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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 delight, allure or attract in an almost magical manner
To cause to feel upset, annoyed, or resentful
To distract, or to occupy or draw one's attention or thoughts
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
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
put someone off their stroke
cause someone to lose their concentration
disturb someone's concentration
divert someone's attention
repel
prevent
ward off
block
stop
parry
defend against
hold off
keep off
fend off
stave off
redirect
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
rattle
confuse
confound
bewilder
unnerve
ruffle
discombobulate
perplex
nonplus
vex
throw
discomfit
shake
throw off balance
puzzle
flummox
discountenance
get to
baffle
take aback
embarrass
hassle
mystify
dumbfound
muddle
floor
gravel
abash
shake up
bug
annoy
fret
stun
surprise
befuddle
bamboozle
pester
disorient
buffalo
fuddle
startle
befog
bemuse
throw off
frighten
mortify
stupefy
spook
irk
plague
make someone scratch their head
cause to be at a stand
stump
fox
beat
make anxious
maze
pose
get
afflict
frustrate
irritate
provoke
make uneasy
flabbergast
astonish
put off
daze
muddy
fog
wilder
put someone off their stroke
psych out
scare
catch off balance
mix up
be all Greek to
chagrin
panic
psych
astound
stagger
work up
stir up
craze
put out of countenance
shock
give a hard time
depress
excite
sadden
appal
UK
bustle
stress
displease
pother
beset
bedevil
amaze
sicken
appall
US
try
needle
harry
gnaw at
obfuscate
knock for six
knock sideways
set someone back on their heels
make waves
make nervous
bowl over
set someone thinking
put into a flap
throw into a tizz
blow your mind
put someone off their stride
go to your head
daunt
demoralize
US
gall
pain
horrify
nettle
hurry
jolt
rack
disappoint
grieve
unbalance
demoralise
UK
curse
disarrange
tangle
affect
chafe
inflame
oppress
put the wind up
strain
dement
make uncomfortable
torture
hurt
offend
weigh down
let down
wound
foul up
anger
make fretful
aggrieve
screw up
throw into a tizzy
peeve
balk
US
burn up
lie heavy on
baulk
UK
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
flip
blow away
get at
make your head spin
mess with one's head
tick off
ball up
pick on
pique
incommode
heat
flutter
hustle
unquiet
quicken
discommode
put out
snow
make restless
disorder
catch unawares
cause anxiety
intimidate
disengage
unfasten
separate
unhitch
disconnect
uncouple
detach
rattle one's cage
confuscate
confusticate
set thinking
cow
put on edge
send into a spin
deject
shame
inconvenience
rouse
incite
dazzle
pull the rug from under
move
uncalm
involve
complicate
thicken
pull the rug out from under
arouse
humiliate
overpower
hinder
stimulate
ferment
encumber
entangle
jumble
nark
drive insane
muck
thwart
ravel
stumble
fear
tax
sweat
stew
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
snarl up
muddy the waters
mix you up
hit like a ton of bricks
flap
fidget
besiege
burden
despair
beleaguer
demean
tease
badger
make flip
bug up
send over the edge
upset the applecart
crush
test
importune
persecute
be agitated
take pains
anguish
hound
agonize
US
dun
tear
goad
hector
crack
unstring
loco
madden
be in a tizzy
be worried
labour over
nag
injure
be in a flap
make self-conscious
make awkward
make ashamed
show up
own
get worked up
get in a stew
be in a stew
mess with someone's head
sweat out
weigh heavily on one's mind
do someone's head in
be a great weight on
agonise
UK
strap
dog
break
nit-pick
prick
push
desolate
harrow
martyr
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
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
infatuate
enrage
drive mad
metagrobolize
leave open-mouthed
knock out
boggle the mind
strike dumb
leave aghast
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
devastate
excruciate
crucify
outrage
traumatize
US
haunt
sting
traumatise
UK
cast down
cut to the quick
affront
eat
disgust
grate
drive up the wall
abuse
bully
weigh heavily on
maltreat
wrong
spite
blight
put down
rankle
shatter
insult
hang over
ride
turn off
wring
make unhappy
rankle with
mistreat
cause agony to
niggle
subjugate
rasp
frost
slight
rend
sear
smite
rub up the wrong way
make sad
get down
make despondent
beat down
infuriate
bring down
incense
jar
nauseate
ill-treat
prey on your mind
inflict anguish on
gripe
tyrannize
US
itch
cause trouble to
antagonize
US
cause pain to
overcome
press
give offence to
pursue
weary
mither
prey on
gnaw
antagonise
UK
victimize
US
make one's heart bleed
