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What is another word for
give a hard time
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To annoy or provoke through teasing
To subject to cruel or unjust treatment
To make things very unpleasant for someone
To disturb, to discomfort, to hinder
To impede the work or progress of
Make rude and mocking remarks, typically in a loud voice
To admonish or reproach angrily
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Verb
▲
To annoy or provoke through teasing
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
torment
provoke
irritate
plague
hassle
guy
gibe
aggravate
heckle
bedevil
haze
harry
wind up
take the mickey
take the piss out of
kid
deride
joke
jive
rally
satirize
US
twit
fun
hound
quiz
worry
chiack
persecute
shuck
smoke
rot
hector
sledge
vex
importune
devil
gnaw
beleaguer
spoof
slam
sound
snap
nark
irk
torture
gall
poke fun at
make sport of
have on
send up
jibe at
pull someone's leg
make jokes about
put on
jeer at
pull one's leg
flout at
poke borak at
swipe at
mess with
laugh at
make fun of
be at
be sarcastic about
make a monkey of
scoff at
put down
goof on
poke mullock at
flirt with
satirise
UK
rag on
mess around
sling off at
get
nag
be on the back of
hack you off
get on the nerves of
anger
get in the hair of
more ❯
Verb
▲
To subject to cruel or unjust treatment
have a down on
be against
be hostile to
be prejudiced against
be set against
disapprove of
show antagonism to
abuse
bear a grudge towards
bully
discriminate against
feel ill will towards
ill-treat
lean on
mistreat
persecute
pick on
push about
push around
show ill will towards
be down on
get at
harass
hound
maltreat
punish unfairly
terrorise
UK
terrorize
US
torment
torture
hassle
have it in for
needle
make things hot for someone
use
stack the deck
oppress
victimize
US
demonize
US
beat
immolate
demonise
UK
victimise
UK
have your knife into
get on someone's back
browbeat
intimidate
tyrannize
US
menace
domineer
cow
threaten
tyrannise
UK
hector
harry
coerce
bulldoze
pressurize
US
dragoon
pressure
railroad
steamroller
plague
dominate
pressurise
UK
strong-arm
use strong-arm tactics on
blackjack
bullyrag
badger
compel
bogart
scare
subjugate
distress
aggrieve
bludgeon
frighten
overbear
buffalo
awe
treat harshly
ride roughshod over
ill-use
put down
be cruel to
walk all over
mau-mau
mess over
kick around
force
constrain
oblige
bluster
subdue
enforce
ride
overawe
affright
scare the bejesus out of
scare off
twist someone's arm
manhandle
overpower
misuse
overwhelm
play the heavy with
brutalize
US
brutalise
UK
mishandle
be brutal to
terrify
unnerve
spook
chivvy
more ❯
Verb
▲
To make things very unpleasant for someone
give someone hell
harass
annoy
badger
bother
bully
harry
hound
pester
plague
trouble
worry
bait
bedevil
devil
hassle
intimidate
molest
terrorise
UK
terrorize
US
victimise
UK
victimize
US
heavy
make it hot for someone
make things hot for someone
get on someone's back
pick on
torment
bug
nag
irritate
disturb
irk
vex
ride
agitate
persecute
needle
upset
distress
aggravate
tease
drive up the wall
perturb
provoke
fret
dog
chivvy
be on your back
hector
afflict
get to
give someone grief
discompose
ruffle
try
mither
peeve
chafe
disquiet
pain
beleaguer
faze
heckle
exasperate
stress
gall
nettle
fuss
nark
get in your hair
get on your nerves
displease
fluster
disconcert
eat
rattle
hurt
perplex
rile
chivy
pursue
pique
burn up
hack off
keep on at
give a bad time
keep after
anger
grieve
grate
offend
alarm
beset
oppress
miff
besiege
concern
throw
goad
henpeck
strain
distract
ail
embarrass
pick at
tantalize
US
put out
go on at
peck at
drive round the bend
breathe down someone's neck
tantalise
UK
tick off
work on
get
rasp
dismay
unsettle
spite
