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Verb
▲
To disturb the composure of
mortify
disconcert
shame
abash
discomfit
fluster
humiliate
discountenance
nonplus
chagrin
distress
faze
confuse
demean
discompose
rattle
upset
agitate
appallUS
appalUK
crush
horrify
confound
discombobulate
discredit
dishonorUS
dishonourUK
make ashamed
make awkward
make self-conscious
make uncomfortable
make uneasy
own
show up
annoy
bewilder
bother
bug
distract
disturb
dumbfound
irk
perturb
plague
puzzle
stun
tease
throw
hang up
let down
catch one short
give a bad time
give a hard time
make a monkey of
put in a hole
put in a spot
put on the spot
throw into a tizzy
put out of countenance
more ❯
“He is always embarrassing me in public.”
Verb
▲
To impede the work or progress of
hamper
hinder
impede
obstruct
inhibit
encumber
handicap
trammel
cramp
shackle
fetter
stymie
clog
hobble
manacle
handcuff
hog-tie
interfere with
short-circuit
hold back
hold up
tie up
check
curb
hamstring
block
restrict
restrain
retard
thwart
detain
defer
postpone
slow up
keep back
suspend
still
pause
circumvent
draw up
pull up
fetch up
stem
decelerate
end
prorogue
remit
nullify
retardate
put back
bring up
take down
hold over
stave off
ward off
head off
undermine
damage
destroy
wreck
dash
ruin
preclude
slacken
staunch
contain
hesitate
break
crush
discontinue
muffle
swallow
extinguish
mire
lessen
decrease
quell
diminish
intermit
loiter
avoid
evade
get around
cut short
squelch
gag
kill
stunt
escape
bypass
get out of
drop
choke back
checkmate
break up
intercept
disturb
steer clear of
sidestep
deflect
skirt
can
back off
kick
cease
knock off
bring to screeching halt
desist from
give up
leave off
bring to an end
dissuade from
straitjacket
delimit
tie someone down
waive
protract
rein
prolong
adjourn
govern
fight back
repulse
tame
rebuff
mothball
table
reschedule
fix
scrub
sidetrack
brace
keep in check
hold off on
make late
put the brakes on
pick off
take out of play
keep a lid on
pull in
keep under control
slacken pace
bite back
respite
down
loaf
falter
bog
dawdle
flag
poke
temper
stand over
put a spoke in someone's wheel
play for time
disappoint
counter
put on ice
let up
lag
abate
lay on the table
put over
carry over
hold in abeyance
put off the evil day
take a rain check on
put in abeyance
put on the back burner
do later
continue
put off the evil hour
put in cold storage
quiet
qualify
procrastinate
embog
reef
put the damper on
pour cold water on
put a damper on
throw cold water on
beat
dither
prevaricate
stand
fence
tarry
quibble
equivocate
barricade
seal
caulk
overturn
circumnavigate
clog up
blockade
close up
close out
jam
block out
fill up
cut back
back-water
hit the brakes
lose speed
put the brakes on
lose steam
let down flaps
cut down
wind down
keep waiting
anchor it
defend against
bring to a close
put a stop to
stop up
choke up
stanch
pack
jam up
block up
stuff
bung up
put the stopper on
unrail
ditch
take wind out of
outwit
crash
keep lid on
do for
juke
unsettle
buy time
not move
stand still
stand off
peter out
block off
bung
occlude
avoid the issue
take one's time
erode
bottle
congest
plug up
refrain from
beat around the bush
come to a standstill
smash
weaken
compromise
abandon
subdue
attack
eradicate
subvert
demolish
dodge
dispatch
incapacitate
ravage
stay away
stay away from
forbear
elude
duck
abstain from
shake off
restrain from
skip
withstand
skip out on
shy from
pass up
steer clear
shrink from
abstain
desist
shirk
divert
devastate
eliminate
cut
garrote/garrotte
squash
mar
disable
annul
obliterate
threaten
withhold from
refuse
make up for
deny yourself
obviate
decline
counterbalance
break the habit of
do without
shake
fend off
negate
forgo
renounce
provide
keep from
eschew
help
forbear from
shun
offset
anticipate
compensate for
undo
abolish
quit
silence
deaden
pocket
submerge
sink
harm
decimate
bollix
place a limit on
infringe
encroach on
annihilate
abort
shatter
quench
mute
overpower
break off
cut into
say goodbye to
lay off
pack up
break into
call a halt to
cut out
pack in
pull the plug on
give over
break down
mess up
intrude on
muck up
quelch
stamp out
shush
damp down
strangle
more ❯
Verb
▲
To make something more complex
entangle
perplex
complex
sophisticate
complexify
complicate
muddle
confuse
embroil
ravel
snarl up
mix up
make difficult
involve
elaborate
intricate
screw up
jumble
combine
tangle
handicap
mess up
confound
clog
interrelate
fold
make complex
obscure
bedevil
impede
garble
discombobulate
cloud
befuddle
blur
distort
befog
becloud
