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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 entertain or amuse
To cause to feel upset, annoyed, or resentful
To distract, or to occupy or draw one's attention or thoughts
To cause to become angry
To divert or distract (someone) from a main issue or course of action
To speak or act in a deliberately vague way to gain more time to deal with something
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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
be a distraction
attract attention
shift one's attention
deflect one's attention
send on a wild-goose chase
draw one's attention away
bend the rules
put someone off their stride
put someone off their stroke
cause someone to lose their concentration
disturb someone's concentration
divert someone's attention
“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
rattle
confuse
bewilder
confound
perplex
discombobulate
unnerve
ruffle
nonplus
vex
throw
discomfit
puzzle
shake
throw off balance
flummox
baffle
discountenance
get to
mystify
dumbfound
take aback
muddle
floor
gravel
embarrass
hassle
stun
fuddle
bamboozle
befuddle
abash
disorient
buffalo
bemuse
befog
annoy
shake up
bug
fret
surprise
stupefy
pester
fox
stump
beat
maze
startle
irk
frighten
mortify
throw off
frustrate
spook
plague
make someone scratch their head
cause to be at a stand
make anxious
flabbergast
wilder
daze
fog
pose
get
afflict
irritate
astonish
make uneasy
provoke
put off
put someone off their stroke
psych out
panic
scare
catch off balance
chagrin
be all Greek to
astound
psych
craze
work up
stagger
stir up
muddy
put out of countenance
mix up
excite
give a hard time
shock
bustle
appal
UK
depress
sadden
appall
US
stress
displease
pother
harry
bedevil
beset
amaze
sicken
try
needle
gnaw at
make waves
obfuscate
throw into a tizz
knock for six
make nervous
put into a flap
knock sideways
set someone back on their heels
bowl over
set someone thinking
blow your mind
put someone off their stride
go to your head
daunt
demoralize
US
horrify
gall
hurry
pain
nettle
unbalance
jolt
rack
disappoint
grieve
demoralise
UK
dement
curse
disarrange
affect
chafe
make uncomfortable
make fretful
let down
flip
oppress
put the wind up
strain
torture
hurt
offend
weigh down
balk
US
wound
throw into a tizzy
foul up
anger
baulk
UK
aggrieve
screw up
peeve
burn up
lie heavy on
miff
overwhelm
make a scene
intoxicate
inebriate
make punchy
give someone grief
bring up short
disorientate
stymie
cause anxiety to
egg on
tantalize
US
tantalise
UK
push buttons
indispose
turn on
take by surprise
dizzy
stop someone in their tracks
cause someone to lose their composure
knock the stuffing out of
blow away
get at
make your head spin
mess with one's head
tick off
ball up
pick on
pique
tangle
incommode
unquiet
uncouple
make restless
flutter
disorder
hustle
quicken
drive insane
put out
discommode
intimidate
send over the edge
cause anxiety
inflame
snow
cow
catch unawares
deject
rattle one's cage
unstring
rouse
incite
confuscate
confusticate
set thinking
uncalm
put on edge
move
arouse
send into a spin
stimulate
ferment
inconvenience
loco
dazzle
pull the rug from under
crush
pull the rug out from under
overpower
hinder
tax
nark
fear
make self-conscious
sweat
stew
madden
rock the boat
turn
incapacitate
hurt somebody's feelings
get someone
bum out
fire up
wind up
get across
get on your wick
hack off
lay up
flip out
cramp
key up
debilitate
make awkward
show up
hit like a ton of bricks
besiege
burden
despair
beleaguer
metagrobolize
flap
make flip
bug up
crack
fidget
tease
badger
hang up
leave open-mouthed
knock out
boggle the mind
strike dumb
leave aghast
catch one short
test
importune
persecute
upset the applecart
make a monkey of
put in a spot
put in a hole
put on the spot
give a bad time
be agitated
dun
tear
goad
hector
take pains