frost
torture
curse
gripe
discountenance
agonize
US
itch
interrupt
anguish
confound
sadden
discomfort
importune
disgust
browbeat
frazzle
flurry
prod
chagrin
depress
unhinge
nudge
discombobulate
derail
distemper
gnaw
alarum
weigh down
hagride
dun
rub up the wrong way
agonise
UK
be at
get at
undo
bend someone's ear
weird out
bum out
be on one's case
wind up
get across
harp on at
gnaw at
get on your wick
freak out
drive bananas
infuriate
incense
madden
enrage
taunt
discomfit
rankle
rack
criticize
US
outrage
scold
inflame
unnerve
harrow
inconvenience
niggle
gravel
rark
frighten
scare
wound
burden
berate
bewilder
puzzle
discommode
shake
frustrate
rag
attack
aggrieve
spook
dissatisfy
indispose
psych
bite
moan at
stir up
criticise
UK
be a pain in the neck
rankle with
make uneasy
grate on
find fault with
throw off balance
drive round the twist
make someone see red
be a thorn in someone's side
get your back up
make somebody's hackles rise
make uncomfortable
find fault
make anxious
carp at
grumble at
exercise
intrude upon
hack you off
flip out
keep complaining to
make waves
be a nuisance to
get under your skin
give someone the hump
breath down someone's neck
insult
try your patience
ruffle one's feathers
get your dander up
make your blood boil
be a thorn in someone's flesh
get up someone's nose
get your hackles up
insist
remind
pressurize
US
bore
drive crazy
get on one's nerves
drive you up the wall
mess with
put pressure on
be in someone's hair
pressurise
UK
bring pressure to bear on
lean on
impede
cross
hinder
get on someone's case
impose on
injure
eat at
arouse anxiety in
make miserable
strap
do a number on
break
make wretched
cause suffering to
push buttons
make it tough for
nit-pick
weigh on
cut up
prick
push
cause anguish to
desolate
martyr
sweat
fear
stew
upbraid
egg
urge
abrade
bust someone's balls
moan on at
bust chops
take it out on
dragoon
turn off
mix up
put your back up
excruciate
single out
cause concern to
prey on your mind
lie heavy on someone's mind
grind
weigh heavy on someone's mind
cause discomfort to
haunt
curdle
yap at
search high heaven
scratch around
rag on
assail
affect
overwhelm
entangle
hamper
aggress
jump on one's case
start in on
give the business
put the squeeze on
fall upon
fall on
give the needle
burn
carp
noodge
bullyrag
rattle one's cage
jerk around
stress out
nonplus
abash
confuse
domineer
disrupt
jeer
mortify
chide
barrack
boo
disappoint
horrify
shout down
appal
UK
cavil
dumbfound
crush
tax
rock the boat
turn
sicken
incapacitate
flip
make a scene
hurt somebody's feelings
get someone
fire up
pother
craze
floor
egg on
turn on
lay up
cramp
key up
debilitate
stun
haze
hiss
appall
US
hang up
make a monkey of
make self-conscious
make awkward
put in a spot
show up
put in a hole
put on the spot
put out of countenance
let down
throw into a tizzy
catch one short
despair
dis
gibe
ridicule
test
mess with someone's head
sweat out
weigh heavily on one's mind
do someone's head in
tear
lie heavy on
cause anxiety to
be a great weight on
butt in
shout catcalls at
jibe at
shout at
make game of
rib
chaff
punish
be a pest to
play cat and mouse
rub salt in wound
put through wringer
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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
rile
nettle
peeve
ruffle
provoke
bug
anger
infuriate
nark
miff
needle
incense
get
pique
rankle
chafe
grate
spite
rasp
persecute
gripe
eat
frost
itch
hack off
get to
rub up the wrong way
burn up
wind up
get across
tick off
bum out
displease
offend
antagonize
US
goad
ride
gravel
nag
make angry
rark
get on your nerves
make someone see red
make waves
put someone's nose out of joint
antagonise
UK
get your back up
get under your skin
drive up the wall
give someone the hump