disorient
mislead
make unclear
misinform
render uncertain
make a mess of
obnubilate
lead astray
darken
muddy up
muddy the waters
more ❯
Verb
▲
To cause anguish or distress to
beset
plague
bedevil
torture
afflict
torment
attack
trouble
assail
besiege
harass
rack
beleaguer
agoniseUK
agonizeUS
anguish
badger
curse
dog
enclose
encompass
excruciate
harrow
harry
haunt
oppress
perplex
persecute
surround
worry
bother
encircle
entangle
environ
hound
pester
vex
aggress
bug
circle
compass
girdle
hassle
infest
invade
nag
nudge
overcome
overrun
ride
ring
hem in
fall on
fall upon
pick on
give the needle
start in on
drive up the wall
give a bad time
give a hard time
give one the business
jump on one's case
put the squeeze on
more ❯
Verb
▲
Found primarily in the passive voice
cow
browbeat
bully
intimidate
awe
bulldoze
daunt
dishearten
dismay
frighten
overawe
scare
subdue
terroriseUK
terrorizeUS
unnerve
badger
blackjack
bludgeon
bogart
bullyrag
dragoon
hector
mau-mau
strong-arm
tyranniseUK
tyrannizeUS
abash
appalUK
appallUS
bluster
buffalo
discomfit
disconcert
enforce
faze
petrify
psych out
railroad
rattle
showboat
pick on
lean on
push around
walk heavy
turn on the heat
more ❯
Verb
▲
To insult, tease, make fun of or badger
heckle
taunt
bait
disrupt
interrupt
jeer
barrack
boo
shout down
hassle
haze
hiss
needle
pester
ride
tease
badger
bother
bully
chivy
dis
discomfit
disconcert
disturb
faze
gibe
harass
hound
plague
rattle
ridicule
torment
worry
jibe at
pick on
shout at
butt in
make game of
shout catcalls at
give someone a hard time
fret
haunt
burden
chafe
maltreat
alarm
displease
grieve
ill-treat
madden
fluster
concern
assail
lean on
lie heavy on
put out
spook
grate
depress
frustrate
dismay
rankle
incense
discriminate against
unsettle
burn up
weigh down
rankle with
spite
unnerve
blight
ail
flurry
aggrieve
inflame
tick off
cause suffering to
injure
tax
obsess
dun
martyr
hang over
prey on
gravel
weigh heavily on
itch
frost
chagrin
sadden
discomfort
wound
abrade
make anxious
be down on
throw
frazzle
give someone the hump
unhinge
distract
alarum
distemper
derail
discombobulate
hagride
suppress
have it in for
freak out
scourge
weird out
disgust
have a down on
pressure
subjugate
inconvenience
traumatizeUS
infest
weigh on
make someone see red
bum out
be a burden to
push about
cause anxiety to
shock
appallUS
appalUK
overwhelm
exercise
discountenance
force
confound
grate on
undo
mortify
put off
stir up
take over
roil
hunt
traumatiseUK
make waves
enforce
treat harshly
make things hot for someone
shake up
dissatisfy
throw off balance
bite
harm
trample on
press down on
affect
beguile
exploit
test
misuse
damage
kick around
panic
slight
overrun
impose on
despair
wrong
intrude upon
nag at
crush
subdue
puzzle
punish unfairly
be a pain in the neck
detract
fester
chide
repress
insist
put pressure on
scar
psych
overcome
compel
cause anxiety
bewilder
overpower
be a burden on
tyrranize
argue
oblige
pooh-pooh
affright
awe
ill-use
mix up
shake
trample
make angry
drive crazy
make uneasy
throw off
get in one's hair
flip out
eat away at
keep down
get under one's skin
wear
constrain
bludgeon
be a great weight on
grind down
trample underfoot
hold down
make miserable
crucify
indispose
floor
heap scorn on
egg on
put the squeeze on
hit where one lives
eat at
get on one's nerves
take control of
be cruel to
do a number on
scare the bejesus out of
rule with an iron hand
hurt one's feelings
be brutal to
rule with a rod of iron
twist someone's arm
walk all over
bring someone to their knees
do in
issue threats to
cut to the quick
bedog
boss about
tread on
boss around
niggle at
tick someone off
be hostile to
be against
be prejudiced against
show antagonism to
be set against
disapprove of
chase
kick about
buttonhole
grind someone down
excoriate
show ill will towards
feel ill will towards
bear a grudge towards
remind
single out
make cross
buffet
bore
impede
cross
hinder
humiliate
violate
devastate
be prey to
dishearten
cause disquiet to
bring pressure to bear on
inflict suffering on
inflict pain on
cavil
be critical of
cast down
cause to panic
mess with
lay waste
drive to distraction
belittle
be the victim of
lie heavily on
daunt
psych out
stir
drive mad
sweat
fear
stew
convulse
beleague
petrify
abase
weigh
get on your wick
give someone the pip
tee off
prey on your mind
be on at
punish repeatedly and unfairly
nit-pick
cut up
cause anguish to
arouse anxiety in
strap
make wretched
push buttons
make it tough for
desolate
make nervous
get on nerves
cause trouble to
ire
enflame
