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Noun
An emotional difficulty or a psychological inhibition
An obsessive interest in or feeling about someone or something
A feeling that makes one self-conscious and unable to act in a relaxed and natural way
The power to fascinate someone
A thing that provides resistance, delay, or obstruction to something or someone
A difficult, unpleasant, or embarrassing situation
A mental disorder, less severe than psychosis, marked by anxiety or fear
A minor weakness or eccentricity in someone's character
The characteristic of being habitual
Any imagined fear or threat, or a fear presumed larger than it really is
A perverse or unfounded belief or notion
The state of being engrossed in something
Annoyance or exasperation, or something that causes it
Compelling or being compelled
A strong desire for something
A boring, tedious or tiresome thing or person
Verb
To come to an end or conclusion
To disturb, to discomfort, to hinder
To attach or be attached to something, especially a hook
To impede the work or progress of
To confine or keep within certain limits
To disturb the composure of
To prohibit or interdict the use, participation or inclusion of
To formally bring to an end (at least temporarily)
To deliberately hurt, annoy, or offend (someone)
To become embroiled or implicated in
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Noun
▲
An emotional difficulty or a psychological inhibition
affliction
block
complex
daemon
demon
difficulty
fixation
inhibition
mania
neurosis
obsession
phobia
preoccupation
terror
thing
torment
anxiety
dilemma
disturbance
fear
impasse
predicament
problem
reserve
restraint
worry
mental block
psychological block
horror
nightmare
dread
aversion
bugbear
antipathy
hatred
bogey
dislike
revulsion
loathing
detestation
distaste
repulsion
irrational fear
abnormal fear
obsessive fear
avoidance
paranoia
fright
disgust
irrationality
resentment
trouble
monster
bête noire
bogeyman
devil
fiend
scourge
indisposition
antagonism
disfavor
US
abhorrence
disinclination
animosity
disfavour
UK
hostility
opposition
bee in one's bonnet
disliking
repugnance
spectre
UK
specter
US
aversion to
awe
overwhelming anxiety about
thing about
more ❯
“Those fellows needed an artistic cussing-out and a thirty-day
hang-up
at the very lightest.”
Noun
▲
An obsessive interest in or feeling about someone or something
fixation
addiction
complex
obsession
preoccupation
thing
fetish
mania
infatuation
neurosis
compulsion
craze
fetich
monomania
prepossession
yen
bug
fad
mania for
obsession with
preoccupation with
rage
case
crush
fascination
fixedness
idée fixe
paranoia
passion
fancy
enthusiasm
weakness
desire
partiality
phobia
uneasiness
concern
attraction
penchant
taste
ruling passion
propensity
predilection
bias
proclivity
hobbyhorse
craving
worry
monkey
prejudice
leaning
niggle
anxiety
one-track mind
hobby horse
pet subject
love
ax to grind
bug in ear
fixed idea
tiger by the tail
something on the brain
bee in your bonnet
fondness
fear
dread
tunnel vision
single-mindedness
preference
derangement
care
bee in one's bonnet
mental disturbance
psychosis
soft spot
inclination
affection
susceptibility
liking
keenness
affinity
urge
cacoethes
tiger
fever
grabber
disorder
furor
US
craziness
fashion
bee
furore
UK
must
phantom
consuming passion
delusion
bee in bonnet
stimulant
engrossment
sexual fixation
luck
concrete idea
golden calf
dependence
dependency
reliance
habit
jones
need
overreliance
enslavement
addictedness
attachment
vulnerability
defencelessness
helplessness
over-reliance
abuse of
monkey on back
sweet tooth
clinging to
seeking support from
reliance on
more ❯
Noun
▲
A feeling that makes one self-conscious and unable to act in a relaxed and natural way
inhibition
reserve
restraint
shyness
reticence
self-consciousness
bashfulness
diffidence
nervousness
repression
timidity
constraint
coyness
discomfort
embarrassment
hesitance
hesitancy
reluctance
unease
wariness
apprehension
continence
discipline
discretion
insecurity
modesty
nerves
refrainment
self-command
self-control
self-restraint
suppression
timorousness
unassertiveness
reservation
timidness
lack of confidence
mental block
mental blockage
psychological block
awkwardness
stand-offishness
guardedness
uneasiness
formality
reservedness
woodenness
stiltedness
unnaturalness
forcedness
humility
control
quietness
self-discipline
caution
moderation
abstemiousness
forbearance
backwardness
demureness
secretiveness
silence
abstinence
hesitation
temperance
self-denial
stoicism
introversion
prudence
aloofness
sheepishness
coldness
unresponsiveness
self-containment
mousiness
self-effacement
taciturnity
uncommunicativeness
austerity
asceticism
moderateness
sobriety
willpower
uninebriation
unintoxication
abnegation
eschewal
moderatism
self-deprivation
measure
mortification
frugality
forgoing
astringency
sacrifice
reasonableness
conservatism
teetotalism
will
self-possession
soberness
self-mastery
temperateness
distance
doubt
self-government
meekness
inhibitedness
calmness
happy medium
golden mean
prohibition
dryness
coolness
smothering
stifling
abstention
coercion
non-indulgence
keeping back
holding back
keeping under control
fearfulness
suspicion
chariness
abashment
dullness
plainness
simplicity
severity
drabness
self-abnegation
lack of indulgence
patience
countenance
cool
restraining
will power
frustration
strength of will
fear
stopping
check
biting back
detachment
modestness
holding in
keeping in check
unapproachability
remoteness
humbleness
self-constraint
poise
stability
aplomb
balance
self-will
dignity
bottling up
frigidity
uncertainty
self-doubt
judiciousness
shame
concealment
checking
prevention
economy
hold
withholding
confines
compulsion
grip
command
froideur
lack of self-confidence
blocking
curbing
pulling your punches
Rechabitism
nephalism
containing
bridling
deadening
restriction
muffling
strength of character
strength of mind
lack of warmth
unwillingness to open up
subjugation
domination
containment
choking back
tyranny
despotism
authoritarianism
oppression
censorship
subjection
dictatorship
cruelty
more ❯
Noun
▲
The power to fascinate someone
fascination
charm
interest
obsession
allure
attraction
enchantment
captivation
lure
magnetism
preoccupation
appeal
attractiveness
glamour
UK
magic
pull
complex
enthusiasm
passion
allurement
charisma
compulsion
duende
fetish
fixation
glamor
US
infatuation
intrigue
mania
oomph
pizazz
pzazz
UK
pizzazz
US
seductiveness
spell
witchery
draw
sorcery
thing
animal magnetism
beguilement
bug
enthrallment
force field
grabber
piquancy
power
trance
witchcraft
idée fixe
ruling passion
thing for
bee in your bonnet
enticement
temptation
seduction
beauty
drawing power
desirability
bewitchment
mystique
inducement
come-on