get on one's nerves
affront
disgruntle
exacerbate
hump
wound
mortify
sting
prick
get a rise out of
work up
egg on
frustrate
burden
dog
bum
pester
hassle
get someone
make somebody's hackles rise
hack
be on the back of
get on your wick
try your patience
make your blood boil
ruffle one's feathers
get up someone's nose
be at
pick on
get at
get your goat
wig
tease
disadvantage
heavy
discommodate
impose on
cause someone difficulty
be a problem to
make someone go out of his way
be a nuisance to
give someone bother
madden
rattle
discountenance
make cross
cheese off
drive crazy
drive mad
brown off
tee off
drive round the twist
fret
give someone the pip
harass
hack you off
put your back up
be on your back
rub you up the wrong way
abrade
get in your hair
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
curb
frustrate
foil
cumber
hamstring
cramp one's style
thwart
restrain
disrupt
block
check
slow
bar
baulk
UK
entangle
bind
throw a spanner in the works
baffle
hang up
balk
US
stand in the way of
get in the way
chain
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
brake
delay
stop
retard
faze
dam
freeze
screw up
deter
cut off
put a brake on
oppose
stonewall
discomfit
rattle
disconcert
saddle with
shut off
get in the way of
scupper
shut down
foul up
cripple
close off
bork
slow down
derail
interfere
subvert
sabotage
disempower
shake
destabilize
US
demoralize
US
attenuate
emasculate
sandbag
sap
drag through the mud
queer the pitch of
destabilise
UK
demoralise
UK
clip one's wings
poke full of holes
soften
undermine
put the kibosh on
botch
challenge
prevent
restrict
arrest
forestall
constrain
halt
limit
stall
prohibit
interrupt
circumvent
defeat
crimp
bridle
counter
stifle
avert
set back
put a stop to
counteract
repress
ward off
detain
head off
scotch
dash
stave off
preclude
suppress
curtail
nip in the bud
choke
interdict
slow up
keep back
stem
spoil
confine
ruin
snooker
intercept
obviate
beat
stay
debar
forbid
checkmate
nullify
fend off
put an end to
tie
hold off
put paid to
control
disappoint
shut out
decelerate
avoid
hold
bog down
crab
outwit
withhold
jam
do for
upset
neutralize
US
resist
plug
neutralise
UK
close
put off
suspend
block up
contravene
negate
stump
defend against
stopper
blockade
straiten
put the stopper on
put the mockers on
upset the applecart
smother
clog up
stop up
choke off
block off
contain
cross
shelve
barricade
postpone
nobble
keep
moderate
intermit
divert
regulate
bilk
withstand
seal
burden
muzzle
forfend
occlude
buck
evade
weigh down
rein in
rule out
take down
smash
cut short
hold in
hold down
louse up
put a spoke in someone's wheel
deflect
anticipate
sidestep
skirt
cramp someone's style
plug up
pick off
bung up
inconvenience
steer clear of
cool
slacken
stultify
traverse
reduce
quash
constrict
discontinue
subdue
remit
fight
mire
retardate
disadvantage
throttle
caulk
help
staunch
defer
combat
overturn
repel
pre-empt
obscure
circumnavigate
be a hindrance to
close out
fill
throw monkey wrench in
take wind out of
close up
block out
make late
stem the flow of
tie down
put back
choke up
bring to screeching halt
keep lid on
bring to a standstill
outlaw
impair
circumscribe
confuse
dissuade from
leash
squelch
root
estop
squash
incommode
pause
delimit
crush
lessen
discommode
snafu
guard
stunt
finish
terminate
bottleneck
confound
muffle
contest
dispute
ward
pigeonhole
prorogue
discourage
end
protract
stuff
give the slip
clot
govern
cease
make impossible
quit
tame
defy
prolong
preempt
quiet
break
act against
keep waiting
parry
overload
repulse
embog
congest
cancel
annul
offset
get out of
keep under control
charge
give the run around
procrastinate
entrammel
confront
go against
fight back
mess up
keep in check
escape
bypass
defend
dead-end
choke back