put your back up
stab
tyrannise
UK
victimise
UK
get on your nerves
get in your hair
make gloomy
dampen
confront
be on your back
pierce
treat harshly
diss
dis
disrespect
be cruel to
harm
sap
cut
tire
suppress
browbeat
repress
consternate
preoccupy
break one's heart
put a damper on
cause offense
dampen spirits
chasten
be a burden to
dominate
hack you off
give someone the hump
make someone see red
get under your skin
eat away at
get your back up
dump on
cause discomfort to
put someone's nose out of joint
drive round the bend
take the wind out of your sails
bring tears to your eyes
drive round the twist
break someone's heart
face
give someone the blues
pour cold water on
throw 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
lacerate
touch
buffet
strike
disoblige
repel
break the heart of
slap
obsess
rock
abrade
abase
prostrate
awe
cause anguish
bait
scandalize
US
make blue
drag down
stir
domineer
menace
drain
put into a funk
dissatisfy
nag at
wear
bleed
bite
be a burden on
pressurize
US
subdue
overbear
rark
stretch
take over
reduce to tears
devil
dull
make angry
pressurise
UK
get your goat
scandalise
UK
grate on
be at
cause concern to
greatly upset
tear to pieces
weigh
keep on at
be offensive
do in
grind down
drive bananas
cast a gloom upon
be a pain in the neck
take control of
be a thorn in someone's side
push around
T-off
tee off
make your blood boil
exploit
cheese off
work on
get your dander up
breathe down someone's neck
kick around
throw a curve
hit where one lives
attack
hunt
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
muse
labour
UK
labor
US
assail
tear apart
squirm
deter
occupy
scar
tear away at
corner
repulse
hurt deeply
convulse
bruise
gut
petrify
pick at
be hurtful to
mourn
cause suffering
lambaste
cause sorrow
grind
hit hard
fester
thrill
be in someone's way
knock the wind out of
lower
be disagreeable to
push the buttons of
down
deplore
harsh one's mellow
beleague
snub
foil
possess
be rude to
slur
zing
devitalize
thumb nose at
exhaust
get on one's nerves
deeply upset
knock props out
revolt
grip
dampen someone's spirit
press down on
cause pain
cause someone distress
begrudge
crab
grudge
worst
be bothered
make cross
visit
take
lie heavy on someone's mind
weigh heavy on someone's mind
overcharge
humble
defeat
mess with
mess
push someon's buttons
bore
occupy thoughts
inflict trauma
niggle at
grind at
whelm
overmaster
swamp
nudge
henpeck
lie heavily on
tear at
cause to panic
cast a gloom on
put
knock for a loop
straiten
be disagreeable
be an affront to
give offence
tread on someone's toes
drive to distraction
drive crazy
kick up a fuss
kick up a stink
get even
louse up
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
dish out
dish it out
give it to
stick it to
stress out
heavy
tear to shreds
hump
exacerbate
be a weight on someone's mind
make demands on
make severe demands on
put a strain on
tire out
wear out
throw into tizzy
dumfound
jerk around
heckle
burn
macerate
noodge
despoil
foray
bullyrag
push button
heat up
get the knife into
snow under
have had enough
become bored
make things hot for someone
make discontented
stick the knife into
exhaust someone's patience
dragoon
single out
expel
try the patience of
make it hot for someone
grate at
lose patience
exile
give a zinger
give the cold shoulder
cast a pall over
rattle someone's cage
give someone the pip
ask for it
overawe
numb
thunderstrike
electrify
droop
go on at
make downhearted
drag
darken
damp
enervate
catch
gross out
raise someone's eyebrows
shake out of your complacency
hit like ton of bricks
completely surprise
make someone's blood run cold
run down
dampen the spirits of
cause to lose heart
wrench
hurt the feelings of
lean on
dampen someone's hopes
put pressure on
be in someone's hair
bring pressure to bear on
overstretch
overtax
pressure
tense
cause to lose hope
make desolate
keep under
enslave
malign
harsh someone's mellow
hegemonize
master
bear down
make someone's heart bleed
subject
scourge
keep down
live off
blackmail
plunder
take advantage of
depredate
consume
kill
raid
load
extort
feed on
fleece
seize
live on
devour
crunch
overextend
pinch
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
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
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
threaten
manhandle
cause discomfort
misuse
mishandle
brutalize
US
brutalise
UK
be painful
make ill
play the heavy with
disagree
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
more ❯
“Worried that the news would
distract
me before my exams, she tried her best to hide the letter.”