romance
excitement
pleasingness
entrancement
magnet
mesmerism
bait
ravishment
addiction
engagingness
persuasion
call
decoy
invitation
prepossession
fancy
craze
mystery
aura
prettiness
loveliness
influence
penchant
gorgeousness
comeliness
predilection
IT
tantalization
incentive
partiality
turn-on
star quality
neurosis
fetich
prestige
inveiglement
snare
siren song
prepossessingness
brilliance
glitter
razzle-dazzle
color
US
crush
hold
exoticism
colour
UK
fairness
captivatingness
mysteriousness
splendour
UK
curiosity
irresistibility
pulchritude
magnificence
presence
flash
bewitchery
winsomeness
carrot
handsomeness
enticingness
dazzle
charmingness
liking
something
loadstone
lodestone
weakness
style
trap
interestingness
bonniness
fad
cajolery
taste
agreeableness
hobbyhorse
bribe
splendor
US
delusion
propensity
bias
proclivity
desire
sweetener
mousetrap
good looks
hobby horse
case
air of mystery
prejudice
leaning
pleasantness
pet subject
crowd puller
opulence
absorption
enslavement
enthralment
hypnotism
sophisticated style
ensnarement
mesmerization
hypnotization
delight
strong interest
joy
personality
sexual magnetism
bliss
rapture
transport
sparkle
irresistible influence
individuality
happiness
curse
thrall
teaser
tantalising
UK
tantalizing
US
glory
showiness
flashiness
likableness
mojo
odyl
OD
coaxing
agreeability
awe
razzmatazz
force of personality
bribery
thrill
the jazz
bedroom eyes
come-hither look
personal appeal
odylic force
hypnotic attraction
glitz
attractivity
glam
sweetening
promise
blandishment
phobia
strength of character
éclat
fondness
bright lights
high life
come hither
monomania
yen
wiles
blandishments
preference
character
attitude
inscrutability
temperament
secretiveness
nature
preoccupation with
mania for
rage
obsession with
delightfulness
curiousness
must
phantom
monkey
consuming passion
concern
soft spot
inclination
keenness
affinity
love
affection
susceptibility
fixedness
paranoia
pulling power
keen interest
glamorousness
bug in ear
tiger by the tail
ax to grind
something on the brain
one-track mind
concrete idea
air of mysteriousness
sex appeal
special something
focus
crowd-pleaser
worry
uneasiness
anxiety
niggle
care
eroticism
sexiness
winningness
takingness
temptingness
colourfulness
adventure
sentiment
air of secrecy
crowd-puller
grace
elegance
exoticness
fantasy
nostalgia
centre of attention
UK
focal point
sexual attractiveness
sexual attraction
idealization
US
idealisation
UK
idyll
center of attention
US
stimulant
sexual fixation
engrossment
luck
exquisiteness
bloom
artistry
voluptuousness
symmetry
heavenliness
beauteousness
impressiveness
beautifulness
cuteness
decorativeness
grandeur
picturesqueness
sightliness
aesthetics
UK
looks
esthetics
US
golden calf
seemliness
wonders
delights
glories
fairy tale
refinement
shapeliness
physical attractiveness
polish
class
natural beauty
delicacy
adorableness
tout
hook
seducement
gimmick
fake
ambush
trick
illusion
camouflage
drawing card
con game
sitting duck
encouragement
provocation
incitement
motive
spur
stimulus
stimulation
motivation
impetus
impulse
consideration
goad
offer
urge
reason
pressure
cause
ambuscade
overture
shill
entrapment
pass
proposition
ambushment
honeypot
prompting
douceur
solicitation
surprise
rationale
purpose
suggestion
exhortation
inspiration
ground
feeler
momentum
drive
determinant
spring
sugared pill
bung
candy
siren call
attention-grabber
attention draw
siren
hankering
drag
approach
je ne sais quoi
carrot and stick
move
proposal
urging
courting
SA
star power
it
confidence
attention-getter
play
gravitation towards
stirring
pushing
instigation
goading
pressurization
US
advance
surprise attack
waylaying
challenge
prodding
inclination towards
troll
fly
jig
plug
incitation
web
net
object
design
intention
grounds
pressurisation
UK
needling
beseeching
reward
proffer
petition
begging
supplication
date
hit
coquetry
paper
compliments
boost
yeast
red herring
pitfall
occasion
thinking
basis
insistence
excuse
catalyst
premium
egging on
stick
plant
booster
trickery
deception
beard
blind
facade
catch
nark
distraction
stoolie
chicane
pretence
UK
chicanery
pretense
US
imitation
front
kick up the backside
arm-twisting
motivating force
wherefore
authority
subject
why
account
mainspring
façade
rain check
open door
reason why
shot in the arm
antecedent
whys and wherefores
root
end
aim
emotion
feeling
intent
smoke screen
stool pigeon
blow off
set-up
persuading
conversion
convincing
inducing
suasion
the why and wherefore
honey trap
perk
leader
con
brainwash
twist
hard sell
clarion call
sweet talk
snow job
soft soap
more ❯
Noun
▲
A thing that provides resistance, delay, or obstruction to something or someone
hindrance
bar
obstacle
block
handicap
check
deterrent
difficulty
obstruction
barrier
drag
encumbrance
impediment
limitation
restriction
trammel
drawback
hitch
interruption
restraint
snag
stoppage
stumbling block
hazard
brake
curb
complication
delay
hurdle
setback
baulk
UK
balk
US
catch
chain
clog
cramp
crimp
embarrassment
facer
fetter
hiccup
holdback
inconvenience
inhibition
interference
let
manacle
shackles
stop
albatross
baggage
burden
catch-22
cumber
cumbrance
glitch
gridlock
hampering
impedance
intervention
jam-up
joker
lock
millstone
prevention
sabotage
excess baggage
foot dragging
monkey wrench
ball and chain
fly in the ointment
spanner in the works
monkey wrench in the works
problem
uphill
hardship
issue
disadvantage
hold-up
mishap
holdup
booby trap
blockade
preventive
barricade
bump
blockage
hamper
disincentive
rub
sticking point
mountain to climb
trouble
gimmick
hassle
gotcha
pitfall
headache
snafu
bug
tangle
land mine
discontinuance
downfall
adversity
impasse
misfortune
upset
blow
blunder
defeat
slip
discouragement
reversal
inefficacy
knock
error
bummer
disappointment
miscalculation
mischance
bafflement
whammy
mistake
body blow
bitter pill
stroke of bad luck
one in the eye
knock-back
piece of bad luck
bit of trouble
reversal of fortune
kick in the teeth
constraint
condition
control
regulation
limit
stipulation
demarcation
rule
qualification
provision
circumscription
stricture
proviso
rider
containment
strings
confinement
requirement
no-no
reservation
fine print
custody
bounds
limits
small difficulty
string
contraction
ceiling
wall
damper
weakness
downside
disbenefit
defect
minus
rein
fence
determent
prohibition
shackle
dilemma
shortcoming
nuisance
liability
deterrence
detriment
predicament
roadblock
road block
flaw
thwarting
fault
pickle
blank wall
halt
congestion
jam
negative
occlusion
deadlock
quandary
avoidance
forestalling
retardation
blocking
interception
inhibitor
traverse
straitjacket
preclusion
hedge
forestallment
bottleneck
debit
strike
incommodity
deterence
dissuasion
obviation
weak point
weak spot
imperfection
crunch
scrape
deficiency
