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Adjective
Causing annoyance or anger by excessive difficulty
Generally causing distress, anguish or anxiety
Extremely difficult or unpleasant
(
informal
)
Extremely boring
Extremely awkward or complex
Used or intended to avert or thwart danger or disaster
Verb
To be irritating or upsetting, typically with repeated or unpleasant acts
Present participle for to prevent (someone) from achieving an aim
Present participle for to render void, or to negate the effects of
Present participle for to cause to be bewildered or confused
Present participle for to fail to fulfill the hopes or expectations of
Present participle for to become, or cause to become, bitter or disenchanted
Present participle for to diminish the confidence or courage of
Present participle for to thwart or act against
Present participle for to refrain from openly expressing or displaying
Present participle for to evade or escape from someone or something, especially by using cunning or skill
Present participle for to be victorious over
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Adjective
▲
Causing annoyance or anger by excessive difficulty
aggravating
annoying
bothersome
vexatious
vexing
exasperating
galling
irritating
infuriating
irksome
maddening
provoking
rankling
trying
upsetting
abrasive
challenging
discouraging
pesky
riling
wearisome
carking
chafing
disappointing
disturbing
nettlesome
nettling
peeving
pestiferous
pestilent
pestilential
plaguy
pesty
plaguey
rebarbative
unsatisfying
troublesome
tiresome
displeasing
grating
infernal
disagreeable
confounded
harassing
cussed
distressing
troubling
tedious
nagging
difficult
unpleasant
antagonizing
US
niggling
inconvenient
antagonising
UK
awkward
burdensome
enraging
irking
perturbing
unsettling
unwelcome
wearing
agitating
disconcerting
enough to try the patience of a saint
enough to drive you up the wall
worrisome
teasing
jarring
harrying
objectionable
boring
worrying
wretched
repugnant
thorny
painful
tormenting
forbidding
puzzling
knotty
taxing
discommoding
bedevilling
UK
discomposing
discomforting
incommodious
tricky
mean
unpleasing
agonizing
US
unnerving
unamusing
festering
antipathetic
ugly
wicked
demanding
punchable
agonising
UK
uncongenial
unattractive
impossible
bedeviling
US
traumatic
disquieting
troublous
deplorable
lamentable
problematic
afflicting
concerning
afflictive
humiliating
distasteful
unpalatable
plaguing
acid
stupid
accursed
nauseating
idiotic
heelish
harrasive
offensive
goading
insulting
affronting
inflammatory
incendiary
inflaming
agitational
agitative
controversial
in-your-face
alarming
dismaying
inexpedient
inopportune
disruptive
untimely
unsuitable
unseasonable
hairy
nasty
onerous
harrowing
inappropriate
awful
unfavorable
US
unfavourable
UK
disadvantageous
sticky
ill-timed
prickly
sickening
unfortunate
tough
daunting
depressing
discommodious
nerve-racking
dreadful
dire
horrid
disgusting
horrible
intrusive
vile
foul
abominable
distressful
embarrassing
hard
frightening
foreboding
hateful
laborious
appalling
arduous
startling
incommoding
off-putting
terrible
grim
rough
frightful
severe
perplexing
detrimental
inauspicious
unpropitious
anxious-making
unhandy
unwieldy
bitter
creepy
nerve-wracking
ill-chosen
cumbersome
unmanageable
grave
sinister
shocking
ghastly
tight
toilsome
delicate
bleak
loathsome
revolting
repellent
repulsive
distracting
scary
obnoxious
hazardous
nauseous
odious
problematical
dodgy
iffy
precarious
perilous
detestable
mistimed
unsavoury
UK
unsavory
US
gut-wrenching
bad
icky
dubious
disheartening
horrific
horrifying
adverse
fraught
tense
horrendous
macabre
gruesome
demoralizing
US
confusing
uneasy
anxious
monstrous
grotesque
unspeakable
atrocious
terrifying
unsightly
grisly
nervous
ominous
restless
gloomy
direful
hideous
lurid
threatening
consequential
uncomfortable
impeding
infelicitous
bewildering
distractive
disrupting
diverting
diversionary
malapropos
abhorrent
critical
dangerous
grievous
demoralising
UK
yucky
rotten
punishing
ticklish
dark
chancy
improper
harsh
nail-biting
unlovely
yukky
sour
unfriendly
suspect
questionable
spartan
hostile
unappealing
badly timed
unfit
unbecoming
uncomplimentary
unseemly
confronting
hurtful
disobliging
provocative
numbing
sensitive
discomfiting
flustering
anxiety provoking
unacceptable
fierce
intense
gross
bothering
mighty
disastrous
untoward
prohibitive
testing
baffling
reprehensible
miserable
lousy
harmful
acute
insufferable
heavy
intolerable
oppressive
execrable
crashing
injurious
invidious
destructive
grody
fearful
contemptible
rancid
uphill
obscene
exceptionable
despicable
inapt
beastly
loathly
noxious
disgustful
messy
premature
pessimistic
dreaded
early
unlikable
undue
unfitting
misplaced
incongruous
wrong
ill-fitted
unprofitable
unbefitting
damaging
repressive
infestive
uncertain
prophetic
precocious
undesirable
to be avoided
for the birds
strictly for the birds
out of place
beyond the pale
contrary
prejudicial
unhelpful
uninviting
yucko
dislikable
woeful
unhappy
pain
drag
harassive
hindering
bullying
more ❯
“It can be very
frustrating
to find that the size you want isn't there.”