Verb
▲
To delight, allure or attract in an almost magical manner
beguile
charm
captivate
fascinate
enchant
allure
bewitch
enthral
UK
attract
mesmerise
UK
mesmerize
US
absorb
enthrall
US
entrance
delight
engross
engage
please
interest
enrapture
entertain
magnetise
UK
magnetize
US
divert
amuse
occupy
wile
preoccupy
wow
witch
kill
tickle
cheer
solace
spellbind
dazzle
slay
send
hypnotise
UK
hypnotize
US
vamp
appeal to
win over
turn on
tickle pink
knock dead
sweep off feet
knock out
hold the attention of
put under a spell
tickle to death
tickle the fancy of
involve
immerse
busy
grip
enwrap
rivet
employ
intrigue
hold
bemuse
concern
hold your attention
arrest
regale
disport
recreate
titillate
gratify
gladden
relax
transfix
commit
give pleasure to
engulf
pique
grab
draw
bury
consume
throw
wrap
keep busy
take up
attend
catch up
hook
throw yourself into
fix
fixate
monopolize
US
fill
overwhelm
obsess
monopolise
UK
engross oneself
concentrate
panic
keep amused
bowl over
bedazzle
soak
catch
absorb yourself in
lose oneself in
get lost in
be concerned with
tie up
be active with
fracture
make happy
ensnare
compel
be a hit with
knock 'em dead
put 'em away
break one up
get one's jollies
hold spellbound
devote
make smile
make laugh
bother
enlist
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
bind
impute
inculpate
participate
entangle
enmesh
link
humor
US
ecstasize
elate
enliven
humour
UK
comfort
inspire
stimulate
inspirit
indulge
satisfy
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
entail
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
endear
cajole
arouse the curiosity of
envelop
turn one's head
keep alive
keep up
whet
waken
secure
get
obtain
charge
electrify
exhilarate
galvanize
US
incline
hold in awe
engage someone's attention
grab the attention of
be a source of fascination to
call
coax
steer
be a box office success
enjoy
fill the seats
prompt
whet someone's appetite
take someone's fancy
suck in
rope in
hog
apply
corner
assimilate
quicken
palpate
grapple
elicit
take
turn someone on
get going
get someone going
give someone a thrill
do it for someone
galvanise
UK
pump up
lead on
address
reference
exert a pull on
exert influence on
become lost
sew up
up on
be hung
enthuse
get started
work up
make a hit with
switch on
catch hold of
bring around
make your mouth water
turn someone's head
call forth
bring forth
argue into
regard
summon
demand
indicate
ask
bid
sign
command
be about
connect with
refer to
touch on
bear upon
transport
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 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
upset
displease
rankle
tick off
gravel
give someone the hump
drive up the wall
madden
trouble
agitate
worry
get on your nerves
incense
fret
offend
distress
plague
enrage
perturb
get under your skin
drive crazy
rark
make someone see red
bum out
torment
drive mad
antagonize
US
get in your hair
hack you off
tease
nag
affront
antagonise
UK
harry
tee off
drive round the bend
get your goat
get your back up
make angry
inflame
disgruntle
get on one's nerves
give a hard time
drive to distraction
pain
drive round the twist
roil
rankle with
outrage
rub the wrong way
badger
depress
disquiet
bedevil
discompose
give someone the pip
make cross
try
afflict
frustrate
rattle
faze
disgust
be on your back
put your back up
wound
aggrieve
agonize
US
concern
hurt
disconcert
try your patience
get up someone's nose
perplex
make waves
get on your wick
strain
agonise
UK
grieve
sadden
gnaw
hound
oppress
make your blood boil
molest
get your dander up
dismay
beleaguer
make somebody's hackles rise
ruffle one's feathers
stress
ail
grate on
give someone grief
abrade
eat at
raise your hackles