safeguard
load
dispute
can of worms
disputed point
bone of contention
mess
bridle
point at issue
worry
railing
bulwark
defence
UK
logjam
snarl-up
hangup
defense
US
rebuff
snarl
cordon
boundary
disqualification
opposition
question
botheration
count
squeeze
doubt
disagreement
checking
hot water
arrest
box
precaution
suppression
ill
plight
preventative
prob
mountain
fetters
reverse
weight
protection
caution
circumvention
choking
retardment
tailback
interdict
embargo
negative aspect
pale
stone in one's path
stockade
rampart
clampdown
backup
lack
failing
disability
impairment
palisade
clot
cross
taboo
puzzler
fortification
dead weight
hornets' nest
stalemate
standstill
millstone around your neck
traffic jam
tight spot
standoff
wet blanket
con
enclosure
cross to bear
thorn in one's side
bond
air bubble
bonds
barring
elimination
complaint
deadweight
hobble
yoke
stumbling stone
tribulation
anticipation
averting
precluding
injury
pinch
leash
weary load
deal-breaker
tie
disablement
disorder
exclusion
bad
flip side
gate
rail
checkmate
psychological baggage
prophylaxis
buttress
defensive measures
evil
aggravation
millstone round someone's neck
penalty
red tape
break
entanglement
factor
web
development
privation
affliction
airlock
put down
damp
saddle
debt
guilt
duty
encirclement
restrainer
afterdeal
responsibility
obligation
bridling
curbing
repression
fix
spot
cropper
knot
unseen problem
stint
chill
stopping up
warning
shackling
fettering
holding back
frustration
baulking
UK
cramping
stifling
smothering
infarct
closure
embolus
infarction
other side of the coin
harness
blocking object
imposition
pressure
stress
strain
tax
depressant
cloud
halting
stopping
quashing
foiling
trap
narrowing
constriction
tie-up
queue
jump
stretch
inadequacy
circumspection
injunction
modification
definition
gloom
pall
grievance
bother
the rub
trick
monkey on one's back
snare
balking
US
sublimation
lapse
depression
cinchers
anchor
binders
retarding device
conundrum
ploy
puzzle
dodge
wile
vexation
regression
flip-flop
unfortunate development
slowdown
backset
comedown
regress
bath
about-face
foil
bottom
ditch
compression
astringency
tightening
squeezing
binding
shrinking
line of defense
full stop
joker in the pack
Mexican standoff
sig alert
curtailment
mix-up
hot potato
thorn in one's flesh
vexed question
question mark
gremlin
source of difficulty
source of trouble
muddle
difficult situation
putting an end to
putting an stop to
nipping in the bud
palladium
fail-safe
protective
remedy
shield
security
fencing
reverse of fortune
double whammy
ban
hold
moderation
boycott
cold water
drawing board
whole new ballgame
neutralizer
precautionary measure
prophylactic
retardant
moat
trench
restricted access
bondage
rope
order
instruction
deprivation
pinions
decrease
manacles
chains
abridgment
US
abridgement
UK
command
reduction
perplexity
preventive measure
protective measure
consequence
worriment
habit
bugbear
involvement
lease
chit
indebtment
loan
bite
pledge
balance
arrear
possibility
due
contingency
remainder
contract
damage
Achilles heel
mortgage
jinx
tab
IOU
account
restraining order
anticipatory measure
hedgerow
cul-de-sac
end of the road
nowhere to turn
corner
draw
no through road
blind alley
dead end
bad news
disaster area
teething trouble
quickset
millstone round one's neck
windbreak
shrubbery
verge
border
bush
privet
thicket
row of bushes
more ❯
Noun
▲
A difficult, unpleasant, or embarrassing situation
predicament
hole
corner
fix
jam
mess
pickle
spot
dilemma
plight
quandary
bind
scrape
crisis
difficulty
emergency
muddle
state
how-do-you-do
issue
pinch
situation
tight spot
trouble
awkward situation
box
difficult situation
hot water
impasse
jackpot
mire
quagmire
rattrap
swamp
asperity
catch-22
circumstance
clutch
condition
deadlock
drag
exigency
hardship
imbroglio
juncture
lot
pass
perplexity
position
posture
problematic situation
puzzle
rigour
UK
rigor
US
soup
strait
tight corner
vicissitude
deep water
kettle of fish
rabbit hole
sticky situation
sticky wicket
bad news
large order
rough go
unfortunate situation
catastrophe
disaster
adversity
turmoil
confusion
fiasco
calamity
embarrassment
stew
setback
upheaval
conundrum
tragedy
problem
distress
cataclysm
debacle
tribulation
havoc
blow
complication
entanglement
trauma
mishap
misfortune
hell
shambles
drama
affliction
horror
dire straits
double trouble
hard times
sad state
spot of bother
critical situation
tricky situation
tight situation
sorry condition
no-win situation
train wreck
hell on earth
l
Dutch
trouble spot
flash point
extremity
stalemate
cleft stick
uncertainty
mix-up
bewilderment
hot spot
chaos
meltdown
disorder
disarray
failure
doubt
crash
tinderbox
reversal
misadventure
pressure
urgency
collapse
stress
reverse
scourge
ruin
blight
devastation
whammy
depression
shock
monstrosity
hassle
desolation
holocaust
apocalypse
bomb
woe
trial
shipwreck
disorderliness
messiness
bust
double bind
state of perplexity
state of uncertainty
delicate situation
heavy blow
up a tree
big trouble
vicious circle
hot potato
worst-case scenario
reversal of fortune
car crash
stroke of ill luck
spectacle
commotion
fuss
incident
scene
melodrama
disturbance
business
affair
tension
adventure
occasion
row
fracas
thrill
excitement
sensation
farce
to-do
tear-jerker
bother
crunch
headache
zero hour
fine kettle of fish
hindrance
hitch
turning point
question
head
pretty kettle of fish
crossroads
catch
obstacle
straits
squeeze
complexity
case
snag
Dunkirk
conjuncture
crossroad
ticklish situation
breaking point
boiling point
crunch time
hurdle
can of worms
obstruction
impediment
drawback
worry
botheration
knot
uphill
danger
contingency
challenge
conflict
difficult position
mare's nest
tangle
nuisance
pain
comess
dispute
stage
disputed point
point at issue
concern
desperate straits
pitfall
matter
spot of trouble
complicated situation
difficult problem
embarrassing situation
embarrassing problem
bit of bother
crux
rub
stumbling block
panic stations
snake pit
controversy
puzzlement
accident
struggle
circumstances
count
disagreement
jumble
inconvenience
equation
urgent situation
intricacy
need
necessity
bugbear
hazard
burden
bottleneck
frustration
poser
worriment
facer
barrier
hiccup
handicap
point
bad situation
vexation
contretemps
exigence
enigma
trammel
difficult choice
grievance
hornets' nest
mystification
a jam
a scrape
a hole
a fix
with nowhere to turn
source of trouble
stumper
fly in the ointment
spanner in the works
monkey wrench in the works
matter of contention
point of contention
awkward
climacteric
Gordian knot
snarl
unpredictable situation
dog's breakfast
hornet's nest
snafu
troublesome problem
hard nut to crack
complex problem
Pandora's box
place
mass of problems
involvement
discomfiture
upset
indigence
destitution
grief
