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What is another word for
give a hard time
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To tease, typically in a good-natured way
To nag persistently
To disturb, to discomfort, to hinder
To impede the work or progress of
To disturb the composure of
To subject to cruel or unjust treatment
To admonish or reproach angrily
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Verb
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To tease, typically in a good-natured way
kid around
tease
annoy
badger
bait
banter
bother
chaff
disturb
dog
fool around
goad
harass
josh
lead on
mock
needle
nudge
pester
pick on
rag
razz
rib
ride
ridicule
roast
taunt
kid
deride
joke
jive
rally
satirize
US
twit
torment
gibe
guy
fun
quiz
plague
worry
hassle
heckle
chiack
haze
harry
provoke
slang
irritate
bedevil
aggravate
shuck
smoke
rot
hector
sledge
vex
importune
beleaguer
devil
gnaw
tantalize
US
spoof
slam
sound
snap
poke fun at
make sport of
laugh at
make fun of
be at
be sarcastic about
have on
make a monkey of
send up
scoff at
take the mickey out of
put down
goof on
poke mullock at
lead somebody on
pull somebody's leg
jibe at
pull someone's leg
make jokes about
flirt with
put on
jeer at
wind up
satirise
UK
tantalise
UK
flout at
poke borak at
rag on
swipe at
mess around
take the piss out of
sling off at
jest
jeer
lampoon
scorn
sneer at
parody
sneer
jape
scoff
flout
fool
caricature
quip
jolly
insult
scout
mimic
wisecrack
pillory
make a monkey out of
gag
burlesque
yuck
yuk
fool about
jibe
skewer
treat with contempt
laugh to scorn
pooh-pooh
hoot
make a fool of
treat contemptuously
jab
boo
abuse
travesty
humiliate
pan
call names
fleer
shoot down
show up
have someone on
heap scorn on
pretend
laugh
wind someone up
give someone a hard time
torture
belittle
pull one's leg
make a game of
hound
play a joke on
joke with
interrupt
revile
mess
knock
barrack
take the mickey
hoax
dig
hiss
disdain
shout down
raz
cartoon
deflate
expose
unmask
contemn
shout at
hold up to shame
hold up to ridicule
pull someone's chain
show contempt
play tricks
mess about
play a prank
take off
play a practical joke
play the fool
run down
hurl insults at
rail at
make a laughing-stock
disparage
play
make fun
frazzle
be facetious
raspberry
persecute
trick
takeoff
flip
prank
divert
entertain
gird
buffoon
irk
nark
gall
play a practical joke on
pun
sally
show contempt for
pasquinade
feign
act
sham
fake
amuse
stay
ridge
bone
get
thumb nose at
get at
gibe at
squib
disrupt
play a trick on
pour scorn on
tear to pieces
nag
anger
take a rise out of
get a rise out of
imitate
make a joke of
reproach
affront
offend
slap
criticise
UK
upbraid
twitter
lout
criticize
US
outrage
have a joke with
dismiss
despise
hack you off
rail
entice
titillate
counterfeit
take for a ride
snicker at
smile at
snigger at
dump on
get on the nerves of
be on the back of
slag off
pull your leg
get in the hair of
be scornful about
discount
disbelieve
reject
discredit
discomfit
bully
dis
rattle
faze
embarrass
disconcert
chivy
clown around
clown about
make light of
fleer at
scout at
lead up the garden path
fascinate
lure
allure
intrigue
excite
tempt
beguile
frolic
gambol
dig at
bite one's thumb at
put on an act
make believe
catcall
butt in
make game of
baffle
charm
frustrate
thwart
have somebody on
tell somebody stories
shout catcalls at
muck around
muck someone about
shout disapproval
shout disapproval at
comeback
hiss at
boo at
hoot at
blow raspberries
whistle at
snipe
catcall at
shuck someone
mess someone around
make a monkey out of someone
rot someone
play a joke
play a trick
mess someone about
put someone on
blow raspberries at
keep hanging
poke fun
cock a snook at
make a crack
keep hanging on
make mouth water
make someone's mouth water
keep someone hanging on
expose to ridicule
make someone a laughing stock
laugh out of court
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Verb
▲
To nag persistently
henpeck
nag
bully
carp
intimidate
torment
criticise
UK
criticize
US
domineer
harass
hector
pester
scold
chide
dog
hound
needle
niggle
badger
berate
bother
browbeat
bug
cavil
fuss
irritate
pick at
ride
peck at
find fault
pick on
harry
hassle
plague
worry
persecute
vex
heckle
trouble
annoy
bedevil
tease
bait
chivvy
provoke
give someone a hard time
work on
be on your back
drive up the wall
afflict
disturb
torture
rack
harrow
devil
agonize
US
curse
prod
besiege
keep on at
anguish
excruciate
harp on at
distress
eat
moan at
grumble at
beleaguer
find fault with
keep complaining to
irk
beset
attack
breathe down someone's neck
perplex
give someone grief
give a bad time
agonise
UK
try
oppress
haunt
assail
affect
embarrass
overwhelm
hamper
entangle
aggress
give one the business
jump on one's case
weigh down
put the squeeze on
start in on
fall on
fall upon
give the needle
exasperate
taunt
stress
rib
victimize
US
scorn
chaff
agitate
aggravate
molest
nettle
mither
stress out
rag
get to
macerate
foray
drive round the twist
drive round the bend
gnaw
bullyrag
strain
rattle one's cage
despoil
noodge
jerk around
pursue
burn
pain
play cat and mouse
punish
rub salt in wound
victimise
UK
hurt
break
be a pest to
put through wringer
smite
be a nuisance to
lead someone a merry dance
drive bananas
wring
bone
upbraid
gnaw at
beef
scream
grouch
squawk
grouse
inveigh
whimper
bellyache
yammer
yowl
bleat
growl
wail
murmur
repine
holler
mutter
kick
grumble
kvetch
moan
caterwaul
yaup
croak
complain
keen
gripe
squeal
grizzle
whine
yawp
grump
whinge
maunder
crab
heavy
go on at
carp at
keep after
egg
urge
goad
nudge
importune
moan on at
bend someone's ear
get on someone's back
take it out on
groan
chunter
kick up a fuss
object
protest
sound off
cry
lament
create
snivel
bemoan
grieve
bewail
go on
deplore
sob
bawl
remonstrate
yelp
howl
chirp
make a fuss
condemn
screech
kick up a stink
denounce
natter
crib