anguish
hound
agonize
US
thwart
stumble
be in a tizzy
be worried
labour over
nag
injure
be in a flap
mess with someone's head
sweat out
weigh heavily on one's mind
do someone's head in
be a great weight on
get worked up
get in a stew
be in a stew
agonise
UK
strap
dog
break
nit-pick
prick
push
desolate
harrow
martyr
cause suffering to
cause anguish to
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
drive mad
dishearten
discourage
dispirit
molest
chivvy
chivy
interrupt
disrupt
terrify
chill
terrorize
US
unman
dash
butt in on
interfere with
horn in on
barge in on
intrude upon
intrude on
affright
disillusion
disenchant
disgruntle
paralyse
UK
paralyze
US
terrorise
UK
give a turn
mess up
fill with consternation
exasperate
aggravate
rile
excruciate
sting
traumatize
US
outrage
devastate
crucify
traumatise
UK
haunt
cast down
cut to the quick
affront
eat
grate
disgust
drive up the wall
put down
maltreat
spite
abuse
blight
weigh heavily on
bully
ride
rankle
insult
turn off
wring
mistreat
make unhappy
shatter
cause agony to
rasp
rankle with
hang over
frost
subjugate
wrong
niggle
enrage
rend
slight
sear
smite
rub up the wrong way
make sad
get down
make despondent
beat down
bring down
infuriate
incense
gripe
jar
nauseate
tyrannize
US
itch
prey on your mind
inflict anguish on
ill-treat
press
cause trouble to
mither
gnaw
antagonize
US
cause pain to
dump on
give offence to
weary
antagonise
UK
make one's heart bleed
tyrannise
UK
put your back up
stab
be on your back
get on your nerves
get in your hair
make gloomy
pierce
dampen
confront
diss
dis
disrespect
pursue
be cruel to
treat harshly
harm
sap
tire
preoccupy
browbeat
overcome
consternate
dominate
break one's heart
dampen spirits
put a damper on
cause offense
chasten
prey on
hack you off
give someone the hump
make someone see red
drive round the bend
get under your skin
drive round the twist
eat away at
bring tears to your eyes
get your back up
put someone's nose out of joint
cause discomfort to
be a burden to
break someone's heart
take the wind out of your sails
throw cold water on
face
give someone the blues
pour cold water on
make someone fed up
rub the wrong way
be brutal to
walk all over
make somebody's hackles rise
ruffle one's feathers
buffet
disoblige
lacerate
repel
prostrate
break the heart of
deeply upset
slap
rock
bait
inflict trauma
repress
abrade
abase
suppress
cut
awe
cause anguish
make blue
drag down
scandalize
US
devil
domineer
menace
put into a funk
drain
dissatisfy
nag at
bite
pressurize
US
obsess
overbear
victimize
US
rark
stretch
keep on at
reduce to tears
cast a gloom upon
dull
tear to pieces
make angry
pressurise
UK
victimise
UK
greatly upset
work on
get your goat
scandalise
UK
grate on
be at
cause concern to
breathe down someone's neck
be a burden on
be offensive
drive bananas
be a pain in the neck
be a thorn in someone's side
grind down
push around
T-off
tee off
make your blood boil
take over
cheese off
get your dander up
take control of
kick around
throw a curve
hit where one lives
push about
trample on
ride roughshod over
weigh heavily on someone's mind
ill-use
dash hopes
be on the back of
break someone's spirit
mess over
get up someone's nose
raise your hackles
damage
cause disquiet to
suffer
assail
muse
labour
UK
labor
US
deter
touch
squirm
occupy
scar
hit hard
tear away at
repulse
straiten
corner
hurt deeply
convulse
bruise
gut
be hurtful to
bleed
mourn
cause suffering
lambaste
cause sorrow
petrify
pick at
grind
press down on
be in someone's way
be disagreeable to
push the buttons of
knock the wind out of
lower
weigh
harsh one's mellow
possess
subdue
snub
be rude to
thumb nose at
revolt
slur
humiliate
zing
devitalize
exhaust
get on one's nerves
heavy
dragoon
knock props out
grip
beleague
make cross
lie heavy on someone's mind
weigh heavy on someone's mind
strike
stir
worst
visit