disappointment
deep trouble
torment
emergency situation
potential crisis
cul-de-sac
morass
cessation
pause
rest
situational problem
indecision
time
connection
combination
tight squeeze
moment
troublesome situation
diffict situation
extreme suffering
peril
jeopardy
bar
crimp
demand
botched situation
uphill battle
damned if you do, damned if you don't
concurrence
crucial point
imperilment
worst case
hot seat
between a rock and a hard place
task
lose-lose
constraint
requirement
hamper
endangerment
worst outcome
subject
pretty
undertaking
nut
acuteness
want
demandingness
worst possible outcome
worst that could happen
worst comes to worst
traverse
state of affairs
disadvantage
risk
a bad situation
a plight
a mess
a sorry condition
a predicament
a difficult situation
brouhaha
enmeshment
embroilment
period
phase
compulsion
push
climax
unforeseen circumstances
needfulness
requisite
essential
imperativeness
wont
criticalness
pressingness
focus
theme
topic
thorn in your flesh
oppression
state of things
thorn in one's flesh
vexed question
question mark
thorn in one's side
gremlin
source of difficulty
moment of truth
mistake
a tight corner
a bind
duress
misery
interval
status
instant
point in time
choice
millstone
prob
cumber
interest
contention
subject matter
argument
choke point
point of no return
exertion
painfulness
mischance
moment in time
soap opera
barricade
discouragement
sweat
labor
US
hardness
labour
UK
harassment
harm's way
pest
a stew
a spot
dead end
a pickle
habit
downside
unfortunate occurrence
awkward moment
irritant
aggravation
negative aspect
glitch
teething trouble
irk
annoyance
thorn
peeve
exasperation
aggro
ruffle
clutter
mystery
nark
destiny
disorganization
US
pain in the rear
bane
pain in the backside
source of irritation
source of annoyance
pain in the neck
fair cow
hair shirt
pain in the bum
bore
fate
fortune
secret
brain-teaser
teaser
disarrangement
dishevelment
head-scratcher
why
misorder
disorderedness
hash
ravel
scramble
muss
koan
rebus
paradox
doom
fankle
botch
heck
break
kismet
disorganisation
UK
ataxia
tumble
Chinese puzzle
tough nut to crack
stickler
riddle
brainteaser
distraction
charade
mind-boggler
tough proposition
labyrinth
knotty question
brain-twister
twister
unsolved problem
maze
closed book
sixty-four dollar question
cryptogram
predestination
foreordination
breaks
chance-medley
free-for-all
mess and a half
confused state
rat's nest
pig's breakfast
karma
way cookie crumbles
Moirai
hand one is dealt
more ❯
Noun
▲
A mental disorder, less severe than psychosis, marked by anxiety or fear
neurosis
fixation
obsession
phobia
psychoneurosis
psychopathy
aberration
abnormality
affliction
breakdown
complex
compulsion
crack-up
derangement
deviation
hysteria
idiosyncrasy
inhibition
insanity
instability
madness
maladjustment
neurasthenia
neuroticism
problem
quirk
mental derangement
mental disorder
mental disturbance
mental illness
mental instability
psychological disorder
psychological maladjustment
personality disorder
Noun
▲
A minor weakness or eccentricity in someone's character
foible
failing
fault
weakness
defect
idiosyncrasy
quirk
frailty
imperfection
infirmity
peculiarity
shortcoming
blemish
flaw
demerit
dereliction
eccentricity
inadequacy
kink
limitation
sin
vice
want
weak point
abnormality
characteristic
mannerism
oddity
singularity
weak spot
Achilles heel
bad habit
feet of clay
personal imperfection
deficiency
fallibility
peccadillo
susceptibility
vulnerability
peccability
solecism
foil
suscept
flimsiness
error
chink in your armour
chink in one's armour
excrescence
pockmark
blight
excrescency
scar
blotch
mar
disfigurement
incompleteness
deformity
mark
insufficiency
blot
problem
catch
gremlin
failure
corruption
glitch
taint
bug
defectiveness
drawback
lack
lapse
disadvantage
unreliability
faultiness
stain
malfunction
snag
disgrace
debility
fragility
dishonour
UK
injury
dishonor
US
blind spot
chink in somebody's armor
spot
shortfall
pitfall
discoloration
smirch
slur
deviation
pit
birthmark
brand
stigma
naevus
pock
unsoundness
trace
impairment
crater
welt
twist
instability
odium
gap
soft spot
discredit
black eye
sore point
chink in armor
errancy
incapability
reservation
inability
disability
incapacity
qualification
miscarriage
frailness
scarcity
shortage
misjudgement
disbenefit
misjudgment
freckle
rash
eruption
monstrosity
eyesore
patch
haemangioma
difficulty
inability to hack it
sight
hole
strawberry mark
smear
shame
vulnerable spot
onus
tarnishing
smudge
infamy
damage
wound
liability
downside
blot on the landscape
port wine stain
bad mark
Achilles' heel
trouble
cicatrix
downfall
soft underbelly
Waterloo
undoing
kryptonite
nemesis
handicap
distortion
loss of credit
loss of points
mark against one
blot on the escutcheon
irresolution
decrepitude
impotence
enervation
invalidity
feebleness
vitiation
languor
powerlessness
faintness
inconstancy
dent
pimple
dimple
zit
hollow
indentation
cavity
aberration
trauma
burn
defacement
damaging weakness
vulnerable point
weak link
bend
tender spot
trait
stigmata
lesion
tarnish
weakest link
crotchet
bent
scratch
scab
cicatrice
mutilation
blister
weal
track
contortion
deformation
heel of Achilles
quip
tic
individualism
quiddity
erraticism
curiosity
pitted scar
pollution
contamination
infection
tincture
tinge
touch
contagion
entanglement
proclivity
perversion
trick
chink in the armor
warp
more ❯
Noun
▲
The characteristic of being habitual
habitualness
beaten path
characteristic
consuetude
customariness
daily grind
fashion
form
grind
groove
habit
habitude
into
manner
matter of course
mode
normalcy
normality
observance
ordinariness
p
practice
praxis
precedent
prevalence
way
wont
trick
routine
procedure
second nature
addiction
practise
ritual
pattern
custom
thing
proprieties
rule
shot
usage
use
swim
usance
penchant
proclivity
propensity
style
policy
bent
disposition
tendency
modus operandi
system
drill
proneness
tradition
convention
method
rite
formality
ceremony
ceremonial
solemnity
protocol
norm
process
formula
tikanga
idiosyncrasy
mannerism
peculiarity
trait
conduct
behaviour
UK
oddity
law
office
ordinance
liturgy
mores
institution
convenance
proceeding
behavior
US
regulation
pomp
repetition
service
sacrament
familiarity
celebration
pageantry
assuetude
set
rut
quirk
workout
personality
nature
fixed attitude
festival
act
training
attribute
etiquette
temperament
asylum
fact
phenomenon
order
benchmark
barometer
exercise
eccentricity
foible
crotchet
aptness
character
rubric
heritage
prescription
condition
yardstick
notion
madhouse
bedlam
idea
home
erraticism
quip
tic
curiosity
kink
twist
individualism
singularity
quiddity
modus vivendi
course
guideline
prison
hostel
fixture
concept
order of things
standard
par
manners
rules
residential care home
decency
approach
social practice