torture
fluster
get your hackles up
mortify
dog
burden
discomfit
discombobulate
fuss
be at
turn off
mither
burn
weigh down
gnaw at
rub you up the wrong way
drive you up the wall
put someone's nose out of joint
drive bananas
cut to the quick
get across someone
dishearten
unsettle
incommode
discountenance
insult
unnerve
shock
dissatisfy
jar on
discommode
T-off
alarm
flurry
throw
work on
sicken
nauseate
tantalize
US
stir up
distemper
hurt somebody's feelings
give a bad time
make anxious
wear on
send into a rage
tantalise
UK
nag at
pick on
discourage
dispirit
fire up
rattle someone's cage
be a thorn in someone's flesh
harrow
nudge
devil
break
cheese off
embitter
sour
chivvy
horrify
slight
heckle
besiege
hector
tire
egg on
importune
disoblige
jar
embarrass
bum
hack
rack
ire
enflame
mad
frazzle
beset
discomfort
chagrin
excite
dun
intimidate
give offence to
rouse
bully
hagride
make miserable
rattle one's cage
be a pain in the neck
undo
bite
make uneasy
unhinge
work up
throw off balance
cause concern to
weird out
stress out
set one's teeth on edge
be a thorn in someone's side
make someone fed up
make wretched
hit where one lives
injure
breathe down someone's neck
make uncomfortable
make unhappy
stick in one's craw
try the patience of
weigh on
alarum
cause offense
lie heavy on
cause anxiety to
stew
make discontented
cause discomfort to
be on the back of
steam up
cause anguish to
exercise
freak out
get a rise out of
derail
be a great weight on
haze
haunt
chide
get on someone
brown off
jangle
eat away at
cut
get someone
wig
get on the wrong side of
make an enemy of somebody
cavil
inconvenience
run up the wrong way
snit
pet
tiff
huff
steam
stroke someone's hair the wrong way
rile up
acerbate
mix up
drive insane
set on
work into lather
set off
incite
start
take a rise out of
grill
possess
be a burden to
weigh heavily on someone's mind
weigh heavily on
niggle at
grind at
confuse
henpeck
have had enough
become bored
weary
grate at
exhaust someone's patience
bore
lose patience
give offence
dis
put down
be disagreeable
zing
disrespect
diss
snub
slur
tread on someone's toes
be an affront to
humiliate
be offensive
anguish
arouse anxiety in
strap
do a number on
curse
be on one's case
shake
cause suffering to
push buttons
confound
make it tough for
nit-pick
cut up
indispose
push
desolate
martyr
noodge
jerk around
pursue
macerate
attack
keep on at
despoil
foray
bullyrag
flummox
stump
put into a flap
put someone off their stroke
cow
floor
put off
cause someone to lose their composure
shake up
disrupt
throw into a tizz
browbeat
wear
stir
throw into tizzy
fuddle
make nervous
sweat
fear
spook
prey on your mind
puzzle
lie heavy on someone's mind
grind
weigh heavy on someone's mind
flip out
interrupt
psych
push button
heat up
ask for it
deject
tax
scare
chivy
despair
mess with someone's head
sweat out
test
insist
pick at
bend someone's ear
remind
weigh heavily on one's mind
do someone's head in
tear
intrude upon
mess with
frighten
keep after
bring down
drive nuts
chill
demoralize
US
unman
daunt
dampen spirits
cast down
crush
break one's heart
make blue
chasten
drag down
put into a funk
put a damper on
break the heart of
demoralise
UK
get someone's wick
devastate
repulse
repel
excruciate
cause anguish
cause suffering
be hurtful to
be disagreeable to
push the buttons of
bleed
mourn
lambaste
cause sorrow
thumb nose at
mock
rib
victimize
US
rag
chaff
heavy
cross
empurple
umbrage
victimise
UK
make you see red
deride
ridicule
guy
craze
gibe
razz
impose on
wrong
fester
go on at
raise hell
be a nuisance to
take the mickey
hang over
hang up
take the piss out of
bristle
rattle someone's chain
make you angry
scandalize