pule
nitpick
be on at someone
take exception
speak out against
squall
weep
ululate
knock
whisper
decry
blubber
censure
yell
reproach
mourn
disparage
shriek
expostulate
oppose
demur
object to
quibble
harp on
plain over
carry on
greet
mewl
waul
roar
get at
sigh
rage
mumble
twine
nit-pick
raise objections
express disapproval
witter
argue
yap
except
make a stand
take a stand
put the boot in
rail at
recriminate
lodge a complaint
make a complaint
blame
fret
dissent
deprecate
disapprove
put up a fight
bicker
raise Cain
pick holes in
inveigh against
run down
take exception to
kick up a stink about
kick up a fuss about
keep at
keep on
dwell on
repeat
prompt
remind
press
anathematize
execrate
sniffle
dwell upon
harp upon
plead
blub
sulk
bay
miaow
blow off
take on
upset
insist on
hypercriticize
sorrow
quarrel
pan
peck
split hairs
objurgate
jowl
kick up a rumpus
rumble
cry softly
pick holes
give the business
crying noise
make screeching
cry the blues
kick up a storm
raise a ruckus
cry loudly
sorrow about
sorrow for
grieve over
sigh over
plain
slur
snarl
drone
gabble
muddle
swallow
burble
sputter
be on someone's back
charge
gainsay
contravene
accuse
refute
disagree
indict
defy
impute
ascribe
lay
differ
talk under your breath
declaim
rant
revile
lash
castigate
lambaste
admonish
rail
impugn
vituperate
go on about
look askance
tyrannize
US
blast
fulminate
vilify
roast
trash
challenge
scratch
scout
curdle
chivy
scorch
abuse
storm
denigrate
give chase
scratch around
be at
rag on
yap at
track down
grouch about
rip into
tongue-lash
lay out
lay into
oppose strongly
argue against
protest against
crack down on
complain vehemently about
discriminate against
have at
beef about
bellyache about
cut up
jump down one's throat
work over
go after
tyrannise
UK
sound off about
let have it
take out after
beat the bushes
search high heaven
turn inside out
turn upside down
be on one's tail
be on one's back
be on one's case
raise objections to
complain vociferously about
object strongly to
squabble
animadvert
make a fuss about
withstand
dispute
lodge a protest against
take issue with
rain
resist
take a stand against
take issue
combat
fight
express disapproval of
frown upon
express disagreement with
be on at
be down on
punish repeatedly and unfairly
have it in for
have a down on
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Verb
▲
To disturb, to discomfort, to hinder
incommode
discommode
disoblige
disturb
inconvenience
trouble
aggravate
bother
discombobulate
discomfort
discompose
disrupt
exasperate
interfere
irk
meddle
try
upset
put out
give trouble
hang up
make it tough
put to trouble
put in a spot
put on the spot
put to some trouble
annoy
irritate
vex
gall
provoke
nettle
rile
peeve
ruffle
bug
anger
pique
infuriate
get
nark
miff
needle
incense
rankle
chafe
grate
persecute
rasp
spite
eat
gripe
frost
itch
hack off
get to
rub up the wrong way
burn up
wind up
get across
tick off
bum out
displease
offend
harass
ride
nag
gravel
make someone see red
drive up the wall
give someone the hump
worry
hassle
madden
plague
pester
antagonize
US
embarrass
frustrate
goad
fret
make angry
tease
rark
abrade
antagonise
UK
be at
get on your nerves
hack you off
put your back up
make waves
get your back up
distress
agitate
affront
perturb
torment
enrage
afflict
outrage
harry
wound
disgruntle
disquiet
disadvantage
inflame
pain
sting
beset
burden
fluster
hound
mortify
depress
fuss
heavy
impose on
exacerbate
hump
molest
chagrin
disgust
dissatisfy
mither
awake
absorb
quicken
grab
ignite
goose
attract
interest
motivate
work up
give the business
prick
get under skin
put someone's nose out of joint
get a rise out of
egg on
bite
cause someone difficulty
discommodate
give a bad time
get under one's skin
turn off
be a pain in the neck
rankle with
get in one's hair
grate on
mix up
give someone grief
give someone a hard time
be a thorn in someone's side
drive bananas
bum
dog
be a problem to
be a nuisance to
put someone to trouble
get on someone's wick
make someone's hackles rise
make someone's blood boil
get under someone's skin
get at
get someone
hack
be on the back of
get on somebody's nerves
try someone's patience
ruffle someone's feathers
get someone's goat
get up someone's nose
get someone's back up
get on someone's nerves
pick on
wig
get on one's nerves
make someone go out of his way
give someone bother
rattle
discountenance
make cross
cheese off
drive crazy
brown off
drive mad
get on nerves
rub you up the wrong way
get in your hair
tee off
drive round the twist
give someone the pip
be on your back
put your nose out of joint
roil
bedevil
badger
rub the wrong way
drive round the bend
niggle
drive to distraction
ire
gnaw
insult
hurt
get in someone's hair
beleaguer
enflame
mad
bait
T-off
steam up
embitter
get your goat
disconcert
taunt
burn
oppress
send into a rage
rattle someone's cage
dismay
stir up
torture
perplex
discomfit
aggrieve
chivvy
get on your wick
get one's goat
make your blood boil
get under your skin
get someone's dander up
devil
wear on
unnerve
haunt
jar on
eat at
drive you up the wall
gnaw at
rouse
put someone's back up
sour
raise someone's hackles
bore
chivy
nudge
unsettle
excite
jar
cross
acerbate
empurple
dishearten
get across someone
faze
pursue
be offensive
fire up
hector
injure
bully
shock
umbrage
agonize
US
unhinge
fester
flurry
wear
try the patience of
put off
prod
get your dander up
cause offense
eat away at
agonise
UK
concern
make you see red
raise your hackles
make blood boil
hit where one lives
lie heavy on
weigh down
weigh heavily on someone's mind
cause anxiety to
affect
dun
tantalize
US
victimize
US
incite
besiege
distract
weary
confound
harrow
keep after
humiliate
tantalise
UK
rattle one's cage
stress
intrude upon
craze
browbeat
zing
confuse
demoralize
US
tire
sicken
nauseate
stick in one's craw
grill
wrong
intimidate
bend someone's ear
set one's teeth on edge
