopize
deceive
shift ground about
be in two minds
faff about
mess around
um and ah
bide
prevent
block
fabricate
flicker
tumble
use dilatory tactics
slow-walk
vary
hinder
invent
distort
misstate
dissemble
garble
belie
exaggerate
misspeak
bobble
lurch
reel
roll
quaver
escape
elude
eschew
adumbrate
double-talk
quiver
shirk
avoid committing oneself
put on the back burner
trim
shudder
change
loaf
shuffle about
goof around
tail
hold the phone
stop over
tool
lose time
lodge
use Fabian tactics
avoid making a decision
run around
cover up
straddle the fence
be unable to decide
whiffle waffle
be unable to make up your mind
run hot and cold
phony up
stretch the truth
put on
toddle
diddle-daddle
saunter
employ delaying tactics
move slowly
tell white lie
cloud the issue
give run around
adopt Fabian tactics
change mind
adjourn
retard
prolong
protract
give a false colour to
stick around
stay behind
fritter time away
goldbrick
cool
straggle
blather
shlep along
sit around
fritter away
fool around
scrounge around
sit on one's butt
bum around
blarney
blandish
beguile
amble
totter
putter
defer action
let something slide
take a raincheck
be dilatory
use flattery
talk blarney
butter up
fast-talk
have a breather
call time
take a break
postpone action
goof off
horse around
not keep pace
lag behind
fall behind
suspend action
take ten
hold your horses
take a breather
hold your fire
take five
stop briefly
be noncommittal
hedge your bets
shuffle around
give the run around
alternate
demur
hover
seesaw
stumble
doubt
boggle
flounder
ponder
hang
mammer
debate
weigh
be hesitant
shy away
be reluctant
be unwilling
pull back
think about
sit on fence
chop and change
second-guessing yourself
have doubts
keep changing your mind
shy
rock
swing
shake
faff around
shrink back
mess about
go from one extreme to the other
wobble about
have misgivings
doubt yourself
be on the fence
will and will not
loll
slouch
be on the horns of a dilemma
jib
become unsteady
express misgivings
express reluctance
express reservations
be long
be tardy
straddle
whiffle
stay back
stay in the background
be reluctant to come forward
be tentative
wait and see
be cagey
dance around
euphemize
tapdance
shrink
recoil
be divided
fence-straddle
flinch
wince
feel uncertain
wonder about
quail
cringe
start
dodder
think something unlikely
be dubious
lack conviction
be sceptical
fudge and mudge
back and fill
quake
harbour suspicions about
have hesitations about
express suspicions about
have reservations about
express reservations about
entertain doubts about
harbour reservations about
have suspicions about
fluctuate on
have doubts about
feel uneasy about
cower
squinch
shiver
draw back
shamble
careen
waddle
back away
blanch
break
desist
blench
hobble
trip
zigzag
topple
walk unsteadily
slide
slip
shimmy
blunder
wheel
weave
interrupt
break off
reflect
drop
pull up
sideline
suspend
take a breath
let up
put on hold
come to standstill
catch one's breath
break it up
stop what you're doing
more ❯
Verb
▲
To cause to become angry
madden
infuriate
enrage
incense
inflame
irritate
annoy
provoke
upset
exasperate
gall
vex
aggravate
anger
craze
nark
unhinge
agitate
enflame
ire
irk
mad
outrage
pique
rankle
rile
roil
bug
drive you crazy
bother
frustrate
get your goat
pester
possess
shatter
steam up
tick off
umbrage
drive you to distraction
make livid
make your blood boil
raise your hackles
send into a rage
drive crazy
drive you round the bend
drive you round the twist
get your back up
get your dander up
hack you off
make somebody's hackles rise
make someone see red
wind up
drive to distraction
drive you off your head
get your hackles up
make you see red
put your back up
drive out of mind
drive you out of your mind
make somebody's blood boil
drive up the wall
needle
nettle
peeve
hack off
ruffle
miff
displease
gravel
antagonize
US
rub up the wrong way
drive mad
put out
antagonise
UK
burn up
grate
chafe
get
get to
hassle
ride
get across
disturb
give someone the hump
tee off
get under your skin
offend
rasp
get on your nerves
eat
bum out
persecute
get in your hair
spite
make angry
frost
goad
harass
exacerbate
rark
gripe
hump
affront
fret
give someone the pip
itch
rub the wrong way
get at
perturb
trouble
make cross
drive round the bend
drive round the twist
get on one's nerves
plague
nag
harry
worry
ruffle one's feathers
empurple
torment
tease
embitter
fire up
T-off
try your patience
dissatisfy
get on your wick
distress
disgust
rattle
try