Adjective
▲
Generally causing distress, anguish or anxiety
unkind
grim
distressing
disconcerting
disheartening
unpleasant
troubling
disappointing
discouraging
dispiriting
unfortunate
upsetting
dismaying
dreadful
sad
bitter
depressing
difficult
displeasing
disturbing
horrific
regrettable
dismal
worrying
tragic
alarming
austere
awful
ghastly
melancholic
parlous
shocking
unfavorable
US
unfavourable
UK
unhappy
unlucky
unnerving
unwelcome
dire
distressful
irksome
painful
bleak
cheerless
daunting
depressive
foreboding
glum
grievous
hopeless
horrible
macabre
perturbing
somber
US
sombre
UK
woeful
troublesome
appalling
disagreeable
distasteful
dreary
gloomy
inauspicious
melancholy
sinister
unpropitious
harrowing
agonising
UK
agonizing
US
heartbreaking
bad
distressed
heavy
traumatic
vexing
cruel
abhorrent
aggravating
excruciating
galling
unamusing
uncongenial
unpalatable
unpleasing
discomforting
lamentable
nasty
taxing
trying
stressful
afflicting
heartrending
hellish
hurtful
loathsome
tormenting
torturous
off-putting
heart-rending
disillusioning
saddening
disenchanting
mephitical
ominous
perplexing
testing
irritable
irritating
annoying
frightening
sullen
repellant
repellent
bewildering
morose
repugnant
revulsive
troubled
poignant
dissatisfying
anticlimactic
terrible
harsh
severe
wretched
hard
hostile
forbidding
adverse
miserable
poor
tough
grave
horrendous
disquieting
objectionable
frightful
inhospitable
horrid
rotten
horrifying
uncomfortable
nightmarish
brutal
unsettling
oppressive
atrocious
foul
doleful
rough
lousy
threatening
comfortless
solemn
abominable
untoward
negative
direful
rugged
hellacious
agitating
execrable
gruesome
vile
critical
grisly
calamitous
unfriendly
deplorable
monstrous
tragical
dark
hairy
worrisome
harmful
injurious
stark
unpromising
black
dangerous
inopportune
desolate
burdensome
revolting
troublous
disadvantageous
fraught
inhuman
searing
infelicitous
dour
perilous
serious
savage
ugly
menacing
untimely
damaging
ill-fated
very bad
catastrophic
mean
onerous
lurid
sober
detrimental
destructive
disastrous
impoverished
ruthless
vexatious
unsavory
US
cataclysmic
unlovely
yukky
yucky
unsavoury
UK
joyless
wicked
discommodious
hardhanded
exacting
unsympathetic
detestable
sorry
chilling
pathetic
vicious
oppressed
prejudicial
uninviting
humourless
UK
humorless
US
merciless
intense
gut-wrenching
fierce
hideous
ill
drear
counter
icky
pitiful
offensive
sour
stiff
inimical
evil
afflictive
ferocious
murderous
undesirable
abysmal
fateful
obnoxious
inconvenient
godawful
ill-boding
unrelenting
disapproving
devastating
unseasonable
rigorous
antagonistic
disparaging
sedate
pitiless
unsuited
unsuitable
ruinous
disgusting
mortifying
repulsive
odious
fatal
concerning
sickening
nauseating
drab
inapt
inappropriate
intolerable
cataclysmal
low
glaring
fearsome
overwhelming
unendurable
poverty-stricken
intimidating
terrifying
gross
nauseous
morbid
ill-suited
ill-starred
exigent
intemperate
inclement
grewsome
terrific
treacherous
heinous
formidable
fearful
ill-advised
precarious
biting
ill-omened
baleful
inexpedient
nerve-racking
heart-breaking
hair-raising
portentous
straitened
inconducive
minatory
tortuous
jarring
doomy
improper
adversarial
strong
grinding
unseemly
acute
bodeful
scandalous
outrageous
unstable
adversary
dicey
pitiable
godforsaken
unbearable
disgraceful
unwelcoming
extreme
backbreaking
weighty
unfit
malapropos
spartan
stringent
sordid
opposed
wrong
disavowing
unflattering
contrary
opposing
uncomplimentary
sorrowful
unspeakable
unacceptable
gray
US
funereal
crushing
demanding
inadvisable
obscene
grey
UK
beastly
sepulchral
abject
antipathetic
jaundiced
hapless
stupefying
scary
relentless
damning
heartstopping
too bad
sore
forlorn
stunning
rancid
astonishing
noisome
startling
fulsome
amazing
noxious
staggering
nightmare
wild
naysaying
redoubtable
surprising
crippling
spine-chilling
hard-pressed
from hell
shadowy
tortured
full of hardship
doubtful
mournful
strained
pressing
ill-disposed
messy
jeopardous
apocalyptic
rocky
discordant
unhealthy
minacious
unwholesome
cursed
jinxed
nagging
desperate
unadvantageous
filthy
rueful
ill-timed
grating
squalid
glary
ravaging
punishing
punitive
downbeat
pessimistic
blinding
dazzling
Spartan
bare-bones
insufferable
barren
piteous
chronic
dodgy
unpopular
remorseless
great
deadly
catastrophal
inferior
annihilatory
devastative
unsuccessful
provoking
terribly bad
indigent
scurvy
scungy
murky
shattering
wearing
challenging
abortive
scabrous
stern
inexorable
undesired
blue
hard-hearted
unaesthetic
crummy
discomposing
doomed
luckless
chill
plutonian
Cimmerian
rejected
unwanted
coarse
unsatisfactory
stinking
diabolical
arduous
strenuous
toilsome
blameworthy
reprehensible
excluded
acheronian
acherontic
uncool
grotty
grody
unappealing
awkward
affecting
grotesque
grueling
US
gruelling
UK
anguished
ill-favoured
UK
exceptionable
inadmissible
tense
unprofitable
unremunerative
uphill
volatile
unwished for
unwished-for
hefty
disagreeing
looking on the black side
moiling
sweaty
laborious
herculean
rough going
not wanted
ill-favored
US
killer
drastic
effortful
nail-biting
nerve-wracking
unsafe
volcanic
iffy
moneyless
extremely bad
unjust
risky
explosive
urgent
significant
touch-and-go
knife-edge
lean
highly charged
life-threatening
baneful
sinistrous
impending
unchancy
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Extremely difficult or unpleasant
hellish
foul
awful
horrible
dreadful
unpleasant
disagreeable
nasty
vile
terrible
appalling
horrendous
abominable
horrid
atrocious
lousy
frightful
ghastly
rotten
grotty
beastly
execrable
difficult
stressful
demanding
fraught
hard
heavy
pressured
taxing
testing
tough
trying
arduous
grueling
US
gruelling
UK
murderous
tiring
traumatic
hellacious
detestable
from hell
a bummer of a
a stinker of a
exhausting
wearing
rough
harsh
onerous
exacting
severe
grim
excruciating
oppressive
brutal
rugged
troublesome
vexing
burdensome
exasperating
grievous
strenuous
irksome
bothersome
wearisome
cruel
sticky
weighty
tense
worrying
challenging
anxious
enervating
draining
sapping
tedious
punishing
harrowing
toilsome
agitating
hectic
crushing
vexatious
rigorous
laborious
anxiety-ridden
back-breaking
nerve-racking
emotionally draining
nerve-wracking
fatiguing
upsetting
hardhanded
aggravating
searing
inhuman
bitter
stiff
tight
exigent
pestilent
tricky
uphill
backbreaking
formidable
wearying
grinding
herculean
moiling
killing
effortful
killer
sweaty
tall
tiresome
torturous
crippling
Herculean
painful
Augean
knackering
debilitating
agonizing
US
fierce
relentless
pick-and-shovel
intolerable
agonising
UK
operose
distressing
stringent
labored
US
laboured
UK
tortuous
ponderous
galling
unsparing
intense
bruising
persnickety
unbearable
daunting
ambitious
distressful
unremitting
serious
strict
painstaking
enervative
toilful
unrelenting
extreme
energy-consuming
unforgiving
vigorous
hairy
savage
austere
no picnic
tormenting
depleting
colossal
cumbersome
forbidding
merciless
thorny
excessive
disturbing
punitive
shattering
bad
tough going
mighty
titanic
uncomfortable
upstream
intimidating
staggering
unyielding
gargantuan
troubling
afflicting
ferocious
weary
solemn
slavish
difficile
high-pressure
discomforting
immoderate
steep
inexorable
pressing
grave
wretched
distasteful
imperious
immense
impossible
dire
sad
worksome
torturesome
gigantic
hurtful
prohibitive
really hard
very hard
jarring
heartrending
worrisome
inconvenient
embittering
awkward
exorbitant
slow