keep on at
get someone's hackles up
be a thorn in someone's flesh
work on
go on at
wear out
raise hell
breathe down someone's neck
strain
throw off balance
demoralise
UK
victimise
UK
ask for it
distemper
exercise
try your patience
possess
get up your nose
mess with
put down
make discontented
try one's patience
make your hackles rise
get your hackles up
cut to the quick
hang over
make anxious
make uneasy
be a burden to
put somebody's nose out of joint
weigh heavily on
niggle at
be a great weight on
get up somebody's nose
get on the wrong side of
ache
press
drive nuts
chide
squeeze
pinch
compress
cramp
discourage
importune
get someone's wick
grind
break
henpeck
insist
remind
dispirit
rattle someone's chain
bristle
steam
make you angry
spur
drive insane
scandalize
US
whip up
boil
arouse
put somebody's back up
impose upon
nonplus
psych
heckle
haze
push button
heat up
disaffect
discontent
pick at
make one see red
blow up
chill
unman
daunt
mess
question
examine
quiz
tweak
misplease
wing
repel
curdle
disappoint
revolt
cool
sound
cap
stroke someone's hair the wrong way
tatter
erode
fray
cause annoyance to
cause resentment to
snit
pet
tiff
huff
stew
abash
make sore
lose one's temper
pressurize
US
rile up
pressurise
UK
ruffle one's feathers
jangle
arouse hostility in
harm
scandalise
UK
obsess
curse
rack
rub one the wrong way
be like a red rag to a bull
get on the wrong side of somebody
make somebody's hackles rise
make an enemy of somebody
push someon's buttons
grieve
scour
wear down
make someone fed up
thwart
foil
start
jar upon
grate upon
play dirty
get on someone
wear upon
run up the wrong way
set your teeth on edge
terrorize
US
eat up
blight
assail
cause concern to
make uncomfortable
weigh on
cause discomfort to
grind at
nag at
wind somebody up
rasp one's nerves
slight
lean on
begrudge
crab
grudge
scare
wear away
rage
put pressure on
drive you crazy
put someone out
anguish
excruciate
prey on one's mind
be bothered
beleague
cause anxiety
be a weight on someone's mind
be in someone's hair
bring pressure to bear on
interrupt
despair
set someone's teeth on edge
impede
hinder
shatter
lie heavily on
prey on your mind
stir
work into lather
set on
set one off
take a rise out of
crucify
dragoon
expel
beat
hunt
exile
terrorise
UK
drive you to distraction
make livid
harp on at
lash at
get even
cramp style
louse up
ail
cause disquiet to
alarm
throw
breath down someone's neck
make fed up
turn on
key up
scrape away
bite into
wear to shreds
drive you round the twist
drive you round the bend
upset the apple cart
disrespect
diss
shake up
make nervous
spook
dis
snub
drive you off your head
lose patience
carp at
get the knife into
single out
be on one's case
make things hot for someone
make it hot for someone
stick the knife into
make one's hackles rise
horrify
slur
get on someone's case
throw off
hagride
frazzle
psych out
weird out
freak out
derail
have had enough
become bored
grate at
exhaust someone's patience
drive you out of your mind
drive out of mind
make somebody's blood boil
stump
furbelow
cow
bluster
floor
frill
flummox
fuddle
gnaw away at
abuse
drive somebody up the wall
put someone off their stroke
exploit
manipulate
maltreat
violate
put into a flap
cause someone to lose their composure
throw into a tizz
give offence to
turn one off
throw into tizzy
give offence
be disagreeable
tread on someone's toes
be an affront to
hurt somebody's feelings
hurt someone's feelings
mistreat
belittle
mock
ill-treat
rub somebody the wrong way
misuse
deride
abase
dishonor
US
smoulder
UK
dump on
ill-use
martyrize
take advantage of
dishonour
UK
do an injustice to
martyr
brew
ferment
intensify
step on the toes of
go for jugular
give no quarter
lay a bad trip on
press down on
ulcerate
gather
ulcer
smolder
US
blister
canker
cause vexation
cause bitterness
eat away at one's mind
cause annoyance
cause resentment
gnaw at one's mind
more ❯
Verb
▲
To impede the work or progress of
short-circuit
hinder
hamper
impede
obstruct
encumber
inhibit
stymie
trammel
cramp
fetter
handicap
shackle
clog
hobble
manacle
handcuff
interfere with
embarrass
hold back
hold up
hog-tie
tie up
block
check
curb
bar
cumber
baulk
UK
entangle
bind
foil
cramp one's style
frustrate
baffle
hang up
balk
US
get in the way
hamstring
chain
brake
delay
restrain
stop
thwart
disrupt
retard
faze
dam
freeze
screw up
deter
cut off
slow
put a brake on
oppose
stonewall
discomfit
rattle
disconcert
throw a spanner in the works of
saddle with
shut off
get in the way of
stand in the way of
scupper
shut down
foul up
cripple
close off
bork
slow down
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
derail
interfere
restrict
prevent
constrain
arrest
halt
limit
forestall
stall
stifle
repress
bridle
prohibit
interrupt
ruin
spoil
defeat
circumvent
suppress
set back
detain
confine
preclude
avert
crimp
scotch
counteract
head off
ward off
put a stop to
curtail
put the kibosh on
choke
impair
stay
dash
interdict
nip in the bud
slow up
sabotage
stave off
counter
obviate
tie
quash
debar
put an end to
beat
forbid
intercept
close
nullify
keep back
crush
damage
control
mar
smother
hold off
decelerate
reduce
withhold
put paid to
hold
snooker
injure
hurt
crab
fend off
jam
shut out
keep
checkmate
disappoint
weaken
undermine
diminish
put off
barricade
compromise
destroy
bog down
upset
enfeeble
neutralize
US
harm
subdue
squash
rule out
do for
block off
straiten
neutralise
UK
squelch
suspend
clog up
postpone
gag
shelve
regulate
moderate
debilitate
outwit
burden
rein in
louse up
fill
avoid
catch
mess up
deflect
shake
plug
subvert
shut in
hold down
hold in
blockade
smash
forfend
slacken
constrict
inconvenience
contravene
disable
muffle
vitiate
resist
cross
stem
contain
break
wreck
stamp out
nobble
strangle
defer
intermit
congest
seal
stump
remit
stuff
block up
negate
muzzle
occlude
weigh down
ban
choke back
quell
put the stopper on
take down