stir up
abrade
rattle someone's cage
cheese off
get up someone's nose
rankle with
make waves
discompose
insult
rouse
excite
chagrin
molest
pain
disgruntle
gnaw
burn
egg on
badger
ask for it
turn off
grate on
give a hard time
drive bananas
rub you up the wrong way
put someone's nose out of joint
incite
depress
dismay
disquiet
cross
hound
grill
scandalize
US
get someone
bait
mortify
brown off
sour
mither
bite
raise hell
bedevil
be a thorn in someone's flesh
incommode
acerbate
hurt
whip up
scandalise
UK
work up
give someone grief
be at
be on your back
be a pain in the neck
be a thorn in someone's side
get a rise out of
eat away at
hit where one lives
be on the back of
drive nuts
irritate greatly
hack
make you angry
discountenance
bristle
get someone's wick
make see red
discourage
push one's buttons
drive insane
fester
boil
arouse
dishearten
rattle one's cage
nudge
break
henpeck
dispirit
blow up
beleaguer
inconvenience
discommode
afflict
distemper
make sore
lose one's temper
be like a red rag to a bull
push button
heat up
work on
taunt
chide
get on the wrong side of
make an enemy of somebody
cause resentment to
cause annoyance to
mess
eat at
niggle
jar on
fluster
discontent
disaffect
rile up
embarrass
get on someone
gnaw at
obsess
unman
chill
daunt
unnerve
demoralize
US
fuss
start
drive you up the wall
push someon's buttons
mess with
misplease
wing
repel
revolt
curdle
zing
cool
sound
perplex
disappoint
cap
disoblige
mist
eat up
demoralise
UK
make discontented
stick in one's craw
try the patience of
wear on
set one's teeth on edge
play dirty
work into lather
fog
mist up
fog up
cloud
set off
give a bad time
mix up
get across someone
set on
take a rise out of
cut to the quick
cloud over
become misty
become misted
mist over
aggrieve
appal
UK
appall
US
wrong
give offence to
make indignant
cause offence to
be an affront to
boil over
cause offense to
become covered with condensation
disconcert
wound
stress
oppress
beset
strain
discomfit
faze
sting
grieve
ail
concern
burden
agonize
US
agonise
UK
dog
rack
unsettle
torture
tax
confuse
chivvy
pick on
harrow
flurry
sadden
alarm
bully
prick
pursue
discombobulate
intimidate
injure
shock
hector
discomfort
exercise
devil
cause offense
curse
throw
confound
frazzle
be offensive
derail
alarum
hagride
undo
jar
freak out
weird out
browbeat
hurt somebody's feelings
besiege
excruciate
sicken
tantalize
US
tantalise
UK
crucify
heckle
weigh down
cause suffering to
affect
bore
weary
blight
chivy
test
fray
heavy
smite
nauseate
tire
bluster
scare
dun
horrify
anguish
interrupt
bewilder
martyr
keep on at
wear
frighten
breathe down someone's neck
throw off balance
wear out
pother
make anxious
abash
prey on your mind
criticize
US
face
humiliate
haunt
slight
confront
bum
alienate
stew
cow
grind
cavil
keep after
importune
nag at
go on at
intrude upon
crush
put off
jangle
floor
shake up
bend someone's ear
cause trouble to
criticise
UK
huff
estrange
pressurize
US
pick at
spook
puzzle
pressurise
UK
hang over
shake
psych
make unhappy
make someone fed up
lie heavy on
bullyrag
indispose
wring
dragoon
cause anxiety to
muddle
put on edge
flip out
make uneasy
cause anguish to
turn on
key up
make miserable
make a scene
be on one's case
make wretched
prod
abuse
haze
steam
rattle someone's chain
shame
wig
consume
snit
pet
tiff
devastate
harp on at
run up the wrong way
breath down someone's neck
cut
awake
quicken
goose
motivate
absorb
grab
ignite
attract
interest
carp
repulse
stroke someone's hair the wrong way
nonplus
jar upon
grate upon
harm
despair
tatter
erode
drain
exhaust
stretch
sap
wear upon
insist
remind
disgrace
thwart
foil
domineer
scold
disorder
cause anguish
cause suffering
be hurtful to
bleed
mourn
lambaste
cause sorrow
deject
rasp one's nerves
give the business
stir
disarrange
make fretful
tear
turn
incapacitate
flip
cramp
debilitate
arouse hostility in
scour
wear down
victimize
US
be rude to
roust
be in someone's way
be disagreeable to
push the buttons of
begrudge
crab
grudge
resent
sweat
fear
cause agony to
envenom
inflict anguish on
make nervous
find fault with
strap
nit-pick
push
desolate
terrorize
US
lay up
berate
mess with someone's head
sweat out
weigh heavily on one's mind
do someone's head in
be a great weight on
stress out
mistreat
accost
encroach
intrude
obtrude
terrify
lean on
disrespect
diss
rock the boat
thumb nose at
bring down
set someone's teeth on edge
wear away
rage
put pressure on
poison
hang up