put at a disadvantage
hem in
turn off
crash
place at a disadvantage
gag
back off
drag your feet
turn aside
hang fire
jam up
box in
queer someone's pitch
keep a lid on
bite back
put on hold
refuse
deny access
get in before
cut back
bring to a close
second-guess
throw cold water on
put on back burner
head off at pass
provide against
hold over
put the brakes on
pour cold water on
put a damper on
get ahead of
hold off on
leave off
beat someone to the draw
beat someone to the punch
desist from
keep within bounds
cut out
beat someone to it
struggle against
strive against
bring to an end
shut in
put up a fight against
steal a march on
bring to a stop
pull the plug on
straitjacket
suffocate
sidetrack
ban
tie-up
weaken
finish off
queer
sink
debilitate
puzzle
screen
exclude
inc
cause to wait
cause to stay
catch
complicate
enmesh
net
ensnare
capture
mystify
oppress
bother
constipate
snag
tether
stand off
peter out
fill up
put straitjacket on
tie someone's hands
nonplus
cap
sideline
halt in its tracks
throw a monkey wrench in the works
damp down
flummox
stanch
pack
disqualify
affect
disturb
set limits on
impose limits on
make difficult
prevent from making progress
scuttle
invalidate
corner
tamper
influence
proscribe
blacklist
boycott
make an end of
monkey with
bung
rein
tie one's hands
throw a curve
trouble
conflict
strangulate
swallow
wreck
ditch
juke
unsettle
bottle
undo
put a crimp in
forefend
ostracize
US
give disadvantage
take out
get bogged down
keep from happening
stave
put the damper on
put out of commission
indispose
temper
commandeer
blank
counterplot
bury
wall off
put the brakes on
take out of play
enjoin
cork
throw a spoke in the wheel of
bog
make it impossible for
make it impracticable for
shut
bring an end to
stand in the way
rebuff
bottle up
eliminate
keep at bay
keep off
work against
be one step ahead of
be early
act in advance of
prepare for
strangle
lag
decrease
abate
diminish
tackle
quell
take wind out of sails
cause setback
get the better of
put end to
beat down
peg
discipline
throw a monkey wrench into
make illegal
ostracise
UK
embargo
make impracticable
shipwreck
not allow to go beyond
keep within the limits of
narrow down
hedge
pull in
slacken pace
measure
rule
loiter
qualify
reef
oppugn
war
keep in
cut in
take away
resolve
put on brakes
lock out
gum up
put a limit on
let up
wrong
play for time
contradict
deny
damp
make a stand against
bring to an end to
cope with
battle against
back-water
lose speed
lose steam
cut down
wind down
anchor it
immobilize
US
shutdown
save
let
chill
dampen
gainsay
disaffirm
impugn
play off
cook someone's goose
cool down
cool off
clobber
hit the brakes
let down flaps
spike someone's guns
keep a tight rein on
keep tight rein on
button up
keep the lid on
nix
treat harshly
hedge out
take the wind out of your sails
destroy
render powerless
duel
negative
treat unfairly
do a disservice to
give a disadvantage to
be unfair to
put in an unfavourable position
treat unfavourably
tell against
inflict a handicap on
crack down on
overcome
stamp out
immobilise
UK
refrain from
strangle at birth
banjax
crool
lick
put out of business
put out of action
bring someone to their knees
bring to naught
wipe out
adjourn
reschedule
table
mothball
respite
dodge
drop
put the lid on
continue
load
can
dash one's hope
withhold from
stay away
stay away from
forbear
deny oneself
give up
make up for
abstain from
shake off
restrain from
counterbalance
skip
break the habit of
skip out on
do without
shy from
kick
get around
steer clear
forgo
shrink from
abstain
renounce
keep from
desist
eschew
shirk
forbear from
shun
extend
lengthen
overwhelm
saddle
waive
protest
strain
break off
reluct
battle
put on ice
laden
lumber
weight
countervail
close down