draconian
drastic
unmerciful
monumental
dour
drudging
energetic
poignant
hefty
extravagant
heartbreaking
pitiless
heart-rending
tragic
ruthless
disquieting
boring
mean
time-consuming
miserable
unsavoury
UK
yukky
unwelcome
unpalatable
yucky
chilling
displeasing
unpleasing
unsavory
US
character-building
insufferable
gut-wrenching
great
dismaying
backbreaker
wicked
busy
lamentable
dismal
vicious
problematic
ominous
dicey
hazardous
easier said than done
drudgy
unnerving
scabrous
uphill battle
unendurable
hard-won
marathon
problem
not easy
almighty
unreasonable
domineering
tyrannical
heavy-handed
physical
unfair
hostile
rduous
Sisyphean
critical
overwhelming
thorough
abusive
forceful
searching
stretching
strained
racking
unjust
overburdening
chastening
mammoth
spartan
dogged
murder
prostrating
knotty
intensive
nagging
thoroughgoing
shocking
large order
heavy sledding
unkind
exerting
unenviable
major
soul-sucking
no piece of cake
unfortunate
difficult going
rough seas
hard going
inordinate
undue
regrettable
woeful
carking
hardworking
superincumbent
strong
unconscionable
swingeing
sharp
overweening
towering
a nuisance
work-intensive
an imposition
overtaxing
overpowering
hardheaded
intractable
overextravagant
overmuch
headstrong
overdue
insane
plethoric
baroque
devilish
thankless
rigid
high-impact
like getting blood out of a stone
robust
monotonous
stern
aggressive
bold
frantic
chaotic
daring
grandiose
uncompromising
active
eventful
frenzied
frenetic
lively
industrious
implacable
mundane
repetitive
grand
elaborate
intrepid
humourless
UK
sedate
humorless
US
staid
sober
repressive
sobersided
flinty
repetitious
longwinded
long-winded
pretentious
impressive
visionary
lofty
unsmiling
obdurate
no-nonsense
uncomic
astringent
turbulent
restless
unhappy
sour
uncongenial
unlovely
magnificent
icky
sore
remorseless
mortifying
numbing
mind-numbing
interminable
hard-nosed
po-faced
intemperate
provoking
annoying
inclement
offensive
calamitous
afflictive
large-scale
flustering
animated
madhouse
tireless
full
tumultuous
riotous
furious
bustling
wild
plodding
hard-hearted
full on
unruly
spirited
rowdy
action-packed
bumpy
raucous
more ❯
Adjective
▲
(
informal
)
Extremely boring
deadly
boring
dull
uninteresting
monotonous
tedious
unexciting
dreary
flat
humdrum
lackluster
US
lacklustre
UK
mind-numbing
uneventful
uninspiring
unstimulating
arid
bland
dry
unrelieved
wearisome
irksome
soul-destroying
tiresome
tiring
trying
dull as ditchwater
dullsville
ornery
samey
ho-hum
dry as dust
lacking variation
lacking variety
no great shakes
not up to much
nothing to write home about
drab
stuffy
prosaic
stodgy
pedestrian
stale
slow
colorless
US
ponderous
colourless
UK
heavy
wearying
numbing
tame
jading
drudging
old
monochromatic
dusty
jejune
banal
leaden
insipid
lifeless
weary
vapid
stupid
routine
blah
run-of-the-mill
mundane
unimaginative
commonplace
featureless
soporific
dreich
draggy
ho hum
dull as dishwater
trite
spiritless
unvaried
sterile
monochrome
uniform
plodding
unremarkable
workaday
empty
quotidian
stiff
inane
innocuous
yawnsome
bromidic
lacking excitement
lacking interest
difficult
uninspired
characterless
weariful
nondescript
wooden
unoriginal
tired
unenjoyable
passionless
soulless
unentertaining
lame
serious
over-serious
fatiguing
unspirited
derivative
heavy-going
staid
repetitive
repetitious
ordinary
worn-out
prolix
deadening
big yawn
hackneyed
common
unvarying
square
dead
nothing
recurrent
turgid
mechanical
banausic
vacant
pointless
depressing
monotone
treadmill
reiterated
pompous
monotonic
samely
unchanged
unfeeling
wishy-washy
unexcited
expressionless
unchanging
mat
dulled
lusterless
dim
milk-and-water
unexpressive
watery
matte
without variety
all the same
sing-song
sapless
weak
unseasoned
muted
unpalatable
prosy
vanilla
blind
whitebread
flat as pancake
puts one to sleep
conventional
laborious
labored
US
laboured
UK
namby-pamby
lead balloon
sedate
fuddy-duddy
barren
meager
US
meagre
UK
everyday
plain
mediocre
torpid
usual
vacuous
hacky
lustreless
interminable
unexceptional
unanimated
plain vanilla
middle-of-the-road
bloodless
feeble
limp
inoffensive
platitudinous
reiterative
zestless
enervating
exhausting
predictable
nowhere
repeated
undistinguished
sluggish
duplicative
normal
apathetic
anaemic
UK
common or garden
iterative
unmemorable
static
zero
pabulum
long-winded
antiseptic
anemic
US
uncreative
matter-of-fact
deadly dull
average
mindless
dragging
desolate
dismal
listless
pallid
stock
typical
stereotyped
undistinctive
quiet
overlong
customary
undiversified
corny
non-stimulating
verbose
well-worn
repeating
garden-variety
sombre
UK
run of the mill
day-to-day
white-bread
clockwork
neutral
a dime a dozen
long-drawn-out
dispiriting
joyless
somber
US
miserable
depressed
bleak
threadbare
droning
toneless
standard
pedantic
clichéd
recurring
stilted
unpassioned
regular
unlively
plebeian
endless
uninventive
safe
indifferent
slack
sleepy
unadventurous
terrestrial
underwhelming
simple
derived
yawn
downcast
constant
hollow
lowly
truistic
stagnant
unproductive
mainstream
so-so
OK
moth-eaten
ceaseless
insistent
continual
recapitulatory
iterant
bog-standard
old hat
nitty-gritty
unnoteworthy
standard-issue
cut-and-dried
cut-and-dry
inert
sad
garden variety
not fun
second-rate
echoic
automatic
trivial
gray
US
grey
UK
gloomy
deep
glum
dingy
dark
cheerless
forlorn
shadowy
tenebrous
depressive
macabre
funereal
lonely
grim
dolorous
morbid
longwinded
menial
annoying
irritating
cardboard
uninterested
tepid
indistinct
sleep-inducing
boresome
vexatious
unappealing
unobjectionable
harmless
halfhearted
diluted
raw
wintry
US
sorrowful
damp
oppressive
windy
wintery
UK
long
rambling
charmless
bummer
drag
cloying
drear
bomb
familiar
boiled down
without punch
unartistic
forced
mortal
poky
snooze
similar
undemonstrative
unromantic
soft
formal
workday
yawn producing
unfateful
noneventful
unimpassioned
unmoved
weighty
meandering
poor
frequentative
inadequate
spammy
unimpressed
beige
dowdy
half-pie
heavy going
nebbish
tenuous
slight
devoid of feeling
devoid of emotion
unprogressive
inactive
not so hot
phoned in
heavy-handed
one-horse
modest
timeworn
overused
overworked
institutional
hack
passive
puerile
shopworn
lethargic
dead-and-alive
homespun
run-of-the mill
not amounting to much
middling
unpretentious
straightforward
emotionless
useless
cliche
businesslike
unembellished
unemotional
unadorned
deadpan
hackney
clean
musty
cold
homely
fair
slothful
futile
stereotypical
obligatory
passable
cobwebby
unsatisfying
demoralizing
US
unfulfilling
demoralising
UK
inexpressive
lank
spent
cornball
humble
suburban
vain
profitless
lacking vitality
overdone
two-dimensional
hokey
run-of-the-mine
medium
tolerable
run-of-mine
second-class
hoary
unrewarding
dime-a-dozen
not bad
dragged out
plastic
inferior
generic
garden
mean
fruitless
worthless
time-worn
worn out
played out
dime-store
cliché-ridden
aimless
valueless
unprofitable
purposeless
recursive
ineffectual
otiose
unavailing
unsuccessful
bootless
inefficacious
ineffective
abortive
robotic
dronelike
drawling
twangy
automated
unfruitful
unfilled
unprolific
clear
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Extremely awkward or complex
fiendish
difficult
complex
abstruse
challenging
complicated
impenetrable
intricate
involved
knotty
perplexing
thorny
ticklish
unfathomable
baffling
bemusing
puzzling
hard
impossible
tricky
trying
Adjective
▲
Used or intended to avert or thwart danger or disaster
defensive