propriety
how
decorum
tack
tactics
recipe
technique
regimen
strategy
methodology
regime
moeurs
precept
canon
by the numbers
by the book
right practice
kawa
channels
ropes
set formula
done thing
setup
treatment
currency
rote
acceptance
control
management
usefulness
utility
usual procedure
more ❯
Noun
▲
Any imagined fear or threat, or a fear presumed larger than it really is
bugbear
dread
bogey
bugaboo
anathema
bane
horror
aversion
dislike
hate
irritant
irritation
vexation
bogie
curse
devil
fiend
hobgoblin
nightmare
ogre
pet hate
torment
bogeyman
pain
peeve
apprehension
bête noire
black beast
bogy
boogeyman
fear
goblin
gremlin
loup-garou
problem
scare
specter
US
spectre
UK
terror
threat
wraith
pet peeve
bete noire
pain in the backside
pain in the bum
pain in the neck
pain in the rear
monster
demon
antipathy
abomination
loathing
detestation
revulsion
hatred
spirit
monstrosity
repulsion
abhorrence
disgust
ghost
spook
ghoul
daemon
execration
bogle
imp
beast
resentment
troll
phantom
bother
nuisance
evil spirit
apparition
grievance
trouble
phantasm
phantasma
repugnance
boggle
odium
hostility
animosity
boogieman
bogyman
enmity
ghoulie
animus
antagonism
objection
repellency
cacodemon
mislike
repellence
rancor
US
shaitan
scorn
gripe
malevolence
venom
frost
malignity
rankling
spite
revenge
nasty look
ill will
no love lost
creature
repugnancy
phobia
anxiety
rancour
UK
irrational fear
neurosis
complex
sprite
mania
abnormal fear
evil
giant
visitant
elf
obsessive fear
outrage
fright
disgrace
eidolon
puck
kobold
enemy
plague
bug-a-boo
hellhound
booger
affliction
scarecrow
bullbeggar
alarm
obsession
distaste
scourge
little devil
whangdoodle
thorn in one's side
thorn in one's flesh
bane of one's life
diablo
fixation
thing
preoccupation
djinn
atrocity
genie
crime
irrationality
avoidance
awe
aversion to
paranoia
dybbuk
wairua
lucifer
fairy
brownie
pixie
gnome
overwhelming anxiety about
thing about
brute
obscenity
shame
leprechaun
dwarf
foe
rival
barbarism
violation
orc
vermin
critter
hob
faerie
pixy
faery
fay
antagonist
adversary
opponent
varmint
slime
beastie
eyesore
grotesque
pest
urchin
succubus
incubus
minion
boggard
boggart
bug
buggard
fae
baggard
fey
kelpie
bog
nixie
pooka
competitor
grotesquerie
grotesquery
werewolf
atua
pariah
abhorrent
hateful
fabulous creature
mythical creature
bad news
bitter enemy
detested person
offensive
odious
repellent
repugnant
hateful object
personal hate
pet aversion
complaint
personal vexation
groan
more ❯
Noun
▲
A perverse or unfounded belief or notion
crotchet
eccentricity
caprice
fancy
idiosyncrasy
kink
notion
quirk
twist
vagary
whim
conceit
fad
freak
singularity
whimsy
bent
curiosity
erraticism
fetish
foible
individualism
mannerism
oddity
passion
peculiarity
quiddity
quip
tic
trick
megrim
thing
trait
aberration
irregularity
anomaly
deviation
perversion
obsession
accident
coincidence
equivocation
idée fixe
urge
bee
vagrancy
crank
impulse
whimsey
mood
idea
humor
US
humour
UK
maggot
bee in one's bonnet
fantasy
dream
thought
vision
desire
imagination
inclination
daydream
delusion
illusion
wish
chimera
US
figment
hallucination
phantasm
pipe dream
castle in the air
pie in the sky
chimaera
UK
reverie
bubble
disposition
flight of fancy
fantasm
mirage
fool's paradise
image
speculation
rainbow
instinct
turn
head trip
partiality
longing
itch
propensity
predilection
yearning
penchant
need
predisposition
mind
yen
phantasy
envisioning
fabrication
unreality
wishful thinking
nonentity
castle in Spain
flight of imagination
folly
crochet
craze
sport
spectre
UK
wraith
trance
specter
US
incubus
impression
fiction
nightmare
sudden notion
whim-wham
mental picture
fitfulness
fickleness
changeableness
inconstancy
sudden idea
passing thought
vein
temper
caper
jerk
gag
inconsistency
rib
perversity
contrariety
phantasma
fool notion
put on
drive
self-deception
unreasonable expectation
foolish expectation
golden dream
airy hope
irrational expectation
unrealistic hope
empty wish
castle in the sky
eggs in moonshine
self-delusion
unrealistic expectation
unreal hope
false hope
apparition
conceiving
hope
imagining
utopia
compulsion
power of invention
cloud cuckoo land
product of someone's imagination
fond hope
mind trip
figment of the imagination
fanciful notion
air castle
devices
habitude
bias
proclivity
bone
genius
tendency
affinity
aptitude
affection
leaning
extemporisation
UK
flash
extemporization
US
appeal
excitant
resolve
lash
motive
hunch
impellent
actuation
influence
lust
feeling
impulsion
preference
fondness
attraction
taste
want
liking
relish
like
hankering
thirst
pining
love
craving
ideation
hunger
ache
shine
appetite
envisagement
contrivance
imaginativeness
picture
inventiveness
romancing
druthers
love affair
eyes for
sweet tooth
more ❯
Noun
▲
The state of being engrossed in something
prepossession
engrossment
preoccupation
absorption
captivation
concentration
engagement
enthrallment
fascination
holding
immersion
intentness
involvement
occupation
raptness
attention
entanglement
obsession
interest
enthralment
monopolization
US
monopolisation
UK
attentiveness
close attention
focus
seriousness
solemnity
gravity
sobriety
earnestness
solemnness
staidness
soberness
graveness
earnest
fixedness
serious-mindedness
application
single-mindedness
assiduousness
focusing
industry
consolidation
centring
intensification
convergence
centralization
US
compacting
amassing
concern
debate
awareness
centering
combination
fixing
need
centralisation
UK
narrowing
compression
converging
study
coalescing
huddling
deliberation
unity
flocking
heed
close thought
meditation
massing
clustering
bringing to bear
Noun
▲
Annoyance or exasperation, or something that causes it
aggravation
annoyance
hassle
bother
exasperation
irritation
vexation
aggro
irritant
nuisance
headache
inconvenience
pest
difficulty
grief
trial
botheration
frustration
grievance
pain
problem
snag
trouble
bugbear
infuriation
irk
peeve
pip
provocation
rub
ruffle
teasing
thorn
gall
irksomeness
affliction
distress
hair shirt
worry
fair cow
pain in the bum
pain in the neck
pet peeve
pain in the backside
pain in the rear
unhappiness
chip on your shoulder
cause of distress
concern
problems
anxiety
stress
disquiet
unease
issues
agitation
strife
unpleasantness
struggle
turmoil
task
dilemma
hindrance
sorrow
strain
scrape
row
pitfall
puzzle
drag
bore
plague
bind
nark
source of irritation
nudnik
tribulation
nyaff
skelf
tease
bane
source of annoyance
menace
upset
fuss
torment
burden
uphill
drawback
awkwardness
worriment
palaver
rigmarole
discomfort
disadvantage
source of vexation
blister
besetment
pressure
disturbance
disruption
harassment
unfitness
unwieldiness
untimeliness
unsuitableness
cumbersomeness
thorn in your flesh
troublesomeness
uneasiness
stew
nudnick
teaser
gadfly
annoyer
unhandiness