US
boil
arouse
whip up
troll
disappoint
discontent
disaffect
wear out
nonplus
hit a sour note
revolt
scandalise
UK
blow up
put on edge
set on edge
get on
misplease
make see red
pressurize
US
mess
make sore
lose one's temper
pressurise
UK
cause annoyance to
cause resentment to
abash
harm
jar upon
grate upon
get on the nerves of
wear upon
harp on at
obsess
push someon's buttons
be like a red rag to a bull
thwart
foil
get in the hair of
breath down someone's neck
arouse hostility in
drive you crazy
rasp one's nerves
play dirty
terrorize
US
shatter
lean on
set someone's teeth on edge
begrudge
crab
grudge
eat up
drive you to distraction
make livid
put pressure on
be bothered
beleague
cause anxiety
be a weight on someone's mind
be in someone's hair
bring pressure to bear on
impede
hinder
punish
drive you round the twist
drive you round the bend
blight
crucify
dragoon
expel
beat
hunt
exile
terrorise
UK
assail
drive you off your head
get even
louse up
drive you out of your mind
drive out of mind
make somebody's blood boil
lash at
cause disquiet to
abuse
upset the applecart
be a pest to
play cat and mouse
rub salt in wound
put through wringer
turn on
key up
lie heavily on
kick up a fuss
kick up a stink
get the knife into
single out
make things hot for someone
make it hot for someone
stick the knife into
carp at
meddle
interfere
get on someone's case
exploit
manipulate
maltreat
violate
throw off
psych out
mistreat
belittle
ill-treat
misuse
abase
make it tough
put in a spot
put on the spot
put to trouble
give trouble
put to some trouble
dishonor
US
dishonour
UK
dump on
ill-use
martyrize
take advantage of
do an injustice to
step on the toes of
kid
josh
joke
jive
go for jugular
give no quarter
lay a bad trip on
rally
satirize
US
roast
banter
twit
fun
quiz
press down on
chiack
shuck
smoke
rot
sledge
spoof
slam
sound
snap
satirise
UK
laugh at
scoff at
jeer at
make fun of
jibe at
poke fun at
send up
goof on
make jokes about
rag on
be sarcastic about
poke mullock at
make sport of
swipe at
make a monkey of
mess around
pull someone's leg
put on
pull one's leg
poke borak at
flirt with
sling off at
have on
flout at
lead on
more ❯
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
swamp
busy
involve
engage
prey on your mind
fascinate
bury
torment
afflict
control
infatuate
harrow
be on your mind
be uppermost in your thoughts
take over
throw
lose
plunge
be uppermost in someone's mind
rack
torture
drown
sink
swallow up
rule one's thoughts
monopolize one's thoughts
dominate one's thoughts
prey on
have a grip on
have a hold on
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
deviate
drift
excurse
stray
lose the thread
deviate from the point
depart from the point
diverge
circumlocute
get off the thread
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
dally
shilly-shally
dilly-dally
waver
haver
dawdle
put off
hum and haw
fluctuate
be indecisive
linger
pause
falter
swither
halt
waste time
hang around
lag
stagger
wait
loiter
be undecided
oscillate
hang about
blow hot and cold
dillydally
take your time
scruple
poke
drag
pussyfoot around
teeter
hold off
sit on the fence
hem and haw
think twice
stop
play a waiting game
be irresolute
wobble
tergiversate
wabble
shillyshally
diddle
crawl
creep
stay
mope
lollygag
obstruct
trifle
lallygag
be unsure
balance
kill time
mark time
stay put
drag your heels
yo-yo
idle
potter
deliberate
get cold feet
palter
be uncertain
while away time
plod
be doubtful
be slow
potter around
potter about
potter round
wait around
warm a chair
hang round
put off doing something
hang out
let the grass grow under one's feet
hang on
get no place fast
see-saw
discontinue
cease
be ambivalent