lay on the table
put a sock in
take a rain check on
put over
set aside
lay off
break up
put on the back burner
wind up
pack up
knock off
blow the whistle on
put in cold storage
carry over
pack in
lay over
give rain check
put a cork in
give over
hold in abeyance
lade
pile
freight
fight against
object to
yoke
be hostile to
rebel against
contend with
baulk at
dig in your heels
be in defiance of
take issue with
refuse to accept
be in opposition to
dissent with
face down
lock horns with
take up arms against
stand up to
set your face against
kick against
be anti
take a stand against
speak out against
take on
dump on
overburden
snow under
bear down on
snow
make heavy
more ❯
Verb
▲
Make rude and mocking remarks, typically in a loud voice
jeer
deride
mock
ridicule
heckle
hector
taunt
abuse
jibe
laugh at
insult
knock
tease
boo
catcall
gibe
hiss
interrupt
scorn
banter
barrack
scoff
scoff at
scout
skewer
sneer
sneer at
contemn
flout
jibe at
shout at
shout disapproval
shout down
blow raspberries
boo at
catcall at
comeback
dig
fleer
hiss at
hoot
hoot at
jab
jest
quip
shoot down
shout disapproval at
snipe
whistle at
blow raspberries at
flout at
call names
poke fun
put down
put on
cock a snook at
make a crack
give the Bronx cheer to
laugh out of court
poke fun at
make fun of
twit
jeer at
rib
rag
lampoon
disdain
kid
disparage
razz
chaff
take the mickey
josh
rally
take the piss out of
jive
pan
make sport of
ride
needle
slight
belittle
haze
pillory
satirize
US
dis
roast
poke mullock at
rag on
gird
satirise
UK
affront
pooh-pooh
quiz
hold up to ridicule
chiack
denigrate
wind up
jape
whistle
torment
treat with contempt
dump on
decry
revile
goof on
make a fool of
sling off at
slam
diss
shout
bait
make jokes about
laugh to scorn
be sarcastic about
pull one's leg
outrage
make a monkey out of
detract
joke
humiliate
guy
dismiss
hound
laugh
gibe at
fun
heap scorn on
send up
run down
show contempt for
treat contemptuously
shriek
thumb nose at
make a monkey of
trash-talk
show contempt
provoke
hassle
howl
offend
bother
lout
goad
slap
disrespect
despise
underrate
raz
sledge
mimic
discredit
discount
wisecrack
slur
rank out
sneeze at
sniff at
quip at
gag
jolly
hold in contempt
caricature
howl down
pick on
give Bronx cheer
derogate
look down on
poke borack
fool
show up
smoke
pour scorn on
turn up one's nose
slag off
rail at
scout at
drown out
bad-mouth
squib
spurn
censure
holler
raspberry
susurrate
fligger
seethe
murmur
whisper
crack
snigger
burlesque
travesty
swipe
dump
shuck
poke the borax
utter catcalls
laugh in the face of
treat with disdain
scream
give the bird to
yell
cry
deprecate
disrupt
yuck
yuk
have on
poke borak at
amuse
flip
pull someone's chain
prank
mess around
pull someone's leg
divert
parody
entertain
sibilate
reproach
upbraid
pun
depreciate
twitter
roar
sally
cartoon
minimize
US
diminish
deflate
expose
unmask
whoop
guffaw
pester
vilipend
be scornful about
make light of
fleer at
dig at
bite one's thumb at
have a joke with
plague
discomfit
harass
disturb
bully
worry
rattle
faze
embarrass
disconcert
chivy
badger
get at
trash
carp
criticize
US
swipe at
annoy
cry out
hurt
minimise
UK
aggravate
wound
cry down
play down
poor-mouth
talk down
butt in
make game of
upset
mortify
hold up to shame
make a game of
make someone a laughing stock
expose to ridicule
make a laughing-stock
flame
be contemptuous of
have a crack at
take a swipe at
shout catcalls at
malign
slander
make cutting remarks about
say contemptuously
libel
curl your lip at
turn your nose up at
defame
dishonor
US
dishonour
UK
impugn
criticise
UK
irritate
calumniate
disoblige
abase
asperse
injure
miscall
slang
debase
blister
curse
degrade
be rude to
give offence to
step on one's toes
cut dead
cast aspersions on
cause offence to