cordon off
isolate
put an stop to
hem in
cork
divert
put back
stop up
choke off
anticipate
defend against
put the mockers on
turn off
pick off
outlaw
bung up
put a spoke in someone's wheel
threaten
stultify
plug up
keep lid on
bring to screeching halt
pause
sink
discontinue
swallow
deny
disadvantage
blight
sandbag
lessen
decrease
sap
discourage
mire
retardate
traverse
withstand
kill
bilk
blemish
queer
throttle
overturn
pre-empt
govern
tame
bloody
flaw
obscure
endamage
leash
guard
clot
evade
be a hindrance to
ward
torpedo
entrammel
get around
protract
cancel
stopper
pigeonhole
help
prolong
make late
put the lid on
cross up
sidestep
skirt
cut short
stem the flow of
defend
cut out
upset the apple cart
tie down
steer clear of
put on hold
gum up
hold over
proscribe
put on back burner
hold off on
throw a spanner in the works
keep within bounds
disturb
throw monkey wrench in
pour cold water on
cramp someone's style
put a damper on
throw cold water on
still
circumscribe
confuse
silence
extinguish
estop
exclude
delimit
eat away
unsettle
deaden
pocket
submerge
incommode
emasculate
discommode
undo
shatter
stunt
staunch
deteriorate
quelch
capture
confound
mute
bottleneck
dissuade
rein
make illegal
root
wound
deny access
destabilize
US
enjoin
banjax
buck
disallow
repel
enervate
embargo
nix
blunt
draw up
tarnish
damp down
confront
disqualify
commandeer
keep waiting
taboo
measure
rule
loiter
overload
circumnavigate
pull up
disfigure
deface
prorogue
challenge
embog
fill up
fetch up
invalidate
get out of
charge
repulse
corrode
debase
keep under control
adjourn
take out
bung
annul
escape
bypass
prejudice
take wind out of
parry
dead-end
turn aside
make impossible
pull in
keep in check
spike
crash
fight back
put at a disadvantage
bottle up
juke
ditch
preempt
give the slip
deprive
procrastinate
block out
close up
close out
destabilise
UK
upset one's apple cart
dodge
back off
second-guess
table
hang fire
chill
reschedule
disadvise
scare
cool
rough up
box in
drag one's feet
quiet
let up
be detrimental to
place at a disadvantage
skip
keep a lid on
bite back
mothball
continue
cut back
lock up
bring to a standstill
put out of commission
give the run around
respite
put over
put the brakes on
shake off
cool off
do harm to
get ahead of
get in before
extend
lose speed
throw a monkey wrench into
talk out of
lay on the table
put out of action
take a rain check on
set aside
put on the back burner
beat someone to the punch
beat someone to it
put on ice
beat someone to the draw
put in cold storage
provide against
steal a march on
give rain check
head off at pass
hold in abeyance
close down
switch off
strangle at birth
straitjacket
erode
consume
tie someone down
dissuade from
use up
wear away
clobber
crack down on
tie-up
quench
overpower
cap
trap
finish something
finish off
inc
act against
nip something in the bud
offset
garrote
US
garrotte
UK
shush
cause to wait
cause to stay
net
enmesh
ensnare
oppress
bother
puzzle
caulk
snag
veto
tie one's hands
sideline
mystify
entrap
whittle
hedge
prevent from making progress
nonplus
screen
make difficult
tether
affect
boycott
blacklist
complicate
scuttle
wall off
choke up
pack
stanch
jam up
influence
tamper
impose limits on
set limits on
flummox
give disadvantage
throw a curve
trouble
conflict
put a crimp in
forefend
temper
ostracize
US
make an end of
bring to a close
corner
get bogged down
put the brakes on
take out of play
keep at bay
stave
keep off
jeopardize
US
criminalize
US
put the damper on
obturate
stand
fence
crool
drag feet
hold captive
clip someone's wings
bury
blank
counterplot
bring an end to
worsen
conquer
overcome
lick
bottle
terminate
stand in the way
impoverish
ravage
dam up
glut
silt up
elude
monkey with
slam on the brakes
ease up
peg
discipline
hesitate
dawdle
down
loaf
falter
bog
flag
poke
beat somebody to it
act in advance of
prepare for
be one step ahead of
be early
lag
abate
put straitjacket on
censor
discountenance
bring up
gunge up
afflict
incapacitate
taint
annihilate
devitalize
depress
trash
dismantle
corrupt
not allow to go beyond
keep within the limits of
temporise
UK
temporize
US
dally
give a rain check
take a raincheck
keep in abeyance
imprison
incarcerate
intern
rebuff
quit
cease
duck
buffalo
promote
bollix
declare taboo
criminalise
UK
qualify
reef
take wind out of sails
get the better of
beat down
cause setback
put end to
dash one's hope
upset the applecart
bit
ostracise
UK
disfavour
UK
disfavor
US
warn
indispose
frighten
deprecate
gainsay
duel
contradict
impugn
combat
negative
disaffirm
contest
fight
dispute
render null and void
clutter up
stand still
scorch
wither
batter
shock
blast
give the thumbs down to
declare illegal
put the chill on
give the red light to
say no
put a limit on
come to a standstill
throw a spoke in the wheel of
make it impossible for
make it impracticable for
stand off
peter out
not move
shuffle off
slacken pace
lock in
coop up
fence in
jail
US
necessitate
gaol
UK
close in
immure
concuss
shotgun
keep in
give the run-around
run circles around
run rings around
detract from
shake up
jeopardise
UK
smash up
muck up
wrong
back-water
cut down
lose steam
wind down
anchor it
cool down
put on brakes
devalue
tweak
unfit
devaluate
ding
cheapen
total
halt in its tracks
throw a monkey wrench in the works
be prejudicial to
be disadvantageous to
button up
keep the lid on
keep a tight rein on
keep tight rein on
hit the brakes
let down flaps
make impracticable
cause detriment to
wreak havoc on
damp
be deleterious to
play for time
treat harshly
disarrange
disorder
disorganize
have a negative effect on
have a bad effect on
save
let
make useless
lose strength
hush
put half nelson on
drive a nail into the coffin of
do a disservice to
tell against
treat unfairly
give a disadvantage to
be unfair to
put in an unfavourable position
treat unfavourably
inflict a handicap on
convulse
go against