take
get even
overcharge
humble
defeat
niggle at
grind at
mess with
mess
push someon's buttons
drag
darken
damp
enervate
bore
occupy thoughts
wear
nudge
henpeck
go on at
tear to shreds
lie heavily on
down
deplore
tear at
cause to panic
heckle
run down
put
knock for a loop
cause pain
cause someone distress
make things hot for someone
single out
make it hot for someone
drive to distraction
drive crazy
torque off
be disagreeable
be an affront to
give offence
tread on someone's toes
kick up a fuss
kick up a stink
make someone laugh on the other side of their face
make someone laugh out of the other side of their mouth
dispraise
criticize
US
criticise
UK
taunt
slander
bear down on
damp down
try your patience
be a thorn in someone's flesh
get your hackles up
dumfound
hump
exacerbate
dish out
dish it out
give it to
stick it to
burn
attack
tear apart
whelm
noodge
bullyrag
make demands on
make severe demands on
put a strain on
tire out
wear out
throw into tizzy
push button
heat up
lean on
make desolate
keep under
overmaster
put pressure on
be in someone's hair
bring pressure to bear on
have had enough
become bored
make discontented
exhaust someone's patience
numb
thunderstrike
try the patience of
electrify
grate at
lose patience
give a zinger
give the cold shoulder
cast a pall over
swamp
rattle someone's cage
give someone the pip
ask for it
do in
harsh someone's mellow
fester
bear down
make someone's heart bleed
hurt the feelings of
overawe
threaten
manhandle
droop
dampen someone's spirit
misuse
gross out
stress out
jerk around
raise someone's eyebrows
shake out of your complacency
hit like ton of bricks
completely surprise
make someone's blood run cold
mishandle
brutalize
US
brutalise
UK
make downhearted
cast a gloom on
dampen the spirits of
wear on
be bothered
gnaw away at
gnaw away
be a weight on someone's mind
cause to lose heart
wrench
dampen someone's hopes
overstretch
overtax
pressure
tense
play the heavy with
snow under
cause to lose hope
malign
crunch
overextend
pinch
trespass
do wrong by
do an injustice to
do wrong to
cause harm to
trespass against
do the dirty on
offend against
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
cause discomfort
subject
be painful
enslave
hegemonize
make ill
coerce
exploit
overthrow
scourge
disagree
rule
master
force
encumber
saddle
handicap
trample
despotize
control
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
keep down
rule with an iron hand
trample underfoot
weigh heavy upon
hold down
rule with a rod of iron
rule over
hold sway over
tyrannize over
put screws to
put upon
more ❯
“Worried that the news would
distract
me before my exams, she tried her best to hide the letter.”
Verb
▲
To entertain or amuse
divert
entertain
amuse
charm
fascinate
engross
delight
absorb
please
occupy
enchant
interest
beguile
gratify
gladden
grip
rivet
titillate
tickle
regale
wow
solace
slay
disport
recreate
relax
fracture
tickle pink
bowl over
make happy
give pleasure to
hold the attention of
be a hit with
break one up
get one's jollies
knock 'em dead
put 'em away
engage
involve
preoccupy
immerse
busy
enthral
UK
enthrall
US
enwrap
intrigue
employ
hold
bemuse
captivate
mesmerize
US
bewitch
concern
mesmerise
UK
hold your attention
entrance
enrapture
spellbind
arrest
cheer
attract
hypnotize
US
knock dead
transfix
commit
pique
grab
appeal to
engulf
hypnotise
UK
catch up
consume
take up
throw
wrap
turn on
draw
attend
bury
keep busy
hook
throw yourself into
fix
fixate
monopolize
US
fill
bedazzle
make laugh
humor
US
ecstasize
elate
enliven
humour
UK
comfort
inspire
stimulate
inspirit
indulge
satisfy
overwhelm
obsess
catch
soak
monopolise
UK
crack up
make merry
ensnare
compel
engross oneself
concentrate
make smile
tie up
hold spellbound
keep amused
be concerned with
be active with
enlist
devote
bother
excite
tempt
lure
tantalize
US