mad
embitter
push someone around
drive you up the wall
dishonorUS
buffalo
overawe
stump
put into a flap
put someone off their stroke
furbelow
inflict trauma
frill
flummox
knock for six
fuddle
cause someone to lose their composure
deeply upset
throw into a tizz
throw into tizzy
cause resentment to
cause annoyance to
stretch
sap
drain
exhaust
weary
get someone down
disappoint
be bothered
encompass
enclose
surround
cause concern to
cause discomfort to
snicker at
smile at
snigger at
entice
eat up
get one's goat
steam up
get your goat
tire
hegemonize
master
horrify
scarify
fright
startle
take advantage of
dishonourUK
do an injustice to
martyrize
prey on one's mind
entangle
encircle
environ
turn
sicken
incapacitate
flip
craze
debilitate
cramp
make uncomfortable
subject
be afflicted with
suffer from
be plagued with
be troubled by
incite
fire up
pillory
ring
circle
aggress
compass
invade
girdle
grill
start
drive
impel
cajole
make
wheedle
get someone
key up
turn on
lay up
strike terror in
strike terror into
step on the toes of
scare off
dismiss
denigrate
hem in
encumber
overload
saddle
bring under the yoke
weigh heavy upon
smother
handicap
beat down
rule over
hold sway over
put screws to
overthrow
despotize
rule
put upon
bring to heel
rock the boat
make a scene
hurt somebody's feelings
implore
entreat
beg
beseech
controvert
brawl
scrap
tiff
row
argufy
jar
quibble
squabble
bicker
altercate
wrangle
fight
quarrel
dispute
spat
brabble
possess
tempt
intrigue
fascinate
lure
obligate
allure
vilify
make demands on
make severe demands on
put a strain on
tire out
wear out
fall upon
fall on
be blighted with
be burdened with
be bedevilled by
work into lather
rub the wrong way
send into a rage
set one off
get someone's back up
get across someone
set on
make someone's blood boil
put someone's back up
get in someone's hair
try one's patience
take a rise out of
put someone out
try someone's patience
get on someone's nerves
get a rise out of
make blood boil
supplicate
solicit
disrespect
diss
inspire panic in
frighten out of your wits
scare to death
put the fear of God into
fill with terror
make it hot for someone
put the frighteners on
sway
muscle
sandbag
talk
impress
recur
go for jugular
give no quarter
lay a bad trip on
pan
detract from
jolly
fall out
start in on
give the needle
baffle
charm
thwart
petition
have someone do something
put the heat on
prevail on
put the screws on
come at
hold up to ridicule
pour scorn on
pervade
materializeUS
manifest
walk
dwell
materialiseUK
rise
voodoo
preoccupy
reappear
hover
permeate
return
appear
inhabit
float
overbear
manhandle
inflict
jump on one's case
give one the business
give offence to
treat with contempt
come back to
wreck
wreak
impose
befall
breath down someone's neck
appeal to
enjoin
mishandle
brutalizeUS
brutaliseUK
tear
dictate to
divert
tear to pieces
hurt the feelings of
stay with
come back
keep hanging
plead with
pray
impetrate
conjure
immolate
beat
use
demonizeUS
order around
order about
be ever present
sidetrack
demoniseUK
apply to
obsecrate
call on
sweat out
dictate
domineer over
make mouth water
keep hanging on
warn
play the heavy with
mess over
con
plead
crave
demand
persuade
ask
goose
invoke
appeal
plead to
sell
avenge
visit
lord it over
rule despotically
keep someone hanging on
make someone's mouth water
descend upon
adventure
risk
venture
descend on
peril
force upon
jeopard
jeopardizeUS
imperil
compromise
endanger
hazard
bring down on
amuse
deflect
abstract
make threats against
comminate
fulminate
blackmail
look daggers
scowl
forewarn
shake fist at
make threat
walk heavy
snarl
admonish
threaten to harm
flex muscles
caution
threaten to kill
make threats to
treat brutally
stack the deck
have your knife into
derange
occupy
engross
entertain
draw
have someone under your thumb
frenzy
call off
engage
absorb
turn aside
befuddle
unbalance
addle
stall
mislead
chill
scare hell out of
utter threats to
bad-eye
portend
jeopardiseUK
gamble with
whip around
impend
lower
put heat on
loom
draw away
turn away
lead astray
cause to lose concentration
call away
lead away
catch flies
turn off
put your back up
more ❯
Verb
▲
Blush, make rosy
redden
blush
flush
crimson
bloom
colorUS
glow
mantle
burn
colourUK
suffuse
turn red
anger
bloody
dye
go crimson
go pink
go red
go scarlet
incarnadine
paint
pink
pinken
rose
rouge
rubify
rubric
rubricate
ruby
ruddle
ruddy
rust
shame
shock
tint
turn crimson
turn pink
turn scarlet
colour up
go beetroot
more ❯
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