What is another word for egging on?

“The nurse should be careful not to be too optimistic about his seeming spurt of energy, and should not egg him on into an ever-increasing cycle of activities.”

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To be irritating or upsetting, typically with repeated or unpleasant acts

bedeviling^US

bedevilling^UK

rubbing up the wrong way

driving to distraction

getting under your skin

getting up your nose

getting your goat

giving someone grief

giving someone the hump

hacking off

making your blood boil

driving round the bend

driving round the twist

getting your dander up

hacking you off

heating up

making someone see red

getting on your nerves

giving someone the pip

putting your back up

hitting where one lives

getting on someone's nerves

putting someone's nose out of joint

getting on someone's wick

making someone's blood boil

steaming up

putting someone's back up

getting in someone's hair

getting someone's dander up

getting a rise out of

making someone's hackles rise

getting someone's back up

ruffling someone's feathers

rattling someone's cage

getting up someone's nose

getting under someone's skin

getting under one's skin

disgusting

rubbing the wrong way

getting on one's nerves

embittering

crazing

burning

getting someone's goat

giving someone a hard time

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

tantalizing^US

tantalising^UK

bending someone's ear

terrorizing^US

victimizing^US

making things hot for someone

giving a bad time

breathing down someone's neck

terrorising^UK

victimising^UK

criticizing^US

criticising^UK

taking the piss out of

discriminating against

making it hot for someone

sticking in one's craw

getting in one's hair

bringing pressure to bear on

setting one's teeth on edge

putting the screws on

falling on

ragging on

trying someone's patience

getting across someone

putting the squeeze on

wearing

trying the patience of

causing suffering to

keeping complaining to

dominating

taking the mickey out of

driving you up the wall

moaning at

making fun of

swipeing at

showing antagonism to

feeling ill will towards

showing ill will towards

pushing about

bearing a grudge towards

spurring

chiding

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

pushing someon's buttons

messing

getting on the nerves of

getting in the hair of

harping on

prompting

arousing hostility in

running up the wrong way

leading someone a merry dance

playing cat and mouse

putting through wringer

rubbing salt in wound

belabouring^UK

discontenting

getting your hackles up

raising your hackles

getting on nerves

trying your patience

rubbing you up the wrong way

winding somebody up

getting on somebody's nerves

getting someone's hackles up

trying one's patience

causing discomfort to

losing the affection of

sticking the knife into

getting the knife into

searching high heaven

disadvantaging

stirring

swaggering

using strong-arm tactics on

riding roughshod over

belaboring^US

bringing pressure to bear

putting the bite on

making someone fed up

putting someone to trouble

giving someone bother

causing someone difficulty

making someone go out of his way

putting into a flap

flooring

putting someone off their stroke

causing someone to lose their composure

causing inconvenience to

imposing upon

creating difficulties for

tyrannizing^US

demonizing^US

having your knife into

demonising^UK

tyrannising^UK

jumping on one's case

giving the needle

giving one the business

causing to feel mental strain

causing to feel emotional strain

satirizing^US

carrying a heavy load

getting into a dither

eating one's heart out

pulling somebody's leg

satirising^UK

pulling someone's leg

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Present participle for to advise earnestly

counselling^UK

counseling^US

putting the screws on

clamouring^UK

clamoring^US

manoeuvring^UK

maneuvering^US

enquiring^UK

putting the screws to

exerting influence on

browbeating into

turning on

bearing down on

using strong-arm tactics on

going to town on

asking forcefully

asking authoritatively

making a claim

asking brusquely

psyching up

twisting someone's arm

bringing pressure to bear on

putting the squeeze on

breathing down someone's neck

terrorizing^US

terrorising^UK

tightening the screws on

bringing pressure to bear upon

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(rise to) Present participle for to react with annoyance or anger

Verb

Present participle for to disturb mentally or emotionally

hurting somebody's feelings

getting on someone's wick

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

putting someone off their stroke

terrorizing^US

bedevilling^UK

bedeviling^US

terrorising^UK

setting someone back on their heels

putting out of countenance

giving someone a turn

anguishing

put somebody's nose out of joint

putting someone off their stride

bowling over

putting into a flap

subduing

making someone scratch their head

throwing into a tizzy

paralysing^UK

tantalising^UK

tantalizing^US

paralyzing^US

causing discomfort to

giving offence to

making wretched

stopping someone in their tracks

making jump

making self-conscious

giving someone a hard time

scaring to death

springing something on

pulling the rug from under

throwing a curve

knocking sideways

cutting to the quick

scaring the bejesus out of

putting the wind up someone

weighing heavily on

causing to be at a stand

infesting

causing someone to lose their composure

pulling the rug out from under

galvanizing^US

throwing into confusion

rubbing the wrong way

galvanising^UK

throwing into disorder

putting off his or her stride

taking the wind out of someone's sails

screwing up

lousing up

filling with consternation

breaking the heart of

balking^US

catching somebody unawares

catching somebody off balance

putting someone off

baulking^UK

taking by surprise

scaring the living daylights out of

making someone's hair stand on end

getting on nerves

dunning

filling with panic

throwing into disarray

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

driving round the bend

getting on your nerves

getting on someone's nerves

trying the patience of

sending over the edge

dishonoring^US

making a big thing of

making a big thing out of

hurting someone's feelings

turning one off

getting someone's goat

putting someone's back up

rubbing up the wrong way

giving offence

putting someone's nose out of joint

treading on someone's toes

making a mountain out of a molehill

giving someone a jolt

giving someone a fright

giving a shock

scandalizing^US

making someone jump out of their skin

raising someone's eyebrows

completely surprising

shaking out of your complacency

hitting like ton of bricks

taking the wind out of your sails

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Verb

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Present participle for to make worse or more severe

Verb

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Present participle for assist, help in wrongdoing

Verb

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Present participle for to promote or nurture the development of

Noun

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The action of provoking unlawful behaviour or urging someone to behave unlawfully

fueling^US

fuelling^UK

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Noun

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An address or communication emphatically urging someone to do something

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