snare
connect
associate
embroil
implicate
mire
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
allure
bind
impute
inculpate
participate
entangle
enmesh
link
magnetize
US
wile
witch
kill
dazzle
send
vamp
magnetise
UK
win over
wallow
sweep off feet
knock out
lose oneself in
get lost in
put under a spell
tickle to death
absorb yourself in
involve oneself
involve oneself in
tickle the fancy of
entice
seduce
invite
thrill
win
woo
capture
rouse
enamour
catch the eye of
appeal
court
stir
pull in
bring in
ravish
intoxicate
inflame
provoke
kindle
impact on
apply to
enamor
pertain to
attach
impact
bear on
tease
persuade
inveigle
have to do with
entail
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
enjoy
seize
gain
impress
galvanize
US
exhilarate
electrify
come on to
wrap up
spark
envelop
charge
assimilate
endear
cajole
arouse the curiosity of
quicken
secure
get
obtain
glue
lock
turn one's head
keep alive
keep up
whet
waken
incline
become lost
hold in awe
engage someone's attention
grab the attention of
be a source of fascination to
steer
suck in
rope in
induce
prompt
whet someone's appetite
take someone's fancy
galvanise
UK
elicit
take
pump up
turn someone on
get going
get someone going
give someone a thrill
do it for someone
address
reference
exert a pull on
exert influence on
switch on
enthuse
get started
work up
make a hit with
lead on
catch hold of
bring around
make your mouth water
turn someone's head
call forth
bring forth
argue into
regard
be about
connect with
refer to
touch on
bear upon
transport
pack in
overpower
infatuate
enslave
subdue
animate
fire
interest greatly
include
encompass
be the business of
be in connection with
be of importance to
be important to
more ❯
Verb
▲
To cause to feel upset, annoyed, or resentful
get to
annoy
irritate
bother
irk
vex
exasperate
bug
provoke
disturb
anger
aggravate
ruffle
gall
rile
peeve
nettle
pique
nark
miff
infuriate
hassle
get
harass
ride
chafe
grate
persecute
pester
rasp
spite
eat
goad
frost
gripe
exacerbate
hump
itch
bait
niggle
sting
taunt
prick
affect
prod
hack off
put out
wind up
rub up the wrong way
burn up
get across
get at
needle
rankle
upset
displease
gravel
give someone the hump
tick off
madden
get on your nerves
drive up the wall
incense
enrage
get under your skin
drive crazy
make someone see red
rark
offend
agitate
get in your hair
drive mad
bum out
trouble
worry
hack you off
antagonize
US
tease
tee off
get your back up
inflame
get on one's nerves
antagonise
UK
drive round the bend
nag
fret
get your goat
plague
roil
make angry
drive to distraction
perturb
drive round the twist
rub the wrong way
affront
harry
give someone the pip
rankle with
torment
badger
frustrate
make cross
be on your back
give a hard time
distress
disgruntle
bedevil
try your patience
get up someone's nose
get on your wick
put your back up
gnaw
molest
outrage
make your blood boil
get your dander up
make somebody's hackles rise
ruffle one's feathers
grate on
try
make waves
disgust
abrade
raise your hackles
hound
get your hackles up
rattle
give someone grief
mither
be at
burn
rub you up the wrong way
drive you up the wall
drive bananas
get across someone
discompose
beleaguer
pain
disquiet
incommode
jar on
depress
T-off
work on
wear on
send into a rage
put someone's nose out of joint
fire up
unnerve
be a thorn in someone's flesh
rattle someone's cage
fluster
nudge
chivvy
heckle
dishearten
bully
devil
insult
dog
tire
cheese off
turn off
egg on
discountenance
intimidate
ire
enflame
mad
chagrin
excite
embitter
dissatisfy
eat at
breathe down someone's neck
rouse
sicken
stick in one's craw
try the patience of
bum
give a bad time
rattle one's cage
be a pain in the neck
bite
make discontented
work up
hack
be on the back of
nauseate
steam up
stress out
set one's teeth on edge
be a thorn in someone's side
make someone fed up