shutdown
immobilize
US
dampen
refrain from
derange
turn upside-down
constipate
stagnate
burke
cause confusion in
throw into disarray
cause turmoil in
throw into disorder
throw into confusion
render powerless
monopolize
US
foresee
predict
forecast
envision
preoccupy
project
expect
make a mess of
devastate
demolish
monopolise
UK
carry over
immobilise
UK
clamp down
cover up
clam up
dry up
hush up
black out
shut up
sit on
crack down
paralyse
UK
do in
waive
lengthen
lay over
act like a wet blanket
bankrupt
hold it down
cruel
make a hash of
euchre
dish
seize
put out of business
bring to an end
bring to standstill
bring someone to their knees
bring to naught
wipe out
bring to a stop
pull the plug on
withhold from
stay away from
refuse
make up for
deny yourself
break the habit of
skip out on
kick
steer clear
shrink from
abstain
renounce
keep from
desist
eschew
shirk
shun
desist from
stay away
forbear
give up
abstain from
restrain from
counterbalance
do without
shy from
leave off
forgo
forbear from
load
blow a hole in
play havoc with
take
paralyze
US
expropriate
grab
snatch
shut
overwhelm
saddle
botch
attack
ambush
disempower
whittle away
strain
demoralise
UK
demoralize
US
attenuate
mine
dig
soften
tunnel
dent
wear
appropriate
interlope
shortstop
accost
interpose
hijack
tackle
waylay
buttonhole
snafu
skin
laden
weight
lumber
rain on someone's parade
drag through the mud
dig out
hollow out
pounce on
take on
clip one's wings
chip away at
knock the bottom out of
queer the pitch of
poke full of holes
lade
pile
freight
lock out
swoop down on
cut in
take away
yoke
play off
cook someone's goose
make off with
dump on
snow under
bear down on
snow
overburden
make heavy
spike someone's guns
queer someone's pitch
more ❯
Verb
▲
To disturb the composure of
embarrass
mortify
disconcert
shame
abash
discomfit
fluster
humiliate
discountenance
nonplus
chagrin
distress
faze
confuse
demean
discompose
rattle
upset
agitate
appall
US
appal
UK
crush
horrify
confound
discombobulate
discredit
dishonor
US
dishonour
UK
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
make a monkey of
put in a hole
put in a spot
put on the spot
throw into a tizzy
put out of countenance
worry
grieve
disquiet
afflict
alarm
trouble
torment
harass
vex
sadden
fret
irritate
hassle
concern
hurt
pester
fuss
ail
get to
dismay
pain
ruffle
unnerve
unsettle
displease
perplex
offend
agonize
US
oppress
stress
wound
discomfort
anger
harry
peeve
shake
nag
try
miff
frazzle
unhinge
derail
strain
spook
flurry
alarum
distemper
hagride
indispose
psych
throw off balance
tick off
weird out
flip out
give someone grief
freak out
stir up
make waves
agonise
UK
pick on
get at
burn up
undo
torture
rack
anguish
curse
hound
depress
injure
needle
prick
eat at
push
dog
cause anguish to
exercise
arouse anxiety in
make it tough for
break
be on one's case
nit-pick
weigh on
tantalize
US
desolate
make miserable
harrow
strap
cut up
make wretched
do a number on
cause suffering to
tantalise
UK
martyr
push buttons
aggrieve
fear
niggle
burden
stew
sweat
weigh down
cause discomfort to
prey on someone's mind
gnaw at
cause concern to
hack you off
lie heavy on someone's mind
interrupt
make anxious
drive up the wall
grind
weigh heavy on someone's mind
inconvenience
frighten
disappoint
nark
rock the boat
get across
get someone
turn on
turn
lay up
sicken
get on someone's wick
incapacitate
cramp
flip
hack off
bum out
fire up
key up
make a scene
debilitate
hurt somebody's feelings
pother
craze
floor
wind up
egg on
disgrace
degrade
debase
humble
abase
lower
take down
smirch
chasten
smear
belittle
cheapen
defame
blot
deflate
denigrate
sully
put down
stain
sink
stigmatize
US
foul
blacken
disparage
stigmatise
UK
taint
take aback
take down a peg
drag through the mud
subdue
slander
cut down to size
make someone eat crow
besmirch
tarnish
muddle
put off
demoralize
US
frustrate
defile
scandalize
US
demoralise
UK
libel
reduce
put to shame
scandalise
UK
reflect badly on
make someone eat humble pie
bring low
bring into disrepute
take down a peg or two
drag through the mire
bring shame on
give a black eye
put someone in their place
mystify
traduce
flummox
slur
squash
malign
vilify
reproach
besmear
calumniate
decry
psych out
spot
put someone off their stroke
rip
undermine
asperse
deride
disrespect
derogate
bring down
bring discredit to
set someone back on their heels
cast down
make a fool of
bring shame upon
tar and feather
bad-mouth
daunt
discourage
devalue
downgrade
disorient
baffle
shock
ridicule
quash
gravel
rubbish
censure
knock
bemean
soil
snub
addle
spoil
assail
muckrake
damage
put someone off their stride
make someone scratch their head
blotch
attack
poison
take the wind out of someone's sails
shoot down
cause to lose face
give a bad name to
cause to be at a stand
slag off
rip up and down
settle someone's hash
speak ill of
cast a slur on
sling mud at
do a hatchet job on
breathe on
give a bad name
spread scandal about
fling mud at
run smear campaign
nettle
affront
dishearten
catch off balance
startle
dispirit
scare
surprise
flatten
unman
shake up
panic
bring shame to
befoul
make nervous
disarrange
prejudice
fuddle
blemish
chill
pervert
put in a bad light
foul up
tear down
put out
rattle one's cage
show in a bad light
have the last laugh on
work up
knock sideways
pull down
get the better of
knock for six
take apart
condescend
deign
dissatisfy
blight
stoop
expose
provoke
descend
ruin
unbalance
exasperate
discommode
corrupt
compromise
deter
intimidate
debauch
mar
throw into tizzy
aggravate
take to bits
take to pieces
demolish
dash
balk
US
hinder
drag down
bring dishonour to
make someone feel ashamed
disillusion
paralyse
UK
terrify
put someone off
baulk
UK
take by surprise
heat
excite
hurry
be prejudicial to
make lose face
disorientate
affright
disgruntle
disenchant
bustle
paralyze
US
terrorize
US
mess up
fill with consternation
snafu
screw up