treat disrespectfully
throw shade
hurt somebody's feelings
cut to the quick
have a go at
vilify
detract from
do a number on
irk
vex
gall
harry
anger
nark
persecute
pique
exasperate
torture
rile
nettle
bug
ruffle
peeve
get
rot
hack off
rub up the wrong way
infuriate
bedevil
put out
dog
spite
nudge
rasp
miff
exacerbate
niggle
nag
chafe
grate
molest
get to
get on your nerves
hit where one lives
oppress
prick
gnaw
lead on
rark
hack you off
afflict
fool around
browbeat
hump
mistreat
antagonize
US
devil
displease
eat
frost
gripe
get across
itch
get under your skin
get in your hair
get your back up
tantalize
US
tantalise
UK
disgust
antagonise
UK
impose on
rankle
burn up
put your back up
make somebody's hackles rise
take a rise out of
raise your hackles
get a rise out of
make fun
frazzle
kid around
frustrate
get on the nerves of
be on the back of
get in the hair of
distract
sting
affect
tear to pieces
prod
play a joke on
hurl insults at
snicker at
smile at
snigger at
play a practical joke on
scold
berate
domineer
joke with
override
tyrannize
US
push
grip
disgruntle
scandalize
US
distress
exploit
manipulate
maltreat
victimize
US
violate
enrage
incense
madden
put
dominate
tyrannise
UK
enslave
give a zinger
confront
dispraise
scandalise
UK
ruffle one's feathers
give the cold shoulder
ill-treat
mess
agitate
intimidate
bulldoze
misuse
wrong
perturb
trouble
frolic
gambol
hoax
be autocratic
coerce
roil
incite
gravel
fret
grill
cow
harrow
abrade
start
tyrannize over
blackjack
threaten
rot someone
mess about
put someone on
fool about
play a prank
play the fool
play a practical joke
play tricks
play a joke
play a trick
bogart
get across someone
set on
stir up
get on one's nerves
work into lather
try your patience
rub the wrong way
set off
send into a rage
make your blood boil
make waves
make angry
give someone the hump
ill-use
martyrize
take advantage of
victimise
UK
do an injustice to
martyr
menace
beset
terrorize
US
pain
grieve
step on the toes of
inconvenience
chivvy
perplex
discommode
mither
heavy
go for jugular
give no quarter
lay a bad trip on
pursue
scare
bullyrag
terrorise
UK
bore
mau-mau
strong-arm
impede
cross
hinder
drive up the wall
give someone grief
grate on
intrude upon
get on someone's case
bend someone's ear
breathe down someone's neck
get on your wick
carp at
be on your back
importune
beleaguer
run up the wrong way
spoof
sound
snap
flirt with
be at
mess with
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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 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 rocket
give a talking-to
give someone a dressing-down
give someone an earful
give someone a roasting
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
lambast
hammer
denounce
rail at
rail against
rant at
tongue-lash
baste
excoriate
jaw
vituperate
rake over the coals
score
revile
blow up
attack
abuse
harangue
slam
diss
savage
knock
ream
pan
jump on
chasten
reprobate
put down
fulminate against
vilify
find fault with
rail
disparage
light into
bash
slag off
scathe
crucify
pillory
rubbish
pummel
US
roast
jump down one's throat
tear a strip off
give a piece of one's mind
pummelled
UK
denigrate
potshot
trash
belabor
US
rip into
slash
yell at
slag
belabour
UK
bag
inveigh against
assail
malign
deprecate
rave at
lay down the law
discipline
fault
dis
dispraise
denunciate
skewer
asperse
cavil
lash
blister
rip
skin
sail into
correct
accuse
arraign
smear
scorn
sledge
call over the coals
come down hard on
punish
caution
zap
scorch
run down
cut up
vituperate against
bad-mouth
pick to pieces
bring to book
climb all over
jump all over
disapprove
impugn
cane
rollick
decry
contemn
scourge
rake
derogate
fustigate
lam into
jawbone
recriminate
slang
