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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 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
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
dumbfound
take aback
mystify
floor
muddle
gravel
embarrass
stun
hassle
bamboozle
befuddle
disorient
buffalo
fuddle
abash
bemuse
befog
shake up
bug
annoy
surprise
stupefy
fret
fox
stump
pester
beat
maze
startle
throw off
frighten
mortify
irk
frustrate
spook
make someone scratch their head
plague
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
scare
catch off balance
chagrin
be all Greek to
astound
panic
psych
stagger
muddy
work up
stir up
craze
put out of countenance
mix up
give a hard time
shock
depress
excite
appal
UK
sadden
bustle
appall
US
stress
displease
pother
bedevil
beset
amaze
sicken
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
horrify
gall
pain
nettle
hurry
jolt
rack
disappoint
grieve
unbalance
demoralise
UK
curse
disarrange
affect
chafe
make uncomfortable
inflame
let down
oppress
put the wind up
strain
dement
torture
hurt
offend
weigh down
balk
US
wound
throw into a tizzy
foul up
anger
baulk
UK
make fretful
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
flip
blow away
get at
make your head spin
mess with one's head
tick off
ball up
pick on
pique
tangle
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
inconvenience
rouse
incite
dazzle
pull the rug from under
move
uncalm
pull the rug out from under
arouse
overpower
hinder
stimulate
ferment
crush
tax
nark
drive insane
fear
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
hit like a ton of bricks
besiege
burden
despair
beleaguer
metagrobolize
flap
make self-conscious
fidget
make awkward
show up
tease
badger
leave open-mouthed
knock out
boggle the mind
strike dumb
leave aghast
test
importune
persecute
make flip
bug up
send over the edge
hang up
upset the applecart
be agitated
catch one short
dun
tear
goad
hector
take pains
anguish
hound
agonize
US
make a monkey of
put in a spot
put in a hole
put on the spot
give a bad time
crack
unstring
loco
madden
be in a tizzy
be worried
labour over
nag
injure
thwart
stumble
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
infatuate
enrage
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
devastate
crucify
outrage
traumatize
US
sting
haunt
traumatise
UK
cast down
cut to the quick
affront
disgust
eat
grate
drive up the wall
abuse
maltreat
wrong
shatter
spite
blight
weigh heavily on
bully
ride
rankle
insult
turn off
wring
make unhappy
mistreat
cause agony to
rankle with
put down
hang over
subjugate
rasp
frost
niggle
slight
rend
sear
smite
rub up the wrong way
make sad
get down
make despondent
beat down
infuriate
bring down
incense
jar
nauseate
tyrannize
US
prey on your mind
gripe
inflict anguish on
ill-treat
pursue
itch
cause trouble to
mither
gnaw
antagonize
US
cause pain to
press
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
be cruel to
treat harshly
harm
sap
tire
preoccupy
browbeat
overcome
consternate
dominate
break one's heart
put a damper on
cause offense
dampen spirits
victimize
US
chasten
prey on
hack you off
give someone the hump
make someone see red
drive round the bend
get under your skin
victimise
UK
drive round the twist
eat away at
get your back up
put someone's nose out of joint
dump on
cause discomfort to
be a burden to
break someone's heart
take the wind out of your sails
bring tears to your eyes
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
buffet
disoblige
repel
bait
break the heart of
slap
rock
repress
abrade
abase
prostrate
suppress
cut
awe
cause anguish
scandalize
US
make blue
drag down
domineer
menace
devil
drain
put into a funk
dissatisfy
nag at
bite
pressurize
US
obsess
overbear
rark
stretch
keep on at
reduce to tears
greatly upset
dull
make angry
pressurise
UK
work on
get your goat
scandalise
UK
grate on
be at
cause concern to
tear to pieces
breathe down someone's neck
be a burden on
be offensive
do in
grind down
drive bananas
cast a gloom upon
be a pain in the neck
be a thorn in someone's side
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
touch
tear apart
squirm
deter
occupy
scar
tear away at
corner
repulse
hurt deeply
convulse
bruise
gut
petrify
pick at
be hurtful to
bleed
mourn
cause suffering
lambaste
cause sorrow
grind
press down on
hit hard
be in someone's way
knock the wind out of
lower
be disagreeable to
push the buttons of
down
deplore
weigh
harsh one's mellow
possess
subdue
snub
whelm
overmaster
swamp
be rude to
slur
humiliate
zing
devitalize
thumb nose at
exhaust
get on one's nerves
deeply upset
knock props out
revolt
grip
dampen someone's spirit
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
bore
occupy thoughts
wear
nudge
henpeck
inflict trauma
go on at
snow under
lie heavily on
tear at
cause to panic
heckle
cast a gloom on
put
knock for a loop
cause pain
cause someone distress
drive to distraction
drive crazy
straiten
be disagreeable
be an affront to
give offence
tread on someone's toes
heavy
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