pick on
sour
get a rise out of
hit where one lives
haze
afflict
chide
get on someone
steam
get on the wrong side of
make an enemy of somebody
distemper
jangle
eat away at
mortify
wound
inconvenience
discommode
get someone
wig
brown off
run up the wrong way
huff
stew
snit
pet
tiff
rile up
acerbate
drive insane
stroke someone's hair the wrong way
embarrass
concern
fuss
work into lather
set on
stir up
set off
incite
start
take a rise out of
grill
cavil
nag at
mix up
dismay
stress
disconcert
unsettle
discourage
strain
demoralize
US
dispirit
confuse
perplex
daunt
weary
have had enough
grate at
exhaust someone's patience
bore
lose patience
become bored
faze
discomfit
pursue
flurry
attack
unman
throw
discombobulate
keep on at
noodge
jerk around
bullyrag
chill
break
henpeck
flummox
demoralise
UK
put off
stump
cause someone to lose their composure
shake up
disrupt
throw into a tizz
throw off balance
browbeat
put into a flap
put someone off their stroke
wear
stir
cow
throw into tizzy
floor
fuddle
make nervous
push button
heat up
hector
besiege
drive nuts
importune
ask for it
chivy
tantalize
US
dun
insist
tantalise
UK
pick at
bend someone's ear
intrude upon
remind
mess with
keep after
get someone's wick
hurt
grieve
shock
traumatize
US
traumatise
UK
put down
dump on
hurt somebody's feelings
cut to the quick
beset
heavy
overwhelm
torture
devastate
deeply upset
inflict trauma
knock for six
confound
jar
injure
exercise
harm
dragoon
hang up
get even
upset the applecart
test
empurple
single out
make things hot for someone
make it hot for someone
be on one's case
hit a sour note
jar upon
grate upon
rasp one's nerves
wear upon
put on edge
get on
set on edge
guy
rag
rib
mock
ridicule
gibe
chaff
razz
take the mickey
get on the nerves of
get in the hair of
take the piss out of
slight
dis
diss
disrespect
slap
discomfort
anguish
sadden
crucify
give offence to
make miserable
gnaw at
cause suffering to
tear to pieces
do in
hurt the feelings of
scare
interrupt
hinder
impede
cross
impose on
carp at
get on someone's case
more ❯
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▲
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
eat sleep and breathe
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
take over
harrow
be uppermost in someone's mind
prey on your mind
bewitch
enchant
control
influence
madden
mesmerize
US
put under a spell
have power over
drive mad
have mastery over
mesmerise
UK
cast a spell over
more ❯
Verb
▲
To cause to become angry
madden
anger
infuriate
annoy
rile
irritate
provoke
exasperate
vex
incense
gall
aggravate
irk
enrage
nark
pique
bug
rankle
bother
inflame
upset
outrage
roil
agitate
ire
enflame
mad
pester
frustrate
umbrage
craze
possess
shatter
unhinge
tick off
wind up
drive crazy
drive up the wall
make someone see red
get your back up
make your blood boil
hack you off
steam up
drive to distraction
put your back up
get your goat
get your dander up
send into a rage
make somebody's hackles rise
raise your hackles
get your hackles up
make you see red
drive you crazy
drive you out of your mind
drive you round the bend
drive you round the twist
drive you to distraction
make livid
make somebody's blood boil
needle
nettle
peeve
displease
miff
hack off
ruffle
gravel
antagonize
US
rub up the wrong way
drive mad
put out
antagonise
UK
chafe
grate
burn up
get
get to
ride
hassle
disturb
get across
give someone the hump
tee off
offend
get under your skin
rasp
get on your nerves
eat
bum out
persecute
spite
frost
get in your hair
harass
goad
make angry
exacerbate
gripe
rark
affront
fret
hump
itch
give someone the pip
trouble
rub the wrong way
perturb
get at
drive round the bend
plague
get on one's nerves
nag
harry
make cross
drive round the twist
worry
ruffle one's feathers
torment
empurple
tease
embitter
try your patience
fire up
get on your wick
distress
T-off