get even
louse up
stump
furbelow
frill
disrupt
flummox
fuddle
bring pressure to bear on
impede
hinder
arouse anxiety in
do a number on
push buttons
make it tough for
weigh on
cut up
dis
snub
noodge
jerk around
macerate
attack
despoil
foray
be in someone's hair
slur
dampen spirits
cast down
break one's heart
expel
victimise
UK
beat
hunt
exile
terrorise
UK
be bothered
beleague
cause anxiety
weigh heavily on someone's mind
be a weight on someone's mind
peck at
put someone off their stroke
lash at
dumbfound
make blue
chasten
drag down
put into a funk
put a damper on
break the heart of
cause concern to
cause discomfort to
tire out
put into a flap
cause someone to lose their composure
throw into a tizz
impose on
scrape away
bite into
wear to shreds
upset the applecart
make uncomfortable
deter
mystify
find fault
throw into tizzy
carp at
make severe demands on
put a strain on
make demands on
lie heavy on someone's mind
weigh heavy on someone's mind
lose patience
get the knife into
single out
make things hot for someone
make it hot for someone
stick the knife into
break in
get on someone's case
put down
disillusion
shred
assault
lose the affection of
gnaw away at
give offence
be disagreeable
tread on someone's toes
become bored
grate at
lie heavily on
honk off
have had enough
weigh heavily on
exhaust someone's patience
make bitter
jaundice
empoison
make resentful
overtax
strong-arm
threaten
worsen
menace
bulldoze
mau-mau
coerce
blackjack
bogart
grip
acidulate
rub raw
cause vexation
cause bitterness
eat away at one's mind
cause annoyance
bitter
venom
cause resentment
make rancorous
gnaw at one's mind
press
steamroller
railroad
strike
take
visit
buffet
rant
fulminate
rave
spout
dominate
push around
swagger
ride roughshod over
use strong-arm tactics on
make tense
make edgy
stretch tight
set on edge
get on
wreak havoc on
grumble
complain
more ❯
Verb
▲
To attract or lure by temptation
decoy
entice
lure
seduce
tempt
ensnare
inveigle
allure
entrap
bait
beguile
betray
deceive
induce
solicit
trap
snare
con
delude
ensorcell
fascinate
lead on
mislead
mousetrap
shill
steer
toll
tout
wile
come on
lead astray
rope in
suck in
lead up garden path
draw
attract
coax
hook
persuade
dupe
trick
cajole
pull
captivate
charm
bewitch
enchant
invite
sucker
win over
string along
turn on
sweep off feet
wheedle
fool
gull
hoodwink
maneuver
US
manoeuvre
UK
woo
bamboozle
appeal to
sweet-talk
manipulate
honey
snow
whet the appetite of
bedevil
frame
magnetize
US
kill
witch
put someone up to something
tantalize
US
intrigue
magnetise
UK
tantalise
UK
enrapture
beckon
dare
fit up
set up
lead
convince
draw out
smooth-talk
drag
train
rope
give the come-on to
lay a trap for
draw in
hit on
make your mouth water
bat eyes at
prevail on
dangle
bribe
dangle a carrot in front of
come on to
entrance
take in
hypnotize
US
dazzle
blind
spellbind
mesmerize
US
double-cross
cheat
snooker
soft-soap
cozen
gammon
catch
gaff
hornswoggle
hoax
have
diddle
misguide
humbug
spoof
juggle
misinform
burn
buffalo
bluff
shaft
butter up
befool
play
stick
fake out
have on
finesse
scam
take advantage of
exploit
take
gyp
jockey
mesmerise
UK
shave
flimflam
chisel
rook
hypnotise
UK
pull a fast one on
lead up the garden path
pull a swifty on
play for a sucker
take for a ride
impose on
put one over on
swindle
defraud
bilk
stiff
rip off
sting
do
victimize
US
victimise
UK
finagle
kid
chicane
take to the cleaners
outwit
fleece
euchre
swizzle
mulct
bunco
screw
sharp
sell
sell a pup to
skin
outmanoeuvre
UK
outmaneuver
US
pull the wool over someone's eyes
do the dirty on
fiddle
hustle
shortchange
beat
hose
circumvent
goldbrick
fake
embezzle
milk
illude
gazump
catch out
screw over
do in
give someone a bum steer
do a number on
pull a fast one
make a fool of
thwart
stump
stitch up
baffle
overreach
dust
bleed dry
bleed
jerk around
poke borack
pull one's leg
squeeze
contrive
sway
short
skunk
ream
chouse
thimblerig
wangle
impress
pluck
jive
throw
disinform
nobble
bias
play for a fool
pull wool over
double deal
hocus-pocus
gaslight
arouse someone's interest in
interest
motivate
persuade to buy
influence
swizz
shake down
pull wires
play games
twist around your little finger
stage-manage
pull strings
sell a pup
falsify
clip
rob
disappoint
cuckold
gouge
impose upon
take for
play away
cross up
step out
lie to
put on
play joke on
take to cleaners
beat out of
pull fast one
take for ride
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