persecutor
gnawer
bothersomeness
curse
infliction
blight
scourge
nag
creep
bellyache
hardship
downside
pinprick
goad
incommodiousness
issue
obstacle
misfortune
embarrassment
setback
bummer
incommodity
insect
adversity
travails
gripe
pesterer
drip
pill
nudge
trials and tribulations
complication
cross to bear
visitation
sore point
bane of one's life
thorn in side
burr under someone's saddle
stressor
ghost
minus
negative
debit
strike
handicap
liability
disbenefit
self-hatred
self-punishment
self-flagellation
schmo
quagmire
predicament
downer
source of disruption
lesion
wound
fizzle
displeasure
burr in someone's saddle
botherment
bum
pester
louse
offense
US
offence
UK
frump
terror
chagrin
thorn in one's side
source of aggravation
thorn in one's flesh
cancer
pain in the behind
bitter pill
poor excuse
thorn in the flesh
evil
old one-two
calamity
canker
bug
cuss
epidemic
infection
gogga
pestilence
blighter
tormentor
virus
contagion
badgerer
blast
hydra
Cancer
ordeal
molestation
perplexity
crashing bore
job
flurry
suffering
misery
nuisance value
incommode
tiresomeness
inopportuneness
thorny problem
woe
wretchedness
trauma
tragedy
load
reverse
fire
gauntlet
misadventure
crucible
mishap
sadness
gantlet
cross
pains
labor
US
labour
UK
put out
bad luck
laboriousness
strenuousness
arduousness
struggling
anguish
rigor
US
rigour
UK
vicissitude
hard times
care
heartbreak
albatross
blow
ill fortune
calvary
ado
toil
dolour
painfulness
hangup
stroke of bad luck
severe test
hard time
trying time
jam
imbroglio
weight
exigency
bafflement
impediment
barrier
hurdle
hitch
catch
prob
hiccup
facer
mental burden
to-do
entanglement
factor
web
development
fly in the ointment
spanner in the works
monkey wrench in the works
stumbling block
more ❯
Noun
▲
Compelling or being compelled
compulsion
constraint
force
pressure
coercion
duress
obligation
arm-twisting
demand
enforcement
intimidation
oppression
pressurisation
UK
pressurization
US
urgency
craving
driving
duty
engrossment
exigency
monkey
preoccupation
prepossession
force majeure
have on the brain
tiger by the tail
threats
exaction
harassment
influence
violence
insistence
restraint
persuasion
threat
extortion
spur
impulsion
requirement
strong arm
strong arm tactics
necessity
pestering
nagging
goading
provocation
entreaty
badgering
harrying
foul play
conscience
power
sway
pains
conscription
imprisonment
hardship
captivity
confinement
incarceration
discipline
detention
bondage
control
goad
spring
impelling
motive
blackmail
shakedown
extraction
rapacity
squeezing
entrapment
squeeze
browbeating
bullying
threatening
menace
strong-arming
menacing
strong-arm tactics
strong-arm tactic
demanding money with menaces
administration
imposition
application
prosecution
implementation
execution
fulfilment
UK
administering
discharge
carrying out
effectuation
pursuance
reinforcement
enforcing
putting into practice
prescription
compulsory law
whip
necessitation
lash
martial law
fulfilling
fulfillment
US
terrorization
terrifying
scaring
domineering
subduing
tyrannization
hounding
railroading
steamrollering
scare tactics
warning
fulmination
ultimatum
ambush
terrorism
commination
reign of terror
fearmongering
thunder
scare tactic
intimidating remark
threatening remark
intimidatory remark
alarming
pressuring
pressurizing
US
unnerving
cowing
tormenting
frightening
persecution
plaguing
menaces
terrorizing
US
daunting
fear
bulldozing
demoralizing
US
demoralising
UK
terrorising
UK
pressurising
UK
more ❯
Noun
▲
A strong desire for something
passion
compulsion
desire
drive
craving
fixation
urge
ambition
aspiration
hankering
longing
obsession
pining
preoccupation
urgency
yearning
ardour
UK
ardor
US
dream
eagerness
fervour
UK
fervor
US
hunger
impulse
infatuation
lust
thirst
appetency
impulsion
inclination
itch
motivation
need
appetite
thirstiness
want
will
wish
jones
yen
letch
appetence
ache
fancy
druthers
weakness
appetition
fire in belly
liking
penchant
instinct
panting
impetus
hope
burning
munchies
greediness
esurience
deprivation
greed
void
gluttony
vacancy
voracity
mania
sweet tooth
food shortage
a stomach for
big eyes
eyes for
bottomless pit
more ❯
Noun
▲
A boring, tedious or tiresome thing or person
drag
bore
bother
pain
hassle
nuisance
annoyance
nudnik
headache
pest
vexation
burden
snooze
yawn
snoozer
trouble
dullsville
nudnick
trial
nark
yawner
bind
blighter
droner
pill
blister
drip
pain in the bum
pain in the neck
source of annoyance
fair cow
pain in the backside
pain in the rear
tedious thing
tedious person
tiresome person
tiresome thing
bad situation
boring situation
irritant
inconvenience
aggravation
problem
irritation
peeve
bugbear
botheration
plague
worry
irk
ruffle
thorn
exasperation
source of irritation
frustration
difficulty
skelf
tease
tribulation
rub
menace
nyaff
strain
hair shirt
aggro
gall
bane
grief
distress
worriment
rigmarole
palaver
nag
infliction
thorn in your flesh
gadfly
teaser
annoyer
persecutor
gnawer
source of vexation
creep
bane of one's life
bug
nonevent
waste of time
pinprick
mind-numbing experience
concern
pressure
torment
thorn in one's side
thorn in one's flesh
goad
provocation
source of difficulty
insect
curse
bummer
source of aggravation
pesterer
nudge
besetment
blight
discomfort
scourge
burr under someone's saddle
burr in someone's saddle
nightmare
hindrance
embarrassment
schmo
pet peeve
dullard
source of disruption
snorefest
snore
yawnfest
snoozefest
source of trouble
cross to bear
downer
infection
cuss
epidemic
gogga
pestilence
fizzle
tormentor
virus
contagion
badgerer
thorn in someone's side
thorn in someone's flesh
cause of annoyance
crashing bore
thorn in side
old one-two
bitter pill
displeasure
agitation
louse
offense
US
offence
UK
obstacle
frump
botherment
bum
terror
pester
chagrin
boring event
boring person
sore point
gripe
boring thing
pain in the behind
poor excuse
thorn in the flesh
demand
encumbrance
charge
intrusion
onus
load
liberty
presumption
encroachment
cheek
restraint
imposure
constraint
imposition
obligation
obtrusion
command
anxiety
uphill
molestation
perplexity
job
flurry
bellyache
thorny problem
stress
hardship
struggle
adversity
misfortune
dilemma
upset
pip
grievance
affliction
unpleasantness
predicament
fuss
labor
US
labour
UK
suffering
task
harassment
ordeal
issue
toil
challenge
woe
torture
setback
travail
complication
test
snag
anguish
disadvantage
calamity
problems
difficult task
awkwardness
grind
drawback
agony
strife
mess
millstone
misery
quandary
weight
chore
sorrow
disturbance
puzzle
pitfall
tall order
bad news
hard work
drain
disquiet
drudgery
unease
battle
conflict
danger
dispute
exertion
effort
infuriation
dire straits
hot water
matter
uphill battle
irksomeness
cross
plight
case
knot
tragedy
care
unhappiness
disbenefit
disaster
pickle
uphill struggle