preventive
resistive
averting
arresting
baulking
UK
balking
US
foiling
checking
forestalling
interrupting
thwarting
in opposition
warding off
Verb
▲
To be irritating or upsetting, typically with repeated or unpleasant acts
annoying
harassing
aggravating
antagonizing
US
bugging
exasperating
galling
getting
goading
irking
irritating
narking
nettling
peeving
pestering
riling
ruffling
vexing
nagging
upsetting
angering
bothering
displeasing
disturbing
hassling
incensing
infuriating
maddening
making angry
needling
provoking
teasing
agitating
getting to
incommoding
making cross
molesting
perturbing
troubling
worrying
badgering
bedeviling
US
bedevilling
UK
breaking
chafing
distressing
enraging
frosting
gnawing
grating
harrying
henpecking
nudging
persecuting
piquing
plaguing
riding
rubbing up the wrong way
spiting
beleaguering
burning up
driving crazy
driving to distraction
graveling
gravelling
rankling
antagonising
UK
bumming out
driving mad
eating
getting at
getting someone's goat
getting under your skin
getting up your nose
giving someone grief
giving someone the hump
hacking off
making your blood boil
teeing off
ticking off
winding up
cheesing off
driving round the bend
driving round the twist
driving up the wall
egging on
firing up
getting in your hair
getting on your wick
getting someone's dander up
getting your back up
hacking you off
heating up
making someone see red
making waves
turning off
working on
asking for it
getting on your nerves
giving someone the pip
putting your back up
hitting where one lives
miffing
putting out
inflaming
getting across
rasping
tormenting
offending
griping
itching
getting your goat
making somebody's hackles rise
outraging
roiling
trying
getting your dander up
ruffling one's feathers
getting up someone's nose
afflicting
torturing
rattling someone's cage
fretting
paining
discomposing
disgusting
dissatisfying
chagrining
getting on one's nerves
getting your hackles up
giving a hard time
trying your patience
driving nuts
getting someone's wick
straining
besetting
dismaying
racking
agonizing
US
hurting
rattling
disquieting
depressing
excruciating
flustering
dogging
hounding
embittering
exacerbating
humping
mithering
biting
unhinging
agonising
UK
rubbing the wrong way
sending into a rage
wearing on
rankling with
wearing out
raising your hackles
putting someone's nose out of joint
driving bananas
trying the patience of
getting in someone's hair
making someone's hackles rise
trying someone's patience
getting on someone's tits
getting on someone's nerves
getting someone's hackles up
getting someone's back up
ruffling someone's feathers
getting under someone's skin
bumming
wigging
hacking
getting someone
picking on
wearing
eating at
affronting
disgruntling
wounding
exciting
rousing
injuring
working up
sticking in one's craw
setting one's teeth on edge
discomfiting
taxing
insulting
hanging up
getting even
upsetting the applecart
harming
harrowing
testing
mortifying
oppressing
scandalizing
US
embarrassing
disappointing
discontenting
fussing
disaffecting
repelling
iring
taunting
perplexing
enflaming
revolting
abrading
madding
cursing
disobliging
playing dirty
scandalising
UK
cutting to the quick
zinging
mispleasing
giving a bad time
grating on
mixing up
anguishing
umbraging
besieging
crazing
shattering
distracting
possessing
making livid
steaming up
driving you round the bend
driving you crazy
making you see red
driving you to distraction
making somebody's blood boil
driving you round the twist
driving you out of your mind
unnerving
disheartening
stretching
wearying
sapping
draining
exhausting
stressing
discouraging
tiring
blighting
demoralizing
US
unsettling
assailing
dispiriting
daunting
inconveniencing
tantalising
UK
tantalizing
US
unmanning
chilling
chillin
souring
crucifying
making demands on
putting a strain on
wringing
tiring out
making severe demands on
martyring
demoralising
UK
making discontented
bullying
baiting
burdening
disconcerting
chivvying
grieving
hectoring
heckling
concerning
fazing
importuning
devilling
deviling
victimizing
US
niggling
ailing
gnawing at
alarming
discommoding
flurrying
causing suffering to
victimising
UK
saddening
going on at
keeping on at
discomforting
pressing
haunting
distempering
frazzling
discountenancing
pursuing
exercising
weighing down
keeping after
pressurizing
US
ragging
terrorizing
US
intimidating
alaruming
affecting
discombobulating
chivying
derailing
hagriding
undoing
appalling
weirding out
harping on at
freaking out
terrorising
UK
picking at
pressurising
UK
mocking
ridiculing
confusing
ribbing
mistreating
chaffing
stirring
hazing
pricking
scolding
confounding
stinging
throwing
prodding
frightening
dunning
lying heavy on
bending someone's ear
having it in for
making anxious
abusing
inciting
prompting
pressuring
aggrieving
dragooning
razzing
smiting
ill-treating
scaring
browbeating
interrupting
pushing
burning
preying on
weighing heavily on
pecking at
breathing down someone's neck
stirring up
throwing off balance
making things hot for someone
causing trouble to
discriminating against
deriding
dejecting
maltreating
joshing
guying
gibing
moving
coercing
bewildering
bantering
berating
impelling
instigating
inducing
whipping
stewing
attacking
shaking
urging
disrupting
triggering
tyrannizing
US
sickening
tearing
pothering
sounding
having a down on
grumbling at
messing with
jibing at
making miserable
finding fault with
taking the mickey
making uneasy
driving you up the wall
taking the piss out of
ragging on
weighing on
siccing
making fun of
tyrannising
UK
leaning on
causing anguish to
making wretched
eating away at
intruding upon
nagging at
exploiting
kidding
facing
satirizing
US
jiving
joking
rallying
twitting
nonplussing
confronting
quizzing
criticizing
US
funning
roasting
fearing
chiacking
dashing
domineering
flummoxing
rending
sweating
stabbing
puzzling
crushing
shucking
addling
smoking
gripping
rotting
nauseating
panicking
upbraiding
sledging
bringing down
punishing
spooking
boring
searing
chiding
flooring
festering
indisposing
casting down
rousting
reminding
causing anxiety to
making someone fed up
making it hot for someone
having on
keying up
giving the business
hurting somebody's feelings
finding fault
poking fun at
making a monkey of
poking borak at
making sport of
flouting at
leading on
putting into a flap
flipping out
rattling one's cage
laughing at
putting someone off their stroke
terrifying
getting down
poking mullock at
hanging over
jangling
stressing out
putting on
causing concern to
plying
keeping complaining to
putting up to
rubbing you up the wrong way
rowelling
carping at
taking advantage of
making nervous
criticising
UK
causing agony to
slinging off at
making uncomfortable
roweling
preying on your mind
scoffing at
moaning at
putting down
pushing around
punishing unfairly
causing someone to lose their composure
getting across someone
causing discomfort to
sending up
singling out
trolling
shaking up
goofing on
jeering at
barraging
causing anxiety
satirising
UK
putting off
throwing into a tizz
grinding
buffeting
making jokes about
imposing on
buffetting
cutting up
petitioning
soliciting
abashing
despairing
calling names
running up the wrong way
giving someone hell
browning off
messing
niggling at
pushing someon's buttons
jeering
getting in the hair of
getting on the nerves of
getting on someone
touching
carping
insisting on
frenzying
deranging
sweating out
horrifying
arousing hostility in
kidding around
fooling around