put the wind up someone
terrorise
UK
louse up
give someone a turn
muck up
upset apple cart
stop someone in their tracks
worst
silence
pop one's balloon
make one feel small
put one away
strike dumb
overcome
put away
bring down a peg
squelch
make eat dirt
force to eat humble pie
demote
cut to the quick
blacken the name of
put on edge
outrage
disgust
put into a flap
throw into a tizz
send into a spin
put someone to shame
get one's comeuppance
put off his or her stride
take the wind out
make someone laugh on the other side of their face
make someone laugh out of the other side of their mouth
repel
revolt
nauseate
beat
bemuse
stump
insult
deject
buffalo
weaken
fox
backbite
give offence to
revile
raise eyebrows amongst
blackguard
blackball
cause raised eyebrows
lampoon
detract
cause a few raised eyebrows amongst
condemn
belie
deprecate
desecrate
disfavour
UK
attaint
mock
disfavor
US
disregard
sap
slam
pan
blister
wither
pose
amaze
maze
vanquish
downplay
enfeeble
befog
elude
fog
wilder
astound
bamboozle
befuddle
get
muddy
lose face
cow
devitalize
enervate
obfuscate
disempower
daze
mix up
boggle the mind of
be all Greek to
stick
set someone thinking
knock the stuffing out of
send up
disorganize
snarl
blow out
unglue
take steam out
cripple
jumble
damp
blow up
unzip
disorder
dampen
run down
play down
cause to feel small
more ❯
Verb
▲
To subject to cruel or unjust treatment
victimize
US
abuse
mistreat
persecute
bully
maltreat
terrorise
UK
terrorize
US
torment
harass
torture
hassle
hound
needle
beat
demonise
UK
demonize
US
immolate
oppress
use
ill-treat
push around
discriminate against
get at
pick on
have it in for
lean on
give someone a hard time
punish unfairly
be down on
have your knife into
have a down on
stack the deck
make things hot for someone
get on someone's back
harry
tyrannize
US
bedevil
injure
molest
tyrannise
UK
plague
bait
kick around
badger
intimidate
mishandle
manhandle
hurt
brutalize
US
tease
bother
annoy
brutalise
UK
worry
pester
trouble
mess over
harm
misuse
damage
rack
excruciate
devil
punish
wrong
ill-use
maul
hector
knock about
treat badly
handle roughly
criticize
US
knock around
afflict
domineer
hunt
martyr
anguish
besiege
beset
curse
harrow
agonize
US
browbeat
pursue
nag
vex
irritate
agonise
UK
ride roughshod over
criticise
UK
threaten
aggravate
irk
nettle
heavy
hit
single out
aggrieve
distress
batter
strike
neglect
crucify
treat roughly
rough up
beat up
do over
make it hot for someone
drive up the wall
boss about
trample on
boss around
tread on
kick about
bulldoze
give someone hell
attack
carp at
goad
find fault with
target
push someone around
grumble at
be on at
punish repeatedly and unfairly
dissipate
overwork
overburden
overtax
exhaust
misemploy
spoil
taint
prostitute
waste
squander
scare
subjugate
tyrranize
menace
dump on
take apart
be critical of
make fun of
dominate
overbear
cow
overwhelm
overpower
frighten
grate
pique
bug
gripe
itch
rasp
exasperate
frost
nark
get
eat
spite
rile
ruffle
peeve
gall
chafe
execute
push about
put down
be cruel to
walk all over
play the heavy with
treat harshly
be brutal to
taunt
kill
scorn
rib
chaff
expel
hack off
put out
burn up
dragoon
dog
outrage
exile
chivvy
provoke
rag
hang
martyrize
nail to a cross
hang on a cross
put to death
nail to cross
get the knife into
stick the knife into
be on one's case
be on your back
smite
bone
break
heckle
try
wring
be a nuisance to
be a pest to
give someone grief
drive bananas
inflict suffering on
inflict pain on
put through wringer
play cat and mouse
lead someone a merry dance
rub salt in wound
assault
mar
roughhouse
ruin
total
interfere with
bang up
cut up
shake up
mess up
be violent toward
bung up
victimise
UK
pain
scourge
wound
cause suffering to
suppress
disturb
strain
enslave
ride
cause agony to
grieve
burden
affect
stress
beleaguer
grind down
subdue
tax
blight
exploit
rend
hegemonize
haunt
put on the rack
press
grip
tear
subject
mortify
force
put the squeeze on
tyrannize over
weaken
destroy
grind someone down
disapprove of
be hostile to
show antagonism to
be prejudiced against
be against
be set against
feel ill will towards
show ill will towards
bear a grudge towards
pierce
stab
convulse
cause pain to
shake
fret
suffer
fuss
perturb
work over
labor
US
labour
UK
muse
importune
squirm
sear
yoke
prey on
buttonhole
disparage
scold
berate
gut
excrutiate
burn at the stake
give someone the works
grind
reproach
revile
gnaw at
nag at
mutilate
mangle
lacerate
impale
grill
maim
whip
be afflicted with
be plagued with
suffer from
be troubled by
weigh heavily on
lie heavy on
bend someone's ear
override
upbraid
push
haze
be burdened with
be blighted with
be bedevilled by
grind at
grind on
inflict anguish on
disfranchise
hobble
disenfranchise
deprive
be autocratic
assail
embarrass
get hooks into
keep under thumb
perplex
entangle
hamper
aggress
weigh down
take away someone's human rights
upset
jump on one's case
give a bad time
give one the business
fall on
fall upon
start in on
give the needle
ail
crush
repress
discommode
overcome
master
take
visit
buffet
keep down
cause trouble to
encumber
trample
despotize
overload
saddle
rule over
rule
coerce
hold down
smother
handicap
overthrow
hold sway over
trample underfoot
put upon
beat down
put screws to
weigh heavy upon
bring to heel
rule with a rod of iron
bring under the yoke
bring someone to their knees
rule with an iron hand
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To admonish or reproach angrily
chide
scold
berate
admonish
castigate
rebuke
nag
reprimand
reproach
slate
upbraid
blast
carpet
condemn
censure
chastise
criticise
UK
criticize
US
monster
rate
reprove
blame
keelhaul
lambaste
lecture
rag
rap
reprehend
wig
bollock
flay
harass
row
objurgate
check
exprobate
flame
lesson
monish
trim
tell off
lay into
pull up
remonstrate with
tear into
dress down
tick off
bawl out
chew out
pitch into
ream out