tough grind
tough assignment
persecution
misadventure
mishap
hurt
evil
travails
straits
bad luck
trials and tribulations
undertaking
blow
hitch
gauntlet
to-do
albatross
visitation
hard time
troublemaker
endeavor
US
ghost
slog
rodent
self-punishment
self-hatred
self-flagellation
disappointment
deep trouble
long haul
endeavour
UK
quagmire
teasing
lesion
wound
lack of comfort
cause for concern
issues
aggravator
disruption
chip on your shoulder
handful
cancer
destruction
ruin
cause of distress
turmoil
row
despair
scrape
ruination
canker
a thorn in somebody's flesh
unwieldiness
downside
unfitness
excruciation
rack
death
pains
wretchedness
aversion
dislike
blast
Cancer
hydra
nuisance value
untimeliness
unsuitableness
unhandiness
cumbersomeness
soreness
strenuousness
laboriousness
arduousness
struggling
conundrum
question
incident
situation
affair
trauma
reverse
ill feeling
disharmony
scandal
ugliness
disagreement
killer
beast
bear
responsibility
complaint
objection
whinge
deadweight
grindstone
tax
daily grind
nagging
troublesomeness
uneasiness
incommode
stew
tiresomeness
bothersomeness
inopportuneness
bête noire
nemesis
sadness
gantlet
fire
crucible
ado
protest
whine
quibble
nut
irritator
motivator
stimulator
mover
spur
energizer
stirrer
excitant
meddler
prod
busybody
bête noir
downfall
performance
painfulness
hangup
dolour
beef
grumble
dread
calling
function
mission
duty
work
exercise
assignment
rigor
US
rigour
UK
vicissitude
hard times
heartbreak
ill fortune
calvary
failure
fatal attraction
undoing
put out
quarrel
difference of opinion
argument
jam
imbroglio
exigency
bafflement
grouse
holler
kvetch
yammer
moan
groan
grouch
resentment
puzzlement
harm
detriment
damage
fear
lament
carp
bleat
cavil
stroke of bad luck
severe test
trying time
hard row to hoe
hard mountain to climb
mental burden
catastrophe
infelicity
loss
debacle
wrong
umbrage
matter of contention
point of contention
cataclysm
mishappening
accident
mischance
commotion
tumult
hate
hiccup
impediment
barrier
tough luck
boo-boo
prejudice
bad break
hard luck
ill-treatment
disservice
rotten luck
ill
pet aversion
risk
obstruction
mix-up
spanner in the works
catch-22
hot potato
tight spot
monkey wrench in the works
hurdle
vexed question
question mark
trammel
gremlin
fly in the ointment
hornets' nest
catch
muddle
handicap
stumbling block
difficult situation
mischief
peril
threat
hazard
jeopardy
imminence
source of fear
scare
thunder
source of terror
source of fright
caution
source of dread
source of apprehension
more ❯
Verb
▲
To come to an end or conclusion
ring off
finish
go
hang up
put the receiver down
complete
conclude
close
end
stop
terminate
cease
finalize
US
consummate
halt
discharge
culminate
accomplish
pass
lapse
elapse
expire
settle
wrap
clinch
discontinue
shutter
quit
close out
bring to an end
break off
carry through
round up
dead-end
come to an end
finalise
UK
come to a conclusion
round out
wrap up
scratch
scrub
knock off
fold
sew up
bring to a conclusion
round off
break up
let up
top off
bring to a close
carry out
shut down
wind up
get done
come to a close
pack in
finish off
leave off
bring to fruition
set the seal on
wink out
determine
drop
suspend
give up
die
desist
put a stop to
desist from
lay off
call it a day
put an end to
can
cut out
give over
pack up
interrupt
break
abandon
cut off
cut short
call a halt
dissolve
call a halt to
draw to a close
refrain from
renounce
axe
UK
bring to a halt
pull the plug on
shut off
wind down
ax
US
pause
be over
cancel
run out
forgo
avoid
belay
call off
adjourn
abort
abolish
disappear
eschew
close down
call it quits
swear off
climax
end up
run down
peter out
abstain from
relinquish
scrap
withdraw
vanish
fade
dispense with
check
dwindle
abate
ease off
kick
fizzle out
curb
surcease
die down
die away
pack it in
come to a halt
die out
forswear
lay off of
arrest
do without
shun
tie up
cap
recess
stay
prorogue
crown
result
bring to a stop
come to a stop
ultimate
give something the chop
nip in the bud
fade away
pass away
stop dead
come to a standstill
knock something on the head
forsake
steer clear of
come to a head
jack in
put the kibosh on
forbear
intermit
do away with
withhold
get rid of
lessen
abjure
keep from
slacken
stop work
cut
annul
reject
recede
diminish
decline
subside
ebb
abstain
withhold from
refrain
freeze
wane
run its course
go without
refuse
postpone
remit
forbear from
bring to a standstill
bite the dust
ruin
eradicate
destroy
hold back
hold up
come to a climax
put the lid on
tail off
blow over
turn out
do
leave
down tools
head off
finish up
block
take a break
melt away
give a wide berth to
have nothing to do with
put a period to
stop trying
phase out
obstruct
ease
fail
develop
eventuate
intervene
evaporate
drop away
deactivate
hesitate
falter
top
transpire
stem
drop off
nullify
not continue
curtail
immobilize
US
stop oneself from
restrain oneself from
collapse
evanish
rest
rescind
repeal
peak
quash
immobilise
UK
resist the temptation to
disunite
moderate
come to rest
shelve
polish off
decrease
kill
weaken
put paid to
dry up
become invalid
prorogate
lead up to
build up to
disconnect
reach a finale
eliminate
become void
become obsolete
throw in the towel
throw in the sponge
cease to exist
pull up
resist
stop midstream
put a lid on
cap off
nip something in the bud
liquidate
cut it out
fall away
work out
take five
pass up
come out
get off
stop short
come to a crescendo
reach a pinnacle
restrain
pull out of
get out of
hold off
achieve
succeed
rise to crescendo
fade out
pan out
kick the habit
quit cold
take a breather
have a breather
take the cure
kick over
run your term
scotch
close off
prevent
bring something to a close
hold back from
bring to end
wrap-up
kill off
cinch
extinguish
reach a crisis
disrupt
process
spurn
turn back
back off
jack something in
clear
bring to an untimely end
surrender
despair
lose heart
capitulate
admit defeat
be beaten
give in
concede defeat
quit cold turkey
jack it in
draw to a halt
depart
wrap something up
be at an end
settle down
subdue
suppress
quell
cool it
stop in one's tracks
reach a standstill
forlet
draw to close
put to bed
disjoin
dissever
separate
interpose
part
resolve
reach a crossroads
bring
call
revoke
recall
hold
stand
fold up
be put to bed
cut loose
button up
button down
cool off
be no longer valid
get on the wagon
hang it up
bring down curtain
bag it
blow off
sunder
come off
do for
stifle
tie up loose ends
clean up
be through with
come to the end
stop oneself
close shop
clock off
finish work
finish working
give up hope
abandon hope
shut
cry off
be forgotten
dissipate
shrink
taper
lower
de-escalate
relent
pall
fall
be through with sth
leave alone
dispose of
switch off
wind something up
fight shy of
not touch
inhibit
keep
be no more
fly by
put the finishing touches to
pull the plug