shocking
causing offense
disparaging
strapping
desolating
doing a number on
arousing anxiety in
pushing buttons
making it tough for
nit-picking
excoriating
gnawing away at
gnawing away
dampening spirits
breaking one's heart
grilling
dragging down
making blue
putting a damper on
putting into a funk
chastening
breaking the heart of
putting on edge
hitting a sour note
getting on
jarring on
setting on edge
booing
reviling
reproaching
putting pressure on
bringing pressure to bear on
caviling
US
taking a rise out of
starting
getting a rise out of
setting on
making trouble
setting off
cavilling
UK
stirring the pot
working into lather
scourging
throwing off
belabouring
UK
becoming bored
grating at
having had enough
losing patience
fomenting
harping on
hissing
turning
incapacitating
flipping
rocking the boat
laying up
cramping
turning on
debilitating
making a scene
curdling
piercing
dumbfounding
cutting
scratching around
searching high heaven
yapping at
insisting
starting on
petrifying
convulsing
menacing
overriding
tiffing
huffing
petting
accosting
immolating
demonizing
US
using
beating
obsessing
violating
manipulating
humiliating
bamboozling
baffling
befuddling
causing pain to
devastating
rocking
sticking it to
dishing it out
giving it to
dishing out
overcharging
eating up
causing annoyance to
causing resentment to
playing cat and mouse
putting through wringer
rubbing salt in wound
causing to panic
dominating
stacking the deck
demonising
UK
having your knife into
enslaving
tyrannizing over
causing anguish
causing someone distress
causing pain
dissing
surprising
gutting
barracking
shouting down
shouting at
shouting catcalls at
making game of
overwhelming
belittling
entangling
hampering
aggressing
jumping on one's case
putting the squeeze on
falling upon
starting in on
giving the needle
falling on
astonishing
catching off balance
dizzying
catching unawares
horning in on
intruding on
butting in on
barging in on
interfering with
startling
belaboring
US
bombarding
misusing
wronging
abasing
toying with
fiddling with
egging
unquieting
making restless
busting chops
moaning on at
busting someone's balls
making fretful
taking it out on
spurring
dishonoring
US
dishonouring
UK
fuddling
cowing
cheating
impeding
crossing
hindering
stumping
throwing into tizzy
driving
stimulating
bleeding
showing ill will towards
pushing about
going for jugular
martyrizing
dumping on
laying a bad trip on
doing an injustice to
ill-using
giving no quarter
stepping on the toes of
fleecing
motivating
challenging
forcing
making gloomy
making desolate
taking the heart out of
making despondent
swindling
encouraging
inspiring
overstretching
tensing
overtaxing
lashing
titillating
bullyragging
noodging
jerking around
traumatizing
US
hoodwinking
tricking
blackmailing
conning
putting on trial
crunching
tensing up
overextending
traumatising
UK
making tense
overdoing
causing to feel mental strain
causing to feel emotional strain
putting in traction
pushing to the limit
striking
visiting
taking
spoofing
slamming
snapping
pulling someone's leg
pulling one's leg
messing around
swipeing at
flirting with
more ❯
“Joseph's constant barbs and insults were starting to
frustrate
Bill.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to prevent (someone) from achieving an aim
thwarting
hindering
foiling
impeding
checking
obstructing
preventing
blocking
hampering
stymieing
stopping
inhibiting
baffling
cramping
baulking
UK
forestalling
scotching
defeating
balking
US
fettering
scuppering
halting
barring
derailing
hamstringing
beating
dashing
circumventing
hobbling
ruining
spoiling
crushing
stifling
crippling
arresting
countering
overcoming
discomfiting
precluding
snookering
crimping
prohibiting
checkmating
disappointing
stumping
outwitting
banjaxing
negating
licking
forbidding
holding up
putting a stop to
nipping in the bud
putting the kibosh on
fouling up
doing for
screwing up
standing in the way of
hanging up
putting the lid on
putting a brake on
cramping one's style
upsetting the applecart
giving the run around
dashing one's hope
curbing
restraining
holding back
trammelling
trammeling
interfering with
encumbering
handicapping
retarding
quashing
restricting
shackling
destroying
putting paid to
suppressing
disrupting
opposing
throwing a spanner in the works
putting an end to
deterring
cumbering
handcuffing
delaying
slowing down
quelling
sabotaging
repressing
interrupting
embarrassing
clogging
nullifying
throwing a monkey wrench in the works of
squelching
constraining
bridling
hog-tying
staving off
manacling
queering
stalling
squashing
extinguishing
averting
subduing
counteracting
ending
heading off
upsetting
short-circuiting
tying up
demolishing
undoing
warding off
smashing
neutralizing
US
messing up
clobbering
wrecking
neutralising
UK
getting in the way
fending off
slowing
dishing
obviating
borking
stonewalling
getting in the way of
shattering
crabbing
limiting
cracking down on
curtailing
annihilating
lousing up
bilking
devastating
confounding
marring
impairing
intercepting
terminating
nobbling
annulling
conquering
putting a spoke in someone's wheel
bringing to an end
holding off
avoiding
nixing
deflecting
debarring
interfering
putting the mockers on
putting the stopper on
subverting
undermining
stamping out
setting back
abolishing
cutting off
wiping out
overturning
shutting out
shutting down
finishing
routing
sandbagging
escaping
snuffing out
repulsing
entangling
clamping down on
damaging
getting rid of
slapping down
offsetting
silencing
controlling
defending against
cancelling
UK
canceling
US
vanquishing
eradicating
scuttling
crossing
diverting
quenching
suspending
blighting
blowing
helping
smothering
killing
extirpating
shelving
interdicting
resisting
taking wind out of
forfending
parrying
pre-empting
invalidating
repelling
putting down
eluding
braking
taking down
binding
choking
making a mess of
putting off
working against
playing havoc with
ruling out
blowing a hole in
giving a hard time
bringing to naught
shutting off
breaking
evading
bucking
injuring
confusing
rooting
traversing
harming
destabilizing
US
snafuing
cornering
obliterating
staying
dampening
dispatching
eliminating
chillin
chilling
disempowering
decimating
sidestepping
bypassing
spiking
shaking
inconveniencing
tying
overwhelming
weakening
reducing
giving the slip
debilitating
obscuring
botching
skirting
overthrowing
contravening
stultifying
trashing
preempting
disconcerting
vitiating
bottlenecking
cutting short
destabilising
UK
remitting
throwing monkey wrench in
cruelling
taming
pausing
euchring
anticipating
intermitting
cooling
rattling
rebutting
mucking up
fazing
confining
rebuffing
steering clear of
weighing down
withholding
reining in
fighting back
holding
choking off
doing in
putting a wrench in the works
holding in
holding down
standing off
putting a damper on
chaining
picking off
turning aside
dragging your feet
getting the better of
stemming the flow of
getting in before
keeping back
sitting on
second-guessing
providing against
getting ahead of
canceling out
cancelling out
rendering ineffective
putting to flight
brushing off
beating someone to the draw
closing off
sending packing
turning away
keeping off
driving back
wreaking havoc
beating someone to the punch
thrusting back
forcing back
stealing a march on
turning back
causing havoc
putting a spanner in the works
beating back
driving away
making a hash of
beating someone to it
keeping at bay
seeing off
beating off