lash out at
wade into
clobber
slug
lash out
preach
expostulate
take to pieces
let fly at
let fly
pull apart
hit
give someone a bad press
trounce
sort out
have someone on the carpet
pick holes in
draw the line
give a going over
tell a thing or two
strongly criticize
bite someone's head off
cut down
slap on wrist
rap on knuckles
shout at
disapprove of
lose one's temper with
give the business
give one hell
carp at
nag at
lean on
reprimand severely
warn
exprobrate
attask
adjure
advise
counsel
refute
ferule
discredit
harsh
speak
defame
visit
threap
set upon
taunt
dishonor
US
twit
dishonour
UK
disgrace
explode
moralise
UK
moralize
US
objurate
cudgel
slap
deride
shellac
strike
smother
chew
argue with
assault verbally
stigmatize
US
fry
oppose
rake over coals
give tongue-lashing
rap knuckles
disagree with
have words with
have words
dress-down
stigmatise
UK
criticize harshly
burst out
throw the book at
lay on
give comeuppance
pile in
tear someone a new one
give someone a dressing down
give someone a telling off
rap across the knuckles
severely reprimand
charge
bring to account
express disapproval of
start on
shoot down
start in
scream at
jump down someone's throat
keep after
give someone a carpeting
eat out
criticize hatefully
cuss out
tax
lash into
call to task
point the finger
criticize severely
rap someone the knuckles
drag over the coals
lay out
take apart
mete out punishment to
rag on
make an example of
come down on like a ton of bricks
give someone stick
take on
carp on
sound off
go after
tear apart
keep nothing back
erupt with anger
round on
have your knife in
criticize strongly
tear down
teach a lesson
rank on
give going-over
give piece of mind
give the devil
be hard on
pick on
jump on one's case
snap someone's head off
go for the jugular
cast a slur on
send someone away with a flea in his
lower the boom
give the dickens
blacken someone's reputation
think badly of
express disapprobation
express disapprobation of
stick it to
insult
besmirch
slur
slander
maul
carp
calumniate
traduce
give vent to one's emotions
give free rein to one's emotions
vilipend
fluff
slog
inveigh
curse
complain about
bag on
skin alive
pass judgment
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
cast aspersions on
throw shade
give some stick to
animadvert on
pull to pieces
cut to bits
hit out at
give flak to
rile
growl
backbite
animadvert
rebuff
incriminate
remonstrate
ostracize
US
ostracise
UK
cry down
tie into
beat up on
bark at
belittle
execrate
deplore
depreciate
anathematize
look askance
pick apart
proscribe
frame
judge
pronounce
name
adjudge
give something a bad press
declare unfit
send up
put away
point finger at
hang something on
blow whistle on
thumbs down on
pin it on
lay at one's door
send up the river
complain
diminish
ridicule
discount
minimize
US
dismiss
slight
object
do a hatchet job on
talk down
moan
grumble
minimise
UK
dump on
trash-talk
fuss
speak ill of
nitpick
poor-mouth
whine
play down
gripe
whinge
grouse
drag through the mud
kick
detract from
write off
beef
kiss off
kvetch
scoff at
downgrade
protest
quibble
grouch
libel
do down
bleat
bellyache
fulminate
tear to shreds
throw mud at
undervalue
detract
take issue with
underrate
object to
speak evil of
niggle
speak badly of
crab
mock
grizzle
find lacking
grump
wail
keen
caterwaul
scream
repine
tear to pieces
blacken the name of
holler
yammer
squawk
whimper
murmur
croak
yawp
maunder
mutter
squeal
nitpick over
declaim
yowl
yaup
downplay
take exception to
demean
underestimate
kick up a stink about
challenge
trivialize
US
protest against
dispute
opprobriate
demur
marginalize
US
quibble about
marginalise
UK
split hairs
deflate
argue against
thunder
argue
rage
pooh-pooh
trivialise
UK
rant
lampoon
kick up a fuss about
