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Verb

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

To be triggering a passionate feeling or reaction

Present participle for to incite or provoke into doing something

Present participle for to prod with a goad

Present participle for to suffocate a person's space as if to coerce them to do something

Present participle for to tease, typically in a good-natured way

Present participle for to defy or challenge (someone to do something)

Present participle for to direct or steer a group of people or animals

Noun

Action or speech that makes someone angry, especially deliberately

A remark made in order to anger, wound, or provoke someone

Adjective

Causing anger or another strong reaction, especially deliberately

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

bedeviling^US

bedevilling^UK

rubbing up the wrong way

driving to distraction

getting under your skin

getting up your nose

getting your goat

giving someone grief

giving someone the hump

hacking off

making your blood boil

driving round the bend

driving round the twist

getting your dander up

hacking you off

heating up

making someone see red

getting on your nerves

giving someone the pip

putting your back up

hitting where one lives

rubbing the wrong way

giving someone a hard time

bending someone's ear

criticizing^US

tantalising^UK

breathing down someone's neck

rubbing you up the wrong way

criticising^UK

working up

getting on one's nerves

tantalizing^US

pushing someon's buttons

putting your nose out of joint

sticking in one's craw

setting one's teeth on edge

wearing on

getting across someone

getting a rise out of

awaking

absorbing

putting someone's nose out of joint

getting your hackles up

raising your hackles

driving bananas

winding somebody up

driving you up the wall

getting on somebody's nerves

running up the wrong way

trying the patience of

victimizing^US

getting in the hair of

razzing

getting on the nerves of

taking the mickey out of

taking the piss out of

making someone's blood boil

boiling

making someone's hackles rise

making sore

rattling someone's cage

embittering

crazing

getting on someone's nerves

ruffling someone's feathers

blowing up

acerbating

getting under someone's skin

getting someone's goat

arousing

steaming up

putting someone's back up

getting in someone's hair

stirring up

getting on someone's wick

getting someone's dander up

losing one's temper

getting someone's back up

getting someone

getting up someone's nose

leaving no stone unturned

searching high heaven

tyrannizing^US

discriminating against

victimising^UK

tyrannising^UK

keeping complaining to

putting someone off their stroke

getting under one's skin

terrorizing^US

throwing into disorder

putting into a flap

rattling one's cage

terrorising^UK

put somebody's nose out of joint

setting someone back on their heels

causing offense

throwing into a tizz

terrifying

trying someone's patience

hurting somebody's feelings

getting in one's hair

causing to be at a stand

making someone scratch their head

demoralising^UK

causing someone to lose their composure

putting out of countenance

driving nuts

discouraging

getting someone's wick

getting someone's hackles up

getting on someone's tits

agonizing^US

pulling the rug from under

pushing one's buttons

destabilising^UK

making a mess of

flipping

putting someone off their stride

lousing up

putting the wind up

getting out of order

throwing into confusion

agonising^UK

trying one's patience

amazing

scaring the bejesus out of

blowing one's mind

giving a turn

ruffling one's feathers

pulling the rug out from under

galvanizing^US

putting someone off his stride

pushing someone's buttons

galvanising^UK

unmanning

riling up

rubbing one the wrong way

heating

jarring upon

setting your teeth on edge

catching somebody unawares

catching somebody off balance

bringing into disorder

throwing into disarray

messing with one's head

making punchy

intoxicating

staggering

setting someone thinking

upsetting the apple cart

making it hot for someone

wronging

crucifying

exiling

sticking the knife into

expelling

making things hot for someone

getting the knife into

putting the wind up someone

making jump

scaring the living daylights out of

scaring to death

making someone's hair stand on end

scaring silly

scaring stiff

giving someone a turn

balking^US

getting into a tangle

raveling^US

ravelling^UK

baulking^UK

stopping someone in their tracks

hurting someone's feelings

treading on someone's toes

making self-conscious

trumping

putting off his or her stride

taking the wind out of someone's sails

twisting someone's arm

using strong-arm tactics on

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“She began to goad him with taunts, insults, and cruel suggestions.”