fighting off
countermoving
attacking
worsting
incapacitating
ravaging
discontinuing
throwing
disabling
threatening
compromising
getting out of
suffocating
clouding
throwing a curve
bollixing
hurting
strangling at birth
halting in its tracks
dodging
bringing to a close
making an end of
aborting
throwing a monkey wrench in the works
burdening
muzzling
diminishing
scrunching
squishing
ducking
petering out
wreaking havoc with
breaking up
breaking down
circumnavigating
cracking down
withstanding
leashing
ceasing
shunning
intruding on
commandeering
disturbing
affecting
freezing
damming
disfiguring
counterplotting
burying
blanking
strangulating
weeding out
preventing from making progress
straitening
influencing
tampering
shunting
catching
eschewing
mastering
trampling on
enmeshing
ensnaring
capturing
netting
forefending
jamming
conflicting
discommoding
incommoding
troubling
crashing
unsettling
juking
keeping lid on
ditching
snagging
putting the damper on
sweeping aside
outlawing
scarring
tethering
tainting
running counter to
saddling with
enjoining
boxing in
warding
postponing
eroding
missing
throwing a spoke in the wheel of
snowing under
heading off at pass
preparing for
overpowering
acting against
demoralizing
US
attenuating
throwing cold water on
staining
detaining
retardating
taking out of play
putting the brakes on
afflicting
bringing an end to
besting
tiing one's hands
denting
deferring
protracting
subjugating
shoving aside
stemming
throttling
defying
emasculating
sapping
screening
hemming in
decaying
beating down
causing setback
surmounting
complicating
taking wind out of sails
putting end to
proroguing
pouring cold water on
softening
challenging
demoralising
UK
keeping at arm's length
knocking down
chasing away
driving off
keeping away
forcing off
keeping in
slowing up
holding over
bogging down
backing off
putting back
bringing to screeching halt
holding off on
prolonging
making late
reining
dragging through the mud
putting on brakes
cheating
shipwrecking
queering the pitch of
clipping one's wings
glitching up
detracting from
containing
swallowing
muffling
dominating
puzzling
poking full of holes
nonplussing
staunching
moderating
governing
monkeying with
mystifying
prevailing over
gaining control of
winning against
triumphing over
getting a grip on
gaining mastery over
flummoxing
bottling up
discouraging
choking back
regulating
pigeonholing
playing off
cooking someone's goose
keeping in check
keeping
taking the wind out of your sails
pulling in
slackening pace
keeping under control
keeping a lid on
biting back
damping
saving
letting
bringing to a standstill
dead-ending
playing for time
putting on hold
hanging fire
putting on back burner
throwing a monkey wrench into
counterbalancing
toppling
balancing
counterpoising
countervailing
razing
wracking
negativing
turning off
equalizing
US
counterweighing
unbuilding
skinning
impoverishing
crazing
redressing
correcting
counterchecking
defusing
bringing down
counterweighting
overruling
deactivating
abrogating
overriding
forcing away
putting at risk
equalising
UK
compensating for
making up for
balancing out
evening up
making ineffective
squaring up
raining on someone's parade
ballsing up
measuring
ruling
constricting
delimiting
decelerating
capping
tying down
keeping a tight rein on
putting the brakes on
circumscribing
disadvantaging
lessening
pegging
quieting
excluding
keeping the lid on
corking
cutting back
keeping within bounds
calming
banning
denying
tempering
slackening
fixing
entrammelling
entrammeling
disallowing
proscribing
setting limits on
imposing limits on
barricading
refusing
miring
closing
decreasing
modulating
stunting
blockading
occluding
damping down
dissuading from
keeping waiting
estopping
gagging
setting
simmering down
closing out
putting at a disadvantage
placing at a disadvantage
putting a limit on
jamming up
blocking up
stopping up
bunging up
keeping down
cutting down
putting half nelson on
sidetracking
managing
retaining
tying someone's hands
overloading
straitjacketing
oppressing
bothering
charging
clotting
causing to wait
causing to stay
putting straitjacket on
sidelining
composing
mitigating
laying off
corking up
shutting in
putting a crimp in
constipating
devitalizing
making difficult
giving disadvantage
taking out
easing
getting bogged down
interning
demarcating
putting out of commission
disqualifying
narrowing down
keeping within the limits of
deflating
putting on ice
refusing to pay
gaining control over
strangling
relieving
re-collecting
settling
bounding
disciplining
indisposing
monitoring
adjusting
staving
depressing
quitting
immobilizing
US
mothballing
immobilising
UK
collecting
lagging
abating
vetoing
bogging
plugging
lulling
inspecting
recovering
rallying
stilling
tranquilizing
US
making it impossible for
making it impracticable for
making impossible
embogging
reefing
loitering
qualifying
procrastinating
wronging
specifying
demarking
prescribing
sealing
caulking
delimitating
defining
girdling
making impracticable
cooling off
cooling down
filling up
clogging up
closing up
filling
blocking out
toning down
tabooing
embargoing
treating harshly
buttoning up
keeping tight rein on
putting a lid on
letting down flaps
winding down
losing steam
anchoring it
losing speed
hitting the brakes
keeping in line
placing a limit on
holding in check
packing
stuffing
stanching
choking up
telling against
treating unfavourably
inflicting a handicap on
doing a disservice to
putting in an unfavourable position
treating unfairly
giving a disadvantage to
criminalizing
US
bringing to a stop
drawing the line on
marking off
keeping within limits
tranquillising
UK
placing an embargo on
criminalising
UK
zinging
locking up
making illegal
letting up
blocking off
bunging
bringing to a halt
stoppering
congesting
bottling
plugging up
excepting
blackballing
rejecting
ostracizing
US
cutting
ostracising
UK
exiling
shortening
trimming
truncating
abridging
freezing out
abbreviating
shrinking
contracting
docking
counting out
clipping
slashing
shutting out of
downsizing
cropping
lopping
chopping
eliding
syncopating
retrenching
minifying
boiling down
tightening up
rolling back
reining back
putting a restriction on
slimming down
paring down
breaking off
more ❯
“But for Joyce, the plot was more than enough to
frustrate
his attempts at literary respectability.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to render void, or to negate the effects of
nullifying
annulling
counteracting
quashing
cancelling
UK
canceling
US
undoing
voiding
abolishing
obviating
revoking
reversing
disannulling
vacating
neutralising
UK
neutralizing
US
dissolving
nulling
overturning
killing
negating
contravening
stonewalling
cancelling out
canceling out
wiping out
striking down
rolling back
rendering invalid
rendering null and void
putting down
rescinding
repealing
abrogating
countermanding
retracting
avoiding
overruling
abating
removing
annihilating
vitiating
dumping
blackballing
counterchecking
redressing
impugning
traversing
crossing
opposing
dinging
working against
turning down
running counter to
flying in the face of
breaking with
making ineffective
turning thumbs down
interfering with
invalidating
vetoing
repudiating
withdrawing
declaring null and void
setting aside
nixing
recalling
overriding
axing
disallowing
overthrowing
taking back
doing away with
recanting
rejecting
terminating
scrubbing
scrapping
obliterating
putting an end to
dropping
dismissing
ruling against
stopping