remain
refuse
avoid
penelopize
rebuff
evade
hold on
be in two minds
faff about
block
dodge
mess around
um and ah
use dilatory tactics
slow-walk
resist
straggle
hinder
trail
loaf
sit tight
amble
put on the back burner
totter
putter
adjourn
retard
prolong
protract
prevent
flicker
toddle
diddle-daddle
saunter
stick around
stay behind
goldbrick
cool
vary
tremble
sway
fritter time away
quiver
employ delaying tactics
adopt Fabian tactics
goof off
horse around
not keep pace
lag behind
fall behind
shlep along
sit around
fritter away
fool around
scrounge around
sit on one's butt
bum around
trim
shudder
waffle
change
defer action
let something slide
take a raincheck
be dilatory
be evasive
move slowly
be unable to decide
whiffle waffle
be unable to make up your mind
run hot and cold
postpone action
suspend action
stall for time
avoid committing oneself
use Fabian tactics
avoid making a decision
bide
goof around
lose time
alternate
demur
hover
seesaw
pussyfoot
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
flip-flop
change mind
keep changing your mind
have misgivings about
have qualms about
think twice about
have scruples about
vacillate about
shy away from
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
waver about
mind doing something
be reluctant about
wobble about
be on the fence
will and will not
swing
be on the horns of a dilemma
jib
straddle
whiffle
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
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
displease
miff
ruffle
hack off
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
T-off
fire up
try your patience
get on your wick
dissatisfy
distress
disgust
rattle
try
stir up
abrade
rattle someone's cage
cheese off
get up someone's nose
rankle with
make waves
discompose
rouse
insult
excite
molest
pain
chagrin
disgruntle
gnaw
burn
badger
egg on
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
disquiet
dismay
cross
hound
grill
get someone
bait
brown off
sour
mither
bite
hurt
scandalize
US
raise hell
bedevil
be a thorn in someone's flesh
incommode
mortify
acerbate
ask for it
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
eat away at
get a rise out of
hit where one lives
be on the back of
drive nuts
hack
make you angry
discountenance
bristle
get someone's wick
make see red
discourage
push one's buttons
boil
arouse
drive insane
fester
dishearten
rattle one's cage
nudge
break
henpeck
blow up
dispirit
beleaguer
inconvenience
discommode
make sore
lose one's temper
taunt
afflict
distemper
jangle
niggle
get on the wrong side of
make an enemy of somebody
be like a red rag to a bull
push button
heat up
work on
chide
cause resentment to
cause annoyance to
start
mess
jar on
eat at
fluster
rile up
embarrass
get on someone
gnaw at
obsess
unman
chill
daunt
unnerve
demoralize
US
fuss
push someon's buttons
mess with
drive you up the wall
mist
irritate greatly
disappoint
eat up
discontent
disaffect
work into lather
repel
demoralise
UK
make discontented
perplex
revolt
stick in one's craw
try the patience of
wear on
set one's teeth on edge
disoblige
set off
zing
fog
mist up
fog up
cloud
misplease
get across someone
set on
take a rise out of
aggrieve
appal
UK
appall
US
wrong
give a bad time
mix up
play dirty
cut to the quick
give offence to
make indignant
cloud over
cause offence to
be an affront to
boil over
become misty
become misted
cause offense to
mist over
become covered with condensation
disconcert
beset
oppress
wound
devil
concern
unsettle
ail
faze
dog
stress
torture
pick on
discomfit
chivvy
heckle
flurry
hector
agonize
US
alarm
burden
grieve
pursue
discomfort
sting
exercise
rack
frazzle
agonise
UK
strain
bully
discombobulate