give someone a bollocking
lace into
let someone have it
slap down
take down
have a go at
read the riot act
find fault
give someone a caning
haul over the coals
take down a peg
blow up at
call down
come down on
get on
give someone a row
give someone a wigging
give someone some stick
go on at
speak to
take somebody to task
take to task
take to the woodshed
talk to
get after
give someone a mouthful
rap over the knuckles
burn one's ears
call to account
give a talking-to
give someone a dressing-down
give someone an earful
give someone a roasting
give someone a rocket
give someone a rollicking
give someone a telling-off
give someone hell
put on the mat
tear off a strip
call on the carpet
give someone a rating
give someone what for
slap on the wrist
send someone away with a flea in their ear
slap someone's wrist
hammer
denounce
lambast
rail against
rail at
rant at
tongue-lash
excoriate
baste
blow up
score
jaw
revile
attack
rake over the coals
vituperate
abuse
chasten
diss
knock
harangue
pan
disparage
find fault with
ream
put down
slam
jump on
reprobate
roast
slag off
fulminate against
punish
rail
discipline
denigrate
savage
bash
vilify
crucify
rubbish
give a rocket
pummel
US
pummelled
UK
pillory
light into
give a piece of one's mind
jump down one's throat
tear a strip off
slag
bag
malign
correct
scathe
blister
deprecate
asperse
fault
slash
dispraise
dis
assail
take someone to task
inveigh against
rap someone over the knuckles
belabor
US
trash
cane
skewer
lash
belabour
UK
rip
scorch
denunciate
skin
bad-mouth
rip into
yell at
potshot
penalize
US
lay down the law
arraign
caution
rave at
accuse
come down hard on
smear
sledge
disapprove
penalise
UK
scorn
cavil
scourge
pull apart
zap
cut up
sail into
take to pieces
slap someone on the wrist
bring someone to book
chew someone out
lean on
vituperate against
run down
pick to pieces
climb all over
give someone a bad press
jump all over
impugn
let fly
slander
insult
calumniate
traduce
rollick
defame
growl
visit
besmirch
call over the coals
rake
fustigate
derogate
jawbone
preach
strongly criticize
contemn
slang
draw the line
throw the book at
clobber
decry
slap on wrist
rap on knuckles
slug
give a going over
tell a thing or two
hit
trounce
pick holes in
judge
come down on like a ton of bricks
cut down
cast aspersions on
disapprove of
carp at
tear apart
give one hell
nag at
reprimand severely
deal with
pull someone up
round on
sort out
brand
warn
adjure
advise
counsel
lash out
exprobrate
stigmatize
US
speak
bring to book
harsh
moralise
UK
moralize
US
threap
recompense
libel
discredit
recriminate
taunt
spank
skelp
ferule
rap someone's knuckles
expostulate
objurate
ding
notice
glue
forewarn
hoist
refute
rank on
give going-over
dishonor
US
dishonour
UK
disgrace
cudgel
slap
deride
shellac
strike
smother
chew
stigmatise
UK
despise
fry
oppose
rake over coals
jack up
sit on
have words
give tongue-lashing
give somebody a piece of one's mind
dress-down
backbite
animadvert
rebuff
incriminate
ostracise
UK
remonstrate
ostracize
US
tear someone a new one
give someone a dressing down
give someone a telling off
rap across the knuckles
severely reprimand
charge
give piece of mind
bring to account
give someone stick
criticize harshly
lay on
give comeuppance
have someone on the carpet
keep after
mete out punishment to
rag on
make an example of
send someone away with a flea in his
lower the boom
give the dickens
give someone a carpeting
eat out
criticize hatefully
shout at
cuss out
tax
lash into
express disapproval of
read out
look askance
pick apart
carp on
sound off
go after
argue with
assault verbally
criticize strongly
tear down
teach someone a lesson
call to task
point the finger at
have your knife in
be hard on
pick on
disagree with
blacken someone's reputation
cast a slur on
take apart
pile in
give the devil
explode
start on
shoot down
start in
think badly of
express disapprobation
express disapprobation of
stick it to
take on
burst out
lash out at
deplore
jump on one's case
bite someone's head off
snap someone's head off
go for the jugular
afflict
repress
soften
have on the carpet
try
suppress
subjugate
anathematize
execrate
slur
keep nothing back
erupt with anger
maul
carp
whip
send up
point finger at
frame
pronounce
hang something on
depreciate
belittle
blow whistle on
proscribe
give something a bad press
send up the river
thumbs down on
pin it on
name
put away
lay at one's door
adjudge
let have it
beat
flog
thrash
vilipend
scarify
drub
fluff
slog
curse
rile
complain about
bag on
skin alive
pour scorn on
do a number on
pass strictures upon
pick at
give a bad press to
nitpick about
cavil at
throw brickbats at
nit-pick
give bad press
throw shade
give some stick to
animadvert on
pull to pieces
cut to bits
hit out at
give flak to
give vent to one's emotions
lose one's temper with
give free rein to one's emotions
criticize severely
rap someone the knuckles
drag over the coals
lay out
cry down
tie into
beat up on
bark at
object to
frown on
ridicule
take exception to
be against
object
disfavor
US
complain
do a hatchet job on
inveigh
frown upon
dislike
take a dim view of
disfavour
UK
abhor
gripe
tear to pieces
discountenance
protest
moan
grumble
kick
grouse
discount
beef
detest
detract
kick up a stink about
slight
minimize
US
kvetch
dismiss
diminish
dump on
fulminate
grouch
underrate
dispute
whine
disesteem
kick up a fuss about
mock
whinge
drag through the mud
take issue with
fuss
bleat
poor-mouth
trash-talk
bellyache
abominate
minimise
UK
play down
write off
kiss off
talk down
crab
make a fuss about
give something a battering
underestimate
undervalue
impeach
challenge
thunder
declaim
indict
protest against
look down on
quibble about
look askance at
disdain
lampoon
do down
beef about
sneer at
raise objections to
pooh-pooh
grizzle
deliver judgment
adjudicate
find lacking
scoff at
reject
argue against
wail
grump
keen