disgust
rattle
try
abrade
rattle someone's cage
get up someone's nose
stir up
rankle with
cheese off
make waves
discompose
pain
rouse
insult
excite
gnaw
dissatisfy
molest
chagrin
disgruntle
burn
badger
egg on
grate on
turn off
drive bananas
give a hard time
rub you up the wrong way
put someone's nose out of joint
dismay
disquiet
hurt
cross
mortify
hound
grill
get someone
bait
mither
bite
depress
scandalize
US
incite
raise hell
bedevil
be a thorn in someone's flesh
acerbate
incommode
scandalise
UK
sour
work up
give someone grief
be at
be a pain in the neck
eat away at
be a thorn in someone's side
be on your back
ask for it
get a rise out of
hit where one lives
whip up
brown off
be on the back of
drive nuts
bristle
get someone's wick
boil
arouse
drive insane
nudge
break
henpeck
fester
blow up
taunt
beleaguer
obsess
make sore
lose one's temper
distemper
jangle
afflict
niggle
hack
start
get on the wrong side of
make an enemy of somebody
inconvenience
push button
heat up
work on
discountenance
chide
discommode
mess
jar on
eat at
fluster
gnaw at
rile up
embarrass
get on someone
cause resentment to
cause annoyance to
unnerve
fuss
drive you up the wall
eat up
dishearten
push someon's buttons
be like a red rag to a bull
mess with
make see red
discourage
irritate greatly
work into lather
demoralize
US
push one's buttons
disappoint
dispirit
discontent
disaffect
daunt
rattle one's cage
repel
set off
perplex
make you angry
revolt
stick in one's craw
try the patience of
wear on
set one's teeth on edge
get across someone
set on
take a rise out of
disoblige
unman
zing
misplease
chill
aggrieve
appal
UK
appall
US
wrong
give a bad time
mix up
demoralise
UK
play dirty
cut to the quick
give offence to
make indignant
cause offence to
be an affront to
boil over
cause offense to
make discontented
disconcert
beset
oppress
wound
devil
torture
concern
unsettle
ail
faze
pick on
stress
dog
discomfit
chivvy
heckle
flurry
hector
agonize
US
alarm
burden
strain
grieve
discomfort
sting
frazzle
exercise
rack
agonise
UK
bully
pursue
discombobulate
importune
confuse
freak out
harrow
heavy
curse
weird out
alarum
besiege
hagride
derail
undo
rag
shock
sadden
keep after
keep on at
confound
go on at
anguish
prick
excruciate
weigh down
rib
tax
chaff
throw
make anxious
cause offense
affect
chivy
horrify
intimidate
jar
injure
mock
make uneasy
haze
ridicule
haunt
frighten
dun
sicken
razz
tantalize
US
be offensive
tantalise
UK
breathe down someone's neck
cause suffering to
pother
hurt somebody's feelings
browbeat
lie heavy on
scare
prey on your mind
guy
test
nauseate
tire
crucify
grind
bewilder
puzzle
josh
press
tyrannize
US
martyr
banter
bend someone's ear
harp on at
be on one's case
tyrannise
UK
rag on
throw off balance
take the mickey
take the piss out of
victimize
US
alienate
prod
blight
kid
slight
smite
gibe
deride
attack
nonplus
bore
stew
satirize
US
bum
jive
joke
interrupt
rally
stir
abash
twit
victimise
UK
abuse
grip
wear
weary
cause trouble to
assail
be a nuisance to
nag at
floor
quiz
intrude upon
fun
chiack
put off
roast
dominate
muddle
spook
shuck
wring
smoke
shake up
psych
troll
rot
make things hot for someone
make it hot for someone
give the business
sledge
scold
put someone off their stroke
enslave
crush
make unhappy
shake
satirise
UK
push
laugh at
hang over
make uncomfortable
jeer at
put down
scoff at
flip out
wear out
indispose
make fun of
make someone fed up
jibe at
poke fun at
barrage
ply
send up
make jokes about
goof on
cause anxiety to
make fretful
be sarcastic about
poke mullock at
make sport of
sling off at
put on
make a monkey of
have on
cause anguish to
chasten
flout at
key up
turn on
lead on
make miserable
cause anxiety
poke borak at
do someone's head in
make a scene
tyrannize over
make wretched
face
mistreat
steam
harm
cavil
dragoon
wig
roust
accost
terrify
hang up
get even