refusing
denying
erasing
reneging
declining
throwing out
dismantling
lifting
eliminating
negativing
calling off
aborting
expunging
effacing
discharging
rebuffing
prohibiting
ending
disapproving
getting rid of
making void
calling back
abandoning
discontinuing
blacking out
deleting
ditching
ruling out
shooting down
discarding
downing
forbidding
blocking
interdicting
reprobating
rubbing out
knocking something on the head
renouncing
blotting out
bluing pencil
passing
disclaiming
zapping
knocking back
giving the thumbs down to
saying no to
giving the red light to
altering
abjuring
upsetting
disestablishing
squashing
offsetting
cutting
unmaking
stamping out
crying off
giving the chop
bringing to an end
withholding
making null and void
dispensing with
spurning
preventing
rooting out
declaring invalid
discountenancing
taking out
sweeping away
deselecting
eradicating
destroying
passing on
balking at
giving thumbs down to
throwing over
passing up
exterminating
liquidating
extirpating
extinguishing
scratching
trashing
banning
upending
waiving
subverting
torpedoing
disaffirming
outvoting
rebutting
chopping
deracinating
snubbing
superseding
changing
oversetting
suppressing
excising
prostrating
forswearing
backpedaling
US
backpedalling
UK
precluding
disqualifying
giving up
suspending
defeating
backtracking on
desisting
repulsing
casting aside
excluding
bringing down
knocking down
snuffing out
saying no
ignoring
putting a stop to
washing out
cleaning up
putting the kibosh on
giving something a miss
countervailing
retreating
abnegating
KO'ing
bleeping
discounting
impairing
unfitting
circumducting
severing
divorcing
doing a U-turn on
disowning
dispatching
calling
putting the lid on
reverting
shutting down
defying
flouting
blowing sky-high
shelving
binning
winding down
taking away
disposing of
withcalling
rendering void
counterordering
gutting
remitting
unsaying
prevailing over
breaking
forgetting it
voting down
trampling underfoot
riding roughshod over
purging
omitting
calling all bets off
calling in
cutting out
trampling upon
redlining
retiring
refuting
removing all traces of
packing in
calling a halt to
counterpoising
belaying
turfing
backing out of
getting shut of
reorganizing
US
stultifying
reorganising
UK
getting shot of
pulling the plug on
reneging on
going back on
breaking off
finishing off
doing in
editing out
crosses out
stroking out
blanking out
whiting out
blue-penciling
blocking out
blue-pencilling
striking out
inking out
putting a line through
Xing out
knocking out
going back on your word
rendering inert
wiping slate clean
barring
forgoing
proscribing
embargoing
rendering useless
bringing to a close
laying to rest
putting six feet under
putting to rest
begrudging
outlawing
restraining
tabooing
boycotting
enjoining from
giving the brush-off to
standing in the way
censuring
dissenting
placing an embargo on
refusing permission to
giving thumbs down
passing by
not going for
scorning
disdaining
finishing
repelling
shunning
protesting
demurring
squelching
turning back on
shaking one's head
brushing off
demurring at
not buying
refusing to receive
baulking at
turning away
holding out
not caring for
drawing the line at
holding back
turning deaf ear to
sending off
protesting at
jibbing at
turning from
holding off
junking
jettisoning
inhibiting
shedding
closing down
putting kibosh on
more ❯
“Already, legal moves are underway to
frustrate
the plan, and these will be partly grounded on the historical significance of the site that has been chosen.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to cause to be bewildered or confused
bewildering
baffling
confounding
confusing
bemusing
mystifying
perplexing
puzzling
flummoxing
stupefying
bamboozling
befuddling
flustering
nonplussing
throwing
vexing
addling
beating
buffaloing
discombobulating
disorienting
dumbfounding
fazing
foxing
fuddling
gravelling
graveling
mazing
muddling
stumping
wildering
befogging
dazing
disconcerting
distracting
flabbergasting
flooring
fogging
rattling
stunning
staggering
muddying
upsetting
posing
mixing up
setting someone thinking
blowing your mind
going to your head
making someone scratch their head
getting
disturbing
ruffling
eluding
astonishing
astounding
defeating
obfuscating
snowing
surprising
striking dumb
throwing for loop
boggling the mind of
getting at
throwing off balance
making your head spin
causing to be at a stand
shaking
bringing up short
disorientating
stymieing
taking aback
balling up
bothering
intoxicating
throwing off
messing with one's head
inebriating
making punchy
amazing
unnerving
discomposing
shaking up
catching off balance
blurring
clouding
obscuring
startling
beclouding
dismaying
bowling over
blowing away
knocking for six
making unclear
knocking sideways
leaving open-mouthed
leaving aghast
taking by surprise
stopping someone in their tracks
knocking out
boggling the mind
screwing up
knocking the stuffing out of
flurrying
agitating
harassing
discomfiting
discountenancing
unsettling
worrying
disquieting
troubling
perturbing
affecting
dizzying
making nervous
causing someone to lose their composure
putting into a flap
putting off
throwing into a tizz
catching unawares
putting someone off their stroke
more ❯
“The realization that it cannot be unraveled does not
frustrate
his mind.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to fail to fulfill the hopes or expectations of
disappointing
failing
dissatisfying
failing to satisfy
letting down
breaking your word
falling short of expectations
dashing hopes
falling short
disgruntling
discontenting
disillusioning
disenchanting
disheartening
dismaying
underwhelming
displeasing
dispiriting
embittering
cheating
disobliging
chagrining
leaving much to be desired
not making the grade
upsetting
bringing down to earth
throwing cold water on
pouring cold water on
bumming out
casting down
discouraging
dampening the spirits of
dashing the hopes of
depressing
shattering the illusions of
saddening
taking the wind out of your sails
disconcerting
vexing
disaffecting
disquieting
giving cause for complaint
leaving dissatisfied
exasperating
“Timmy's terrible school grades would constantly
frustrate
his mother, who had expected more from him.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to become, or cause to become, bitter or disenchanted
disenchanting
embittering
disaffecting
disgruntling
disillusioning
estranging
alienating
souring
aliening
making bitter
making resentful
exasperating
angering
envenoming
poisoning
dissatisfying
turning off
antagonizing
US
aggravating
vexing
annoying
upsetting
irritating
rankling
bothering
empoisoning
discouraging
exacerbating
acerbating
antagonising
UK
jaundicing
making rancorous
displeasing
discontenting
disquieting
disturbing
enraging
agitating
provoking
perturbing
rattling one's cage
“Richard's regular shenanigans would eventually
frustrate
his wife as she began to wonder if there was more to life than this.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to diminish the confidence or courage of
demoralising
UK
demoralizing
US
disheartening
discouraging
dispiriting
dismaying
depressing
dejecting
daunting
crushing
upsetting
unnerving
chilling
chillin
dampening
shaking
unmanning
cowing
abashing
sapping
disturbing
throwing
damping
enervating
subduing
weakening
undermining
debilitating
deflating
disconcerting
unsettling
rattling
devitalizing
disparaging
enfeebling
disempowering
crippling
disarranging
discountenancing
disordering