hump
exacerbate
dish out
dish it out
give it to
stick it to
tear to shreds
burn
get the knife into
make things hot for someone
stick the knife into
hunt
dragoon
single out
expel
make it hot for someone
exile
attack
noodge
bullyrag
make demands on
make severe demands on
put a strain on
tire out
wear out
throw into tizzy
dumfound
push button
heat up
lean on
put pressure on
be in someone's hair
bring pressure to bear on
have had enough
become bored
make discontented
exhaust someone's patience
try the patience of
grate at
lose patience
give a zinger
give the cold shoulder
cast a pall over
rattle someone's cage
give someone the pip
ask for it
fester
overawe
numb
thunderstrike
electrify
droop
threaten
manhandle
stress out
jerk around
drag
darken
damp
enervate
misuse
make downhearted
gross out
run down
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
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
hurt the feelings of
dampen someone's hopes
make desolate
keep under
overstretch
overtax
pressure
tense
cause to lose hope
harsh someone's mellow
play the heavy with
bear down
make someone's heart bleed
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
be painful
subject
make ill
enslave
hegemonize
coerce
disagree
exploit
overthrow
scourge
rule
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
master
force
encumber
saddle
handicap
trample
despotize
control
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
humor
US
ecstasize
elate
enliven
humour
UK
comfort
inspire
stimulate
inspirit
indulge
satisfy
overwhelm
obsess
catch
soak
monopolise
UK
make laugh
crack up
make merry
ensnare
compel
engross oneself
concentrate
tie up
hold spellbound
keep amused
be concerned with
be active with
enlist
make smile
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
lose oneself in
get lost in
magnetise
UK
absorb yourself in
win over
sweep off feet
knock out
put under a spell
tickle to death
tickle the fancy of
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
enjoy
seize
gain
impress
come on to
wrap up
spark
envelop
endear
cajole
arouse the curiosity of
secure
get
obtain
glue
lock
turn one's head
keep alive
keep up
whet
waken
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
hog
apply
corner
assimilate
suck in
rope in
be a box office success
fill the seats
prompt
whet someone's appetite
take someone's fancy
quicken
palpate
grapple
elicit
take
turn someone on
get going
get someone going
give someone a thrill
do it for someone
become lost
sew up
up on
be hung
galvanise
UK
pump up
lead on
address
reference
exert a pull on
exert influence on
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
trouble
madden
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
bedevil
disquiet
discompose
depress
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
perplex
disconcert
try your patience
get up someone's nose
strain
make waves
get on your wick
agonise
UK
grieve
sadden
gnaw
molest
hound
dismay
oppress
beleaguer
make your blood boil
get your dander up
stress
make somebody's hackles rise
ruffle one's feathers
ail
grate on
give someone grief
abrade
eat at
raise your hackles
torture
fluster
get your hackles up
mortify
dog
burden
discomfit
discombobulate
mither
fuss
be at
turn off
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
unsettle
unnerve
incommode
discountenance
dishearten
insult
shock
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
fire up
rattle someone's cage
be a thorn in someone's flesh
harrow
nudge
chivvy
dispirit
heckle
break
cheese off
bully
devil
discourage
horrify
slight
besiege
hector
tire
egg on
importune
disoblige
jar
embarrass
intimidate
bum
hack
rack
ire
enflame
mad
frazzle
beset
discomfort
chagrin
excite
embitter
dissatisfy
dun
give offence to
rouse
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
sour
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
demoralize
US
confuse
daunt
henpeck
give offence
dis
put down
be disagreeable
zing
disrespect
diss
snub
slur
tread on someone's toes
be an affront to
humiliate
be offensive
pursue
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
have had enough
become bored
weary
grate at
exhaust someone's patience
bore
lose patience
unman
attack
flummox
noodge
jerk around
keep on at
bullyrag
chill
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
demoralise
UK
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
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
deject
drive nuts
bring down
get someone's wick
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
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
rag
victimize
US
chaff
heavy
cross
razz
empurple
gibe
umbrage
victimise
UK
make you see red
take the mickey
kid
disaffect
josh
joke
deride
ridicule
roast
guy
banter
craze
fester
impose on
wrong
go on at
raise hell
hang up
be a nuisance to
sledge
make fun of
hang over
poke fun at
take the piss out of
pull someone's leg
harm
bristle
rattle someone's chain
make you angry
get even
upset the applecart
scandalize
US
boil
arouse
whip up