upset the applecart
terrorize
US
noodge
bullyrag
curdle
disillusion
devastate
single out
pressurize
US
run up the wrong way
insist
remind
snit
pet
tiff
huff
pressurise
UK
rattle someone's chain
breath down someone's neck
get on the nerves of
hit a sour note
goose
preoccupy
cut
repulse
confront
peck at
dumbfound
get in the hair of
stroke someone's hair the wrong way
stretch
sap
drain
exhaust
put on edge
get on
set on edge
mystify
sweat
fear
punish
despair
stress out
scratch around
yap at
jerk around
jar upon
grate upon
be hurtful to
bleed
mourn
cause anguish
cause suffering
lambaste
cause sorrow
occupy
search high heaven
disenchant
give someone hell
terrorise
UK
disorder
wear upon
insist on
disarrange
deject
disrespect
diss
envenom
be in someone's way
startle
lean on
be prey to
abominate
pick at
snub
dis
put pressure on
panic
rasp one's nerves
beleague
tear
bring pressure to bear on
play cat and mouse
put through wringer
be a pest to
rub salt in wound
overwhelm
be disagreeable to
push the buttons of
turn
incapacitate
flip
debilitate
cramp
call names
offend morals of
cause agony to
slur
humiliate
be in someone's hair
estrange
entangle
hamper
unquiet
inflict anguish on
aggress
fill with loathing
impede
hinder
set someone's teeth on edge
cause concern to
cause discomfort to
arouse hostility in
nit-pick
strap
desolate
lay up
poison
be the victim of
kid around
fool around
thumb nose at
mess with someone's head
sweat out
weigh heavily on one's mind
be a great weight on
make someone scratch their head
occupy thoughts
empoison
grind on
grind at
bring down
rock the boat
put the squeeze on
torque off
deter
be a pest
make restless
jump on one's case
impose on
do a number on
cut up
arouse anxiety in
push buttons
make it tough for
weigh on
lose patience
weigh heavily on
lie heavily on
flummox
fall upon
fall on
dampen spirits
break one's heart
cast down
be disagreeable
give offence
tread on someone's toes
tire out
start in on
carp at
lie heavy on someone's mind
weigh heavy on someone's mind
make blue
drag down
put a damper on
break the heart of
put into a funk
give the needle
get on someone's case
get on someone's back
lash at
fuddle
make trouble
cow
become bored
grate at
gnaw away at
gnaw away
be bothered
weigh heavily on someone's mind
be a weight on someone's mind
disorientate
take aback
start on
have had enough
exhaust someone's patience
make demands on
make severe demands on
put a strain on
stump
disrupt
jaundice
cause annoyance
eat away at one's mind
trigger
push someone's buttons
put someone off their stride
worst
make someone laugh on the other side of their face
take the wind out of your sails
make self-conscious
make someone laugh out of the other side of their mouth
set someone back on their heels
make bitter
kick up a fuss
kick up a stink
incite trouble
stir the pot
make resentful
make rancorous
berate
disparage
make nervous
cause bitterness
cause resentment
cause vexation
gnaw at one's mind
put into a flap
throw into a tizz
cause someone to lose their composure
throw into tizzy
reproach
revile
domineer
strike
visit
take
buffet
override
upbraid
be autocratic
subjugate
maltreat
subject
spoof
slam
sound
snap
hegemonize
coerce
exploit
overthrow
scourge
rule
master
force
encumber
saddle
handicap
trample
despotize
mess around
pull someone's leg
control
swipe at
pull one's leg
flirt with
keep down
be cruel to
grind down
treat harshly
rule with an iron hand
trample underfoot
weigh heavy upon
hold down
beat down
be brutal to
rule with a rod of iron
trample on
rule over
hold sway over
walk all over
put screws to
ride roughshod over
ill-treat
put upon
more ❯
Verb
▲
To divert or distract (someone) from a main issue or course of action
deflect
divert
digress
sidetrack
divagate
redirect
get off the subject
stray from the point
stray from the subject
deviate from the topic