importune
confuse
freak out
weird out
harrow
curse
rag
besiege
heavy
alarum
derail
hagride
undo
shock
sadden
keep after
keep on at
injure
confound
rib
go on at
chaff
anguish
prick
excruciate
weigh down
intimidate
make anxious
throw
mock
ridicule
cause offense
affect
tax
chivy
horrify
razz
jar
make uneasy
haunt
haze
crucify
dun
sicken
frighten
tantalize
US
be offensive
tantalise
UK
breathe down someone's neck
cause suffering to
pother
victimize
US
josh
hurt somebody's feelings
browbeat
banter
lie heavy on
scare
prey on your mind
guy
test
nauseate
tire
victimise
UK
grind
bewilder
martyr
bend someone's ear
wear
scold
puzzle
harp on at
rag on
throw off balance
take the mickey
be on one's case
take the piss out of
roast
prod
kid
blight
slight
terrorize
US
abash
deride
gibe
smite
press
attack
bore
stew
satirize
US
alienate
jive
joke
bum
nonplus
rally
interrupt
stir
twit
grip
lead on
weary
cause trouble to
assail
be a nuisance to
nag at
quiz
floor
terrorise
UK
fun
intrude upon
estrange
chiack
put off
spook
tyrannize
US
shuck
wring
smoke
shake up
psych
troll
rot
tyrannise
UK
give the business
sledge
put someone off their stroke
muddle
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
make things hot for someone
make it hot for someone
send up
goof on
make jokes about
cause anxiety to
be sarcastic about
poke mullock at
make sport of
sling off at
put on
make fretful
make a monkey of
have on
cause anguish to
flout at
turn on
key up
make miserable
make a scene
cause anxiety
poke borak at
make wretched
do someone's head in
abuse
face
fool around
mistreat
steam
tell off
rattle someone's chain
stress out
wig
roust
cavil
accost
terrify
noodge
macerate
despoil
foray
bullyrag
harm
startle
kid around
devastate
run up the wrong way
snit
pet
tiff
huff
thwart
foil
curdle
pressurize
US
give someone hell
insist
remind
breath down someone's neck
get on the nerves of
pressurise
UK
hit a sour note
jerk around
goose
preoccupy
cut
repulse
confront
get in the hair of
dragoon
expel
beat
hunt
exile
stroke someone's hair the wrong way
drain
exhaust
stretch
sap
put on edge
set on edge
get on
begrudge
crab
grudge
panic
despair
peck at
sweat
fear
jar upon
grate upon
cause anguish
cause suffering
be hurtful to
bleed
mourn
lambaste
cause sorrow
occupy
punish
wear upon
yap at
scratch around
insist on
consume
be in someone's way
unquiet
search high heaven
be prey to
dumbfound
rasp one's nerves
hang up
get even
louse up
deject
disrespect
diss
tear
lean on
single out
pick at
be disagreeable to
push the buttons of
turn
incapacitate
flip
cramp
debilitate
call names
cause agony to
put pressure on
deter
mystify
dis
snub
bring pressure to bear on
inflict anguish on
make restless
overwhelm
be a pest to
play cat and mouse
rub salt in wound
put through wringer
be in someone's hair
impede
hinder
entangle
hamper
resent
set someone's teeth on edge
slur
humiliate
get the knife into
stick the knife into
arouse hostility in
aggress
envenom
strap
nit-pick
desolate
lay up
cause concern to
cause discomfort to
disenchant
get on someone's back
be the victim of
thumb nose at
mess with someone's head
sweat out
weigh heavily on one's mind
be a great weight on
occupy thoughts
make someone scratch their head
upset the applecart
grind on
grind at
rock the boat
abominate
be a pest
put the squeeze on
be bothered
beleague
weigh heavily on someone's mind
be a weight on someone's mind
poison
impose on
bring down
arouse anxiety in
do a number on
push buttons
make it tough for
weigh on
cut up
lose patience
lie heavily on
weigh heavily on
offend morals of
flummox
tire out
jump on one's case
carp at
start on
fall upon
fall on
fill with loathing