troll
disappoint
discontent
wear out
nonplus
hit a sour note
revolt
scandalise
UK
blow up
put on edge
set on edge
get on
misplease
make see red
cause annoyance to
cause resentment to
pressurize
US
mess
make sore
lose one's temper
pressurise
UK
abash
jar upon
grate upon
obsess
get on the nerves of
wear upon
harp on at
joke with
push someon's buttons
be like a red rag to a bull
get in the hair of
breath down someone's neck
arouse hostility in
drive you crazy
rasp one's nerves
disillusion
play dirty
blight
terrorize
US
shatter
assail
eat up
lean on
set someone's teeth on edge
drive you to distraction
make livid
put pressure on
be in someone's hair
bring pressure to bear on
impede
hinder
punish
drive you round the twist
drive you round the bend
lie heavily on
kick up a fuss
kick up a stink
crucify
dragoon
expel
beat
hunt
exile
terrorise
UK
drive you off your head
cause disquiet to
drive you out of your mind
drive out of mind
make somebody's blood boil
lash at
abuse
be a pest to
play cat and mouse
rub salt in wound
put through wringer
turn on
key up
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
throw off
psych out
exploit
manipulate
maltreat
violate
beleague
empoison
mistreat
belittle
ill-treat
make bitter
misuse
abase
make resentful
make it tough
put in a spot
put on the spot
put to trouble
give trouble
put to some trouble
dishonor
US
dishonour
UK
press down on
dump on
ill-use
martyrize
take advantage of
do an injustice to
be bothered
cause anxiety
be a weight on someone's mind
gnaw away at
gnaw away
step on the toes of
jive
rally
go for jugular
give no quarter
lay a bad trip on
satirize
US
twit
fun
quiz
chiack
shuck
smoke
rot
spoof
slam
sound
snap
satirise
UK
laugh at
scoff at
jeer at
jibe 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
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
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
torment
prey on your mind
take over
fascinate
control
infatuate
harrow
be on your mind
be uppermost in your thoughts
prey on
be uppermost in someone's mind
swamp
afflict
rack
torture
swallow up
oppress
burden
distress
depress
nag
hang over
weigh on
be a burden on
lie heavy on
tax
gnaw at
weigh heavily on
be a burden to
hyperfocus
rule one's thoughts
monopolize one's thoughts
dominate one's thoughts
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
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
waver
shilly-shally
haver
dally
dilly-dally
be indecisive
fluctuate
put off
hum and haw
halt
pause
falter
swither
be undecided
oscillate
stagger
scruple
teeter
hold off
sit on the fence
blow hot and cold
think twice
dawdle
be irresolute
linger
wobble
tergiversate
wabble
shillyshally
pussyfoot around
obstruct
be unsure
balance
waste time
hem and haw
stop
yo-yo
wait
lag
deliberate
get cold feet
palter
be uncertain
hang about
hang around
be doubtful
take your time
play a waiting game
see-saw
be ambivalent
penelopize
rebuff
refuse
evade
avoid
block
faff about
be in two minds
use dilatory tactics
um and ah
dodge
trifle
mess around
resist
discontinue
cease
hinder
put on the back burner
prevent
flicker
hold on
vary
tremble
sway
quiver
employ delaying tactics
adjourn
prolong
retard
protract
trim
change
shudder
waffle
cool
goldbrick
poke
sit tight
be evasive
be unable to decide
be unable to make up your mind
run hot and cold
whiffle waffle
drag
stay
loiter
be dilatory
defer action
let something slide
take a raincheck
use Fabian tactics
stall for time
avoid making a decision
avoid committing oneself
adopt Fabian tactics
postpone action
suspend action
drag your heels
put off doing something
alternate
demur
dillydally
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
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
distress
disgust
rattle
stir up
try
abrade
rattle someone's cage
cheese off
get up someone's nose
rankle with
make waves
discompose
rouse
insult
excite
dissatisfy
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
dismay
disquiet
cross
hound
grill
get someone
bait
brown off
mither
bite
depress
hurt
scandalize
US
raise hell
bedevil
be a thorn in someone's flesh
incommode
mortify
acerbate
ask for it
whip up
scandalise
UK
sour
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
push one's buttons
boil
arouse
drive insane
fester
rattle one's cage
nudge
break
henpeck
blow up
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
unnerve
fuss
dishearten
push someon's buttons
mess with
drive you up the wall
mist
discourage
demoralize
US
irritate greatly
disappoint
dispirit
eat up
discontent
disaffect
work into lather
daunt
repel
perplex
revolt
stick in one's craw
try the patience of
wear on
set one's teeth on edge
disoblige
set off
unman
zing
fog
mist up
fog up
cloud
misplease
chill
get across someone
set on
take a rise out of
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
cloud over
cause offence to
be an affront to
boil over
become misty
become misted
cause offense to
mist over
make discontented
become covered with condensation
disconcert
beset
oppress
wound
devil
torture
concern