Verb

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To be triggering a passionate feeling or reaction

galvanizing^US

energising^UK

energizing^US

galvanising^UK

lighting a fire under

firing the imagination of

firing the enthusiasm of

firing with enthusiasm

rooting on

livening up

getting someone going

mobilizing^US

favouring^UK

favoring^US

fueling^US

stiffening the resolve of

acting as a stimulus to

mobilising^UK

acting as an incentive to

lifting the morale of

giving a shot in the arm

giving someone a kick

frightening

zapping

acting as a incentive to

giving the incentive to

being responsible for

fanning the flames of

tantalizing^US

tantalising^UK

boosting someone's morale

raising the morale of

giving a shot in the arm to

stimulating spiritually

giving confidence to

giving hope to

lifting the spirits of

succouring^UK

succoring^US

organizing^US

organising^UK

catalyzing^US

catalysing^UK

laying the foundations of

laying the first stone of

starting the ball rolling

getting off the ground

marshaling^US

marshalling^UK

maneuvering^US

manoeuvring^UK

realising^UK

realizing^US

bringing into existence

getting something off the ground

bringing off

giving a new lease of life to

getting something going

laying the cornerstone of

getting something moving

bringing around

rising and shining

breathing new life into

getting the ball rolling

conducing to

breathing life into

causing to occur

setting the ball rolling

putting new strength in

putting new heart in

putting new heart into

setting the ball rolling on

biasing^US

biassing^UK

building a fire under

acting as a fillip to

acting as a impetus to

getting one started

bowing

putting into operation

blowing away the cobwebs

getting something functioning

getting something working

being partly responsible for

kicking something off

starting out

deploying

making you of a mind to

moulding^UK

molding^US

exerting influence on

putting someone up to something

setting something moving

starting something operating

starting something functioning

setting something going

showing signs of life

starting ball rolling

jumping into

getting off

getting the show on the road

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“The task of the facilitator was to goad the students by posing pertinent questions and to answer questions on their part.”

Verb

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Present participle for to incite or provoke into doing something

counseling^US

counselling^UK

putting the screws on

giving the command to

clamouring^UK

clamoring^US

enquiring^UK

asking authoritatively

maneuvering^US

manoeuvring^UK

twisting someone's arm

favouring^UK

favoring^US

going on bended knee to

going on record for

pestering for

speaking favorably of

forcefully suggesting

recommending forcefully

extracting

strongly recommending

retrieving

speaking in favour of

putting in an application for

lending a listening ear

putting heads together

offering recommendation

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“Of course, she probably only called me to try and goad me into reading her comment and replying.”

Verb

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Present participle for to prod with a goad

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“As the herders goad the cattle, the clouds goad the men.”

Verb

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Present participle for to suffocate a person's space as if to coerce them to do something

putting the screws on

using strong-arm tactics on

putting the squeeze on

twisting someone's arm

bringing pressure to bear on

tyrannizing^US

terrorizing^US

tyrannising^UK

terrorising^UK

putting under an obligation

breathing down someone's neck

putting through the wringer

riding roughshod over

twisting somebody's arm

buffaloing

ramrodding

having someone do something

putting the screws to

selling on

exerting influence on

tightening the screws on

throwing weight around

turning the screws on

putting the arm on

chasing

bringing force to bear on

leaving someone no option

tightening the screw on

leaving someone no option but to

bringing pressure to bear upon

forcing somebody's hand

high pressuring

twisting one's arm

making an offer they can't refuse

scaring the bejesus out of

scaring off

ruling with a rod of iron

ruling with an iron hand

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Present participle for to tease, typically in a good-natured way

satirising^UK

satirizing^US

bedeviling^US

bedevilling^UK

tantalising^UK

tantalizing^US

pulling someone's leg

pulling somebody's leg

giving a hard time

taking the mickey out of

taking the piss out of

making a monkey out of

criticising^UK

criticizing^US

yanking somebody's chain

setting up

messing

gambolling^UK

gamboling^US

frolicking

making a monkey out of someone

putting someone on

pulling someone's chain

playing a practical joke

messing someone around

playing the fool

messing someone about

telling somebody stories

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Present participle for to defy or challenge (someone to do something)

throwing down the gauntlet

throwing down the gauntlet to

trying

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Present participle for to direct or steer a group of people or animals

channeling^US

channelling^UK

corralling

droving

funnelling^UK

funneling^US

Noun

Action or speech that makes someone angry, especially deliberately

offence^UK

offense^US

being rubbed up the wrong way

fuelling^UK

fueling^US

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Noun

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A remark made in order to anger, wound, or provoke someone

backhanded compliment

offense^US

offence^UK

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Adjective

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Causing anger or another strong reaction, especially deliberately

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