embarrassing
muddling
nonplussing
casting down
knocking for six
knocking sideways
knocking the stuffing out of
psyching out
bringing low
getting to
blowing up
perturbing
discomposing
fazing
distressing
dashing
bothering
agitating
alarming
disquieting
worrying
flustering
confounding
discomfiting
perplexing
confusing
flurrying
deterring
disappointing
troubling
throwing off balance
appalling
distracting
undoing
unhinging
bewildering
discombobulating
saddening
putting off
discomforting
panicking
ruffling
puzzling
making downhearted
taking aback
shaking up
putting someone off their stroke
mortifying
throwing cold water on
pouring cold water on
scaring
concerning
vexing
fussing
ailing
emasculating
distempering
frazzling
startling
alaruming
paralysing
UK
paralyzing
US
disinclining
exercising
afflicting
hagriding
surprising
derailing
chagrining
weighing heavily on
flummoxing
spooking
baffling
mystifying
giving someone the blues
making dejected
putting a damper on
hassling
freaking out
weirding out
fouling up
exciting
putting into a flap
hurrying
stirring up
working up
bustling
throwing into a tizz
unstringing
overwhelming
intimidating
consternating
clouding
thwarting
discommoding
exasperating
setting back
aggravating
casting a shadow
provoking
putting out
desolating
fluttering
awing
aweing
hustling
quickening
causing someone to lose their composure
trying
humbling
overawing
irking
prostrating
repressing
drooping
humiliating
indisposing
making despondent
weighing down
beating down
getting down
addling
bringing down
dampening the spirits of
fuddling
breaking one's heart
making someone fed up
causing to lose heart
crazing
graveling
gravelling
taking the wind out of your sails
putting down
disorienting
flipping
bugging
unbalancing
putting on edge
making nervous
sending into a spin
making waves
hindering
balking
US
baulking
UK
making someone scratch their head
upsetting the applecart
catching off balance
stopping someone in their tracks
setting someone back on their heels
putting someone off their stride
taking by surprise
causing to be at a stand
putting out of countenance
frightening
shocking
horrifying
terrifying
terrorizing
US
dumbfounding
affrighting
disillusioning
disenchanting
disgruntling
pothering
terrorising
UK
putting the wind up
letting down
giving a turn
screwing up
filling with consternation
messing up
throwing into a tizzy
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to thwart or act against
traversing
hindering
obstructing
opposing
impeding
checking
thwarting
baulking
UK
balking
US
countering
crossing
counteracting
contradicting
denying
combatting
combating
disaffirming
fighting
gainsaying
impugning
negating
resisting
contravening
bucking
contesting
disputing
dueling
US
duelling
UK
negativing
repelling
withstanding
going against
acting against
defying
confronting
inhibiting
stopping
halting
blocking
restraining
stemming
preventing
curbing
putting up a fight against
striving against
struggling against
eliminating
ending
tackling
warring
oppugning
resolving
making a stand against
coping with
battling against
putting an end to
bringing to an end to
challenging
protesting
battling
relucting
withsetting
refusing
taking on
taking issue with
setting your face against
gainstaying
countervailing
gainstanding
objecting to
standing up to
withstaying
facing down
dissenting with
baulking at
fighting against
kicking against
withsitting
speaking out against
taking up arms against
refusing to accept
stonewalling
locking horns with
taking a stand against
contending with
rebelling against
attacking
facing
controverting
taking a stand
flying in the face of
meeting head-on
rebutting
arguing
encountering
disagreeing
disapproving
disliking
dissenting
taking
assailing
assaulting
counterattacking
not countenancing
speaking against
arguing with
calling in question
arguing against
reacting
frowning at
running counter to
disagreeing with
standing up and be counted against
not supporting
quarreling with
disapproving of
taking issue
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to refrain from openly expressing or displaying
repressing
suppressing
stifling
restraining
smothering
curbing
checking
containing
swallowing
controlling
strangling
concealing
inhibiting
muffling
sinking
hiding
submerging
silencing
gagging
pocketing
overpowering
corking
shushing
blocking
bottling
internalising
UK
internalizing
US
holding back
keeping back
choking back
fighting back
bottling up
biting back
keeping in check
reining in
holding in
keeping under control
corking up
buttoning up
keeping the lid on
keeping in
keeping under wraps
blacking out
jamming up
keeping inside
withholding
overcoming
conquering
biting one's lip
restricting
stopping
bridling
quashing
quenching
squelching
extinguishing
constraining
preventing
covering up
hushing up
killing
deadening
keeping a lid on
keeping secret
choking
impeding
quelling
hindering
squashing
subduing
veiling
censoring
cloaking
dissembling
disguising
burying
holding down
interfering with
gulping back
putting a stop to
keeping quiet about
putting a lid on
suffocating
keeping dark
hampering
cooling
composing
collecting
snuffing
masking
quelching
muzzling
quieting
dampening
belying
drowning
holding off
harbouring
UK
harboring
US
reserving
simmering down
shutting down
stamping out
blotting out
papering over
putting an end to
not telling
hiding from view
not giving away
keeping unknown
keeping mum about
keeping under your hat
drawing a veil over
keeping cover
mastering
fighting
resisting
denying
boxing up
keeping feeling inside oneself
retaining
blacklisting
protecting
stewing
putting damper on
shutting in
keeping a tight rein on
holding in check
crushing
mulling over
destroying
keeping a rein on
muting
obstructing
damping down
supervising communications
preventing publication
refusing transmission
trammelling
trammeling
fettering
putting the lid on
dropping the iron curtain
sweeping under the rug
keeping quiet
sweeping under the carpet
sitting on
keeping in the dark
glossing over
hushing
quietening
stilling
averting
icing
shaking
indisposing
diverting
opposing
discouraging
drying up
cracking down on
clamping down on
shutting up
warding off
staving off
fending off
putting off
turning off
pouring cold water on
putting a damper on
throwing cold water on
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to evade or escape from someone or something, especially by using cunning or skill
eluding
escaping
evading
avoiding
dodging
ducking
fleeing
losing
circumventing
scaping
shaking
shirking
shunning
eschewing
outrunning
ditching
doubling
finessing
flying
foiling
outwitting
shucking
shying
thwarting
escaping from
running from
getting around
shaking off
getting away
getting away from
giving the slip
slipping away from
giving the slip to
running around
steering clear of
running away from
staying shy of
throwing off the scent
weaseling out of
weaselling out of
giving the runaround
shuffling out of
slipping through the net
slipping through your fingers
Verb
▲
Present participle for to be victorious over
conquering
beating
defeating
overcoming
licking
overthrowing
subduing
overpowering
besting
crushing
quelling
vanquishing
worsting
clobbering
mastering
routing
subjugating
annihilating
stuffing
tanking
trouncing
overwhelming
quashing
drubbing
hammering
humbling
pasting
pounding
pulverising
UK
pulverizing
US
repressing
thrashing
triumphing
caning
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