get off the point
wander
get sidetracked
get off the track
go off on a tangent
go off at a tangent
lose the thread
stray
excurse
deviate from the point
depart from the point
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
dally
haver
pussyfoot around
waffle
flannel
fluctuate
waver
swither
sit on the fence
dilly-dally
be indecisive
evade
dodge
dawdle
blow hot and cold
falter
halt
pussyfoot
pause
put off
be evasive
be non-committal
dodge the issue
quibble
hem and haw
parry questions
palter
scruple
stagger
be undecided
linger
oscillate
evade the issue
sidestep
hold off
waste time
teeter
wobble
be vague
mince words
fudge the issue
duck the question
wabble
shillyshally
avoid
lag
weasel
fence
fudge
balance
shuffle
cavil
think twice
be unsure
obstruct
be irresolute
take your time
sidestep the issue
cop out
stall for time
drag your heels
duck the issue
play a waiting game
wait
deliberate
trifle
stop
duck
loiter
parry
be uncertain
be doubtful
get cold feet
yo-yo
pass the buck
cop a plea
be ambiguous
hang about
hang around
perendinate
potter
shift
shirk
resist
skirt
falsify
blather
misrepresent
see-saw
block
be in two minds
be ambivalent
faff about
tergiverse
slow-walk
shuck
mark time
kill time
hinder
fast-talk
shift ground about
use dilatory tactics
put on the back burner
mess around
um and ah
while away time
be noncommittal
prevent
hedge your bets
flip-flop
shuffle around
give the run around
let the grass grow under one's feet
move slowly
avoid committing oneself
use Fabian tactics
avoid making a decision
adjourn
retard
prolong
protract
employ delaying tactics
discontinue
cease
goldbrick
cool
poke
change
vary
stay
drag
sway
sit tight
adopt Fabian tactics
hold on
defer action
let something slide
take a raincheck
be dilatory
postpone action
put off doing something
suspend action
jive
con
adumbrate
lie
subtilize
pettifog
fib
be unable to decide
whiffle waffle
be unable to make up your mind
run hot and cold
tell white lie
mince matters
run around
cover up
cloud the issue
give run around
beg the question
shuffle about
straddle the fence
double-talk
shift focus
alternate
demur
dillydally
hover
seesaw
stumble
doubt
balk
US
boggle
flounder
ponder
hang
mammer
debate
weigh
baulk
UK
be hesitant
shy away
be reluctant
be unwilling
pull back
think about
sit on fence
chop and change
vacillate about
change mind
keep changing your mind
have misgivings about
have qualms about
waver about
think twice about
have scruples about
shy away from
straddle
shy
disrelish
shrink
shrink from
scruple about
baulk at
hesitate over
hesitate to
boggle at
fence-straddle
hang back from
have reservations about
be chary of
flinch from
be coy about
be cagey about
be shy about
recoil from
mind doing something
be reluctant about
swing
be on the horns of a dilemma
straggle
be on the fence
will and will not
jib
whiffle
be equivocal about
be non-committal about
be undecided about
equivocate about
stay back
shrink back
stay in the background
be reluctant to come forward
be cagey
be tentative
have doubts
be divided
feel uncertain
wonder about
harbour suspicions about
have hesitations about
think something unlikely
express suspicions about
be dubious
express reservations about
entertain doubts about
harbour reservations about
lack conviction
be sceptical
have suspicions about
fluctuate on
have doubts about
feel uneasy about
be averse to
be reluctant to
be hesitant to
fight shy of
be diffident about
be sorry to
be afraid to
hate to
quail at
not like to
be unwilling to
be bashful about
be against
be opposed to
be indisposed to
be slow to
be disinclined to
be ashamed to
be loath to
not be in favour of
not have the heart to
fret
worry
stickle
demur from
drag one's heels over
demur about
balk at
stick at
have qualms
drag one's feet over
be loath
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