caterwaul
scream
repine
loathe
speak ill of
take a stand against
kick up a fuss
quibble
rage
yammer
squawk
whimper
murmur
croak
yawp
maunder
holler
mutter
squeal
gripe about
demur
downgrade
rant
find unacceptable
trivialize
US
moan about
grouse about
declaim against
yowl
yaup
except
impute
grouch about
pass judgment
give opinion
oppose strongly
expostulate about
lower
spurn
bellyache about
discommend
treat lightly
shun
sound off about
speak out against
tsk-tsk
speak evil of
detract from
minify
complain vociferously about
laugh at
deflate
misprize
mislike
take exception
mind
sneer
not think much of
trivialise
UK
make light of
spread lies about
hate
hold cheap
hold accountable
bring into disrepute
tut over
tut about
tut-tut over
tut-tut about
blacken the reputation of
blacken the name of
sully the reputation of
throw mud at
not take kindly to
conduct a smear campaign against
speak badly of
give a bad name
give someone bondi
rage against
nitpick
whine about
carp about
controvert
tear to shreds
niggle
degrade
nitpick over
be in opposition to
quarrel with
remonstrate against
protest strongly at
remonstrate about
whinge about
prosecute
think wrong
fume
marginalize
US
animadvert upon
discourage
argue
storm
vociferate
chunter
split hairs
opprobriate
make a protest against
kick against
mither
hypercriticize
create
inculpate
negate
speak out
laugh off
resist
satirize
US
complain bitterly about
lodge a protest against
express disagreement with
regard with disgust
satirise
UK
rant about
dissent
take issue
make a stand
marginalise
UK
disagree violently with
jeer at
disrelish
kvetch about
treat with contempt
affront
hold responsible
show up
make a stand against
resent
mouth off about
eschew
antipathize
go on about
regret
not appreciate
point a finger at
make faces at
lose interest in
have no stomach for
be allergic to
not care for
have no taste for
be averse to
hold someone responsible
grossed out on
be turned off to
have hard feelings
bear malice toward
not endure
shudder at
put up a fight against
frown at
get angry with
mumble
rebut
contradict
be anti
give a rough time
comminate
excommunicate
hit out
badmouth
take
gainsay
be hostile to
bring under fire
heap
confront
destroy
give a tongue-lashing
review unfavorably
show someone up
discourse
orate
perorate
be scandalized by
be offended by
be shocked by
debase
blacken
sell short
peck
bother
withstand
combat
squabble
bicker
rain
object strongly to
fight
jump down someone's throat
protest strongly
weigh into
humble
clamor against
mistreat
caluminate
voodoo
dig
demonize
US
mudsling
cuss
jinx
pick holes
put hooks in
have words with
have no use for
avoid
not feel like
express strong disapproval of
go on
expose to ridicule
demonise
UK
make a protest
mouth off
hold up to shame
crush
niggle about
pettifog
be on at someone
spout
bluster
huff
rave
squash
downplay
understate
squelch
demean
allege
rip up
criminate
present
mortify
shame
snub
humiliate
downcry
comment negatively
view with dislike
show disapproval of
indicate disapproval of
view with disfavour
devalue
snipe at
run something down
charge with
hold forth against
intimidate
take a stand
menace
bring charges against
question
mark down
take away
poor mouth
pooh pooh
sour grapes
scapegoat
single out
vociferate about
thunder against
label
give a black eye
put a whammy on
be picky
be hypercritical
lay
take swipe at
throw stones at
lay at your door
swear at
imprecate
rant and rave
not support
have a low opinion of
raise objections
cut down to size
take a swipe at
shoot full of holes
cut to the quick
accurse
express objections
mark
not believe in
hold someone answerable
veto
express disagreement
lodge a protest
express objections to
express disapproval
feel revulsion to
feel aversion to
feel disgust for
be in opposition
express a poor opinion of
zing
be hostile towards
characterize
US
designate
classify
class
stamp
tag
have a problem
make a fuss
hold someone to blame
complain to
hold in disdain
regard with contempt
raise an
grumble about
have a problem with
kick up
take great exception to
characterise
UK
mark out
offend
shock
outrage
disgust
cry
baulk
UK
draw the line at
balk
US
cross
disavow
disagree
pass on
horrify
appal
UK
beg to differ
look down upon
look down at
not stand for
hold no brief for
not go for
count me out
be displeased
raise objection
kick up a stink
yelp
yap
bawl
saddle
cast a slur upon
sicken
nauseate
repel
revolt
make an objection
make a stink
tangle with
finger
go-one-on-one
mix it up with
look down one's nose at
turn one's nose up at
displease
appall
US
hold liable
have at
work over
crack down on
don't like
find distasteful
be unable to stomach
recoil from
have no liking for
have a down on
shrink from
not be able to bear
find repellent
hold in disfavour
be repelled by
be unable to tolerate
find intolerable
be unable to abide
be unable to stand
be unable to bear
regard with distaste
have an aversion to
have no taste
give offence to
blackguard
blackball
scandalise
UK
cause a few raised eyebrows amongst
embarrass
raise eyebrows amongst
cause raised eyebrows
dismay
scandalize
US
belie
assign fault to
lay the blame on
place the blame on
accuse of
assign guilt to
assign liability to
complain vehemently about
debunk
disprove
consider guilty of
laugh
jeer
find guilty of
point the finger
pass the buck
lay a guilt trip on
lay a bad trip on
uncover
catch
invalidate
unmask
snigger
scoff
jive
gibe
expose
nail
turn up one's nose
hold up to ridicule
fleer
sniff at
jest
burlesque
flout
swipe
dump
hold in contempt
sneeze at
gird
give Bronx cheer
turn your nose up at
grin
crack
rally
make cutting remarks about
caricature
say contemptuously
gibe at
quip at
travesty
be contemptuous of
rank out
twit
turn up your nose
curl one's lip at
leer
cast doubt on
set straight
raise doubts about
throw light on
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