unsettle
pick on
ail
faze
dog
stress
discomfit
chivvy
heckle
flurry
hector
agonize
US
alarm
burden
strain
pursue
grieve
discomfort
sting
exercise
rack
frazzle
agonise
UK
bully
discombobulate
importune
confuse
freak out
weird out
harrow
curse
rag
besiege
heavy
alarum
derail
hagride
undo
shock
sadden
keep after
keep on at
confound
rib
injure
go on at
chaff
anguish
prick
intimidate
excruciate
weigh down
tax
make anxious
throw
mock
ridicule
cause offense
affect
chivy
horrify
razz
jar
make uneasy
haze
haunt
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
press
tyrannize
US
martyr
bend someone's ear
scold
puzzle
harp on at
tyrannise
UK
rag on
throw off balance
take the mickey
be on one's case
abuse
take the piss out of
roast
prod
blight
kid
slight
terrorize
US
abash
smite
gibe
deride
attack
bore
stew
satirize
US
bum
jive
joke
nonplus
interrupt
rally
stir
twit
alienate
grip
lead on
wear
weary
cause trouble to
assail
be a nuisance to
nag at
floor
quiz
terrorise
UK
intrude upon
fun
chiack
dominate
put off
spook
shuck
wring
smoke
shake up
psych
troll
rot
give the business
sledge
put someone off their stroke
enslave
muddle
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
make things hot for someone
make it hot for someone
send up
make jokes about
goof on
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
chasten
flout at
key up
turn on
make miserable
cause anxiety
poke borak at
do someone's head in
make a scene
tyrannize over
make wretched
face
fool around
mistreat
steam
tell off
rattle someone's chain
harm
wig
roust
cavil
accost
terrify
hang up
get even
upset the applecart
noodge
bullyrag
startle
kid around
devastate
pressurize
US
run up the wrong way
snit
pet
tiff
huff
pressurise
UK
curdle
give someone hell
insist
remind
breath down someone's neck
get on the nerves of
hit a sour note
goose
preoccupy
cut
repulse
confront
get in the hair of
beat
hunt
dragoon
expel
exile
stroke someone's hair the wrong way
stretch
sap
drain
exhaust
put on edge
get on
set on edge
panic
punish
despair
stress out
peck at
jerk around
sweat
fear
jar upon
grate upon
be hurtful to
bleed
mourn
cause anguish
cause suffering
lambaste
cause sorrow
occupy
wear upon
scratch around
yap at
insist on
deject
consume
be in someone's way
unquiet
search high heaven
lean on
be prey to
dumbfound
disrespect
diss
put pressure on
rasp one's nerves
beleague
tear
bring pressure to bear on
single out
play cat and mouse
put through wringer
be a pest to
rub salt in wound
snub
dis
pick at
overwhelm
be disagreeable to
push the buttons of
turn
incapacitate
flip
debilitate
cramp
call names
cause agony to
be in someone's hair
entangle
hamper
deter
mystify
inflict anguish on
make restless
slur
humiliate
aggress
impede
hinder
resent
set someone's teeth on edge
get the knife into
stick the knife into
arouse hostility in
nit-pick
strap
desolate
lay up
cause concern to
cause discomfort to
disenchant
be the victim of
get on someone's back
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
grind on
grind at
bring down
rock the boat
put the squeeze on
abominate
be a pest
envenom
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
offend morals of
flummox
fall upon
fall on
dampen spirits
break one's heart
cast down
tire out
start in on
carp at
start on
make blue
drag down
put a damper on
break the heart of
put into a funk
give the needle
be disagreeable
give offence
tread on someone's toes
fill with loathing
get on someone's case
lash at
fuddle
make trouble
lie heavy on someone's mind
weigh heavy on someone's mind
cow
poison
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
have had enough
exhaust someone's patience
make demands on
make severe demands on
put a strain on
stump
disrupt
cause annoyance
eat away at one's mind
berate
disparage
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
kick up a fuss
kick up a stink
incite trouble
stir the pot
reproach
revile
domineer
make nervous
cause bitterness
cause resentment
cause vexation
gnaw at one's mind
put into a flap
throw into a tizz
disillusion
cause someone to lose their composure
throw into tizzy
disorder
disarrange
override
upbraid
strike
visit
take
buffet
jaundice
empoison
make resentful
make bitter
worsen
be autocratic
acidulate
estrange
make rancorous
bitter
venom
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 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
hook
coax
attract
dupe
cajole
persuade
trick
invite
pull
wheedle
sucker
woo
maneuver
US
manoeuvre
UK
honey
turn on
string along
fool
manipulate
smooth-talk
appeal to
sweet-talk
bribe
bamboozle
come on to
snow
sweep off feet
dare
bat eyes at
prevail on
draw out
hoodwink
dangle a carrot in front of
put someone up to something
whet the appetite of
gull
make your mouth water
charm
dangle
implicate
involve
captivate
entangle
enmesh
incriminate
embroil
embrangle
broil
mire
engage
frame
set up
beckon
lead
fit up
drag
lay a trap for
train
rope
win over
draw in
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
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