kick up a fuss
make a fuss about
reject
degrade
gripe about
mudsling
discommend
lower
except
hypercriticize
chunter
remonstrate against
mither
create
carp about
moan about
grouse about
minify
misprize
discountenance
beef about
give something a battering
dissent
make light of
go on about
treat lightly
raise objections to
sneer at
take issue
take a stand against
speak out against
hold cheap
bring into disrepute
spread lies about
question
fume
sully the reputation of
blacken the reputation of
get angry with
give a bad name
storm
conduct a smear campaign against
vociferate
speak out
query
blacken
whine about
whip
impeach
express a poor opinion of
grouch about
understate
demonize
US
make a stand
controvert
pettifog
demonise
UK
disesteem
bellyache about
whinge about
badmouth
oppose strongly
disdain
expostulate about
animadvert upon
jeer at
sound off about
call out
indict
mouth off about
downcry
complain vociferously about
humiliate
get at
take exception
pick holes
lodge a protest against
express disagreement with
rant about
declaim against
be on at someone
be in opposition to
spurn
make a fuss
take a swipe at
frown upon
twine
disagree
laugh at
kvetch about
laugh off
be hostile to
cut down to size
pooh pooh
kick up a stink
be critical of
be malicious about
be spiteful towards
be unkind about
persecute
oppress
speak of with disfavour
blacken the character of
hose
brand
give a rough time
sling mud at
mumble
satirize
US
hit out
beat
satirise
UK
demote
devalue
snipe at
have a pop at
hold forth against
heap
mark down
take away
bring under fire
take
prosecute
review unfavorably
take swipe at
throw stones at
jeer
destroy
niggle about
misrepresent
earbash
protest strongly
sneer
disregard
rebut
accost
yelp
yap
bawl
sully
tar
show someone up
lessen
devaluate
cheapen
compromise
zing
negate
make a protest
back-bite
gossip about
take a dig at
sell short
snipe
put hooks in
crush
not support
spout
bluster
huff
rave
weigh into
give someone bondi
be picky
be hypercritical
make fun of
humble
clamor against
look down on
show up
charge with
mortify
shame
snub
comment negatively
throw shade at
deliver a tirade to
express strong disapproval of
have at
work over
crack down on
expose to ridicule
intimidate
take a stand
menace
sound off to
swipe at
contest
hold up to shame
backstab
raise objections
mess with
vociferate about
cut to shreds
thumb nose at
withstand
combat
squabble
bicker
rain
resist
object strongly to
fight
be against
express objections
give a tongue-lashing
contradict
swear at
grieve
express disagreement
lodge a protest
express objections to
mind
express disapproval
chop logic
bemoan
bewail
groan
lament
debate
be in opposition
rant and rave
chirp
fret
dig into
assault
tuck into
raise trivial objections to
be pedantic
have a problem
quarrel with
gainsay
contravene
snivel
lay
crib
impute
differ
defy
natter
ascribe
hold someone to blame
complain to
debase
grumble about
have a problem with
hold responsible
hold accountable
plain over
put the boot in
express concern
show concern
lodge a complaint
carry on
speak up
make a complaint
make an objection
be displeased
baulk
UK
make a stink
go-one-on-one
raise objection
frown on
draw the line at
mix it up with
tangle with
balk
US
cross
disavow
beg to differ
dig
jinx
oppugn
squash
call into question
squelch
give a black eye
make mincemeat of
make short work of
rip to shreds
rip up
rage against
poor mouth
shoot full of holes
sour grapes
cut to the quick
protest strongly at
thunder against
disagree violently with
remonstrate about
make a protest against
kick against
make a stand against
complain bitterly about
kick up
put up a fight against
take great exception to
peck
bother
go on
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