get on someone's case
lash at
fuddle
dampen spirits
cast down
crush
break one's heart
make trouble
start in on
lie heavy on someone's mind
weigh heavy on someone's mind
cow
become bored
grate at
give offence
be disagreeable
tread on someone's toes
disorientate
take aback
have had enough
exhaust someone's patience
give the needle
make blue
chasten
drag down
put into a funk
put a damper on
break the heart of
make severe demands on
put a strain on
make demands on
stump
disrupt
eat away at one's mind
cause annoyance
disparage
berate
take the wind out of your sails
make self-conscious
make someone laugh out of the other side of their mouth
put someone off their stride
set someone back on their heels
worst
make someone laugh on the other side of their face
kick up a fuss
kick up a stink
incite trouble
stir the pot
disillusion
lose the affection of
reproach
revile
domineer
make nervous
cause vexation
cause bitterness
cause resentment
gnaw at one's mind
put into a flap
throw into a tizz
cause someone to lose their composure
throw into tizzy
disorder
make bitter
jaundice
empoison
make resentful
disarrange
override
upbraid
dominate
enslave
worsen
strike
take
visit
buffet
acidulate
bitter
venom
make rancorous
tyrannize over
be autocratic
spoof
slam
sound
snap
mess around
pull someone's leg
swipe at
pull one's leg
flirt with
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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
hook
coax
dupe
trick
persuade
cajole
invite
pull
wheedle
sucker
maneuver
US
manoeuvre
UK
woo
honey
turn on
string along
sweep off feet
fool
manipulate
captivate
bewitch
bamboozle
enrapture
beckon
snow
convince
lead
dare
smooth-talk
appeal to
sweet-talk
drag
train
rope
win over
charm
enchant
draw out
draw in
hit on
put someone up to something
hoodwink
whet the appetite of
bat eyes at
prevail on
make your mouth water
bribe
dangle
dangle a carrot in front of
gull
implicate
come on to
involve
entangle
enmesh
incriminate
embroil
embrangle
broil
mire
engage
frame
set up
fit up
lay a trap for
cheat
hoax
swindle
defraud
bilk
double-cross
stiff
cozen
diddle
snooker
rip off
pull a fast one on
take for a ride
take in
bluff
put one over on
scam
victimize
US
sting
do
victimise
UK
rook
gaff
hornswoggle
humbug
shaft
burn
buffalo
misguide
fake out
have
pull a swifty on
spoof
misinform
finagle
outwit
gammon
juggle
flimflam
catch
kid
chicane
have on
take to the cleaners
lead up the garden path
fleece
euchre
mulct
swizzle
bunco
screw
sharp
sell
sell a pup to
take advantage of
skin
outmanoeuvre
UK
hose
outmaneuver
US
pull the wool over someone's eyes
do the dirty on
do a number on
fiddle
hustle
shortchange
beat
exploit
fake
goldbrick
embezzle
milk
illude
gazump
catch out
screw over
do in
give someone a bum steer
catch up
bog down
pull a fast one
make a fool of
thwart
stump
stitch up
misdirect
misstate
prevaricate
bleed dry
poke borack
misrepresent
jockey
contrive
sway
pervert
outfox
bleed
play for a sucker
stick
wangle
impress
jive
throw
disinform
squeeze
short
chisel
skunk
circumvent
falsify
clip
rob
disappoint
cuckold
gouge
ream
chouse
thimblerig
tangle
bias
impose upon
take for
play away
cross up
step out
lie to
put on
pluck
play for a fool
pull wool over
double deal
hocus-pocus
nobble
play joke on
take to cleaners
beat out of
pull fast one
take for ride
gaslight
hand a line
swizz
pull wires
play games
twist around your little finger
stage-manage
pull strings
mix up
arouse someone's interest in
interest
motivate
tantalise
UK
persuade to buy
tantalize
US
influence
butty
tangle up
shake down
sell a pup
overreach
baffle
jerk around
pull one's leg
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