calm
quieten
die off
put the stopper on
leave work
happen
occur
sink into oblivion
disappear slowly
get shut of
turn out to be
withdraw gradually
delay
remove gradually
replace gradually
eliminate gradually
stop using
defer
slip away
reach a critical point
reach a turning point
come to the crunch
be brought to an end
sit out
take the pledge
be temperate
go on the wagon
avoid doing
not do
quieten down
phase down
calm down
taper off
ratchet down
drain away
get shot of
knock it off
turn around
evolve
dismiss
sink
pigeonhole
put off
go by
wither
wilt
shorten
abbreviate
clip
abridge
sell out
skip
preclude
shirk
swing
put back
hold over
be exhausted
be consumed
flag
stay away from
bypass
mothball
table
trail off
disband
back off from
sidestep
avert
restrain from
break the habit of
shy from
dodge
shrink from
rein in
check out from
ease up
decay
put over
continue
suspend proceedings
respite
hold in abeyance
close the door on
terminate the account
close the books
kibosh
skip out on
skirt
surcease from
get around
escape from
call it quits on
go over
evanesce
degenerate
disestablish
finish the working day
lay on the table
take a rain check on
take a rain check
put on the back burner
put in cold storage
take a recess
put on ice
take time out
take ten
have a break
take time off
retrograde
deteriorate
crumble
bate
droop
disannul
void
null
overthrow
negate
vacate
abrogate
invalidate
molder
US
dilapidate
moulder
UK
dismantle
give out
shut up
phase something out
be used up
be depleted
stop talking
run low
wear away
go down
grow less
go dead
go downhill
close with
finish with
conclude with
end with
leave unfinished
stop cold
break short
stop in full flow
strike down
wreck
split up
disorganize
loose
wrack
decimate
unmake
annihilate
destruct
sever
shoot
roll back
shatter
demolish
terminate with
content
fulfill
US
tower
fulfil
UK
please
summit
orgasm
crest
satisfy
shoot one's wad
go the route
max out
hit high spot
reach a peak
reach the zenith
break the record
resolve into
render void
lose the thread
get rid of by stages
forget your lines
rise to a crescendo
go over the mountain
come to an end with
forego
prove
prevent oneself from
not give in to
cease to indulge in
prevent yourself from
keep off
fall out
prove to be the case
shake out
impede
frustrate
stall
bar
hamper
still
catch
hobble
staunch
waver
teeter
dither
balance
stagger
vacillate
wobble
scruple
wabble
limp
stumble
whiffle
draw up
bring up
be suspended
put a sock in
be broken off
shilly-shally
be abandoned
wiggle-waggle
blow the whistle on
draw to a stand
hang back
stand still
hold at bay
put a cork in
stem the flow
bring to standstill
fetch up
more ❯
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
give a hard time
put in a spot
put on the spot
put to some trouble
hassle
disadvantage
annoy
harass
plague
burden
worry
vex
beset
embarrass
irritate
heavy
impose on
discommodate
cause someone difficulty
be a problem to
be a nuisance to
put someone to trouble
make someone go out of his way
give someone bother
bug
pester
torment
afflict
give someone grief
ruffle
perturb
molest
peeve
displease
distress
grieve
nark
chivvy
chivy
nag
hack off
intrude upon
bum out
disquiet
gall
rile
fluster
tax
provoke
nettle
pique
strain
pain
get
needle
hurt
bedevil
persecute
chafe
stress
interrupt
grate
ride
goad
discountenance
anger
rasp
eat
spite
frost
sadden
gripe
itch
rattle
miff
rark
distract
fret
pick on
burn up
get to
rub up the wrong way
wind up
drive up the wall
get on your nerves
tick off
get across
make waves
impose upon
cause inconvenience to
create difficulties for
startle
rouse
infuriate
madden
incense
depress
antagonize
US
make cross
make angry
interfere with
rankle
deject
impose
gravel
butt in on
horn in on
barge in on
intrude on
cheese off
drive crazy
brown off
drive mad
oppress
haunt
harrow
get on nerves
rub you up the wrong way
antagonise
UK
get in your hair
tee off
drive round the twist
give someone the pip
hack you off
make someone see red
put your back up
be on your back
get your back up
abrade
give someone the hump
put your nose out of joint
press
dash
overcharge
be a burden on
be a burden
be a nuisance
test
dish it out
cause trouble to
weigh down
stick it to
give it to
get down
get someone down
dish out
cause suffering to
drain
weary
exhaust
stretch
sap
tire
dismay
torture
agonise
UK
crucify
frustrate
rack
excruciate
agonize
US
martyr
wring
agitate
alarm
tire out
wear out
disconcert
unsettle
unnerve
make severe demands on
put a strain on
make demands on
offend
throw
shake
frighten
ail
disappoint
concern
frazzle
unhinge
faze
indispose
fuss
spook
wound
psych
derail
confound
turn
sicken
incapacitate
flip
hagride
alarum
distemper
undo
cramp
flurry
debilitate
pother
craze
floor
bewilder
stir up
get at
flip out
freak out
fire up
egg on
turn on
get someone
lay up
weird out
key up
rock the boat
make a scene
throw off balance
get on someone's wick
hurt somebody's feelings
harry
badger
hound
tease
disgust
perplex
dog
insult
devil
mither
taunt
pursue
scare
browbeat
nudge
tantalize
US
bore
hinder
impede
cross
tantalise
UK
grate on
give someone a hard time
get on your wick
bend someone's ear
breathe down someone's neck
carp at
make one's hackles rise
get on someone's case
more ❯
Verb
▲
To attach or be attached to something, especially a hook
hang out
hang
dangle
drape
suspend
sling
fix
swing
hang something out
hang up
hook up
peg out
peg up
pin up
stick up
attach
put up
string
append
depend
wave
be pendent
hang down
overhang
string up
affix
post
poise
pin
fasten
tack
nail
display
stick
deck
nail up
hold
put on a hook
be fastened
tack up
Verb
▲
To impede the work or progress of
hobble
fetter
shackle
clog
cramp
hamper
hinder
hog-tie
trammel
embarrass
encumber
handcuff
handicap
impede
inhibit
manacle
obstruct
short-circuit
stymie
hamstring
hold back
hold up
interfere with
restrict
tie up
crimp
cripple
curb
entrammel
hang up
cramp one's style
put a crimp in
check
block
baulk
UK
frustrate
balk
US
foil
delay
restrain
retard
baffle
thwart
bar
slow down
stop
cumber
stall
prevent
slow
get in the way
constrain
halt
throw a spanner in the works of
arrest
set back
put a brake on
stand in the way of
get in the way of
bog down
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
limit
derail
stonewall
detain
scotch
decelerate
entangle
scupper
bind
oppose
slow up
nip in the bud
forestall
defeat
bridle
prohibit
snooker
interrupt
bork
interfere
deter
inconvenience
circumvent
crab
discomfit
weigh down
faze
foul up
screw up
shut off
cut off
counter
disappoint
brake
spoil
stay
disrupt
dash
sandbag
repress
quash
obscure
stifle
stump
nullify
checkmate
beat
leash
slacken
forbid
interdict
incommode
chain
outwit
mire
discommode
rattle
keep back
reduce
disconcert
put paid to
do for
drag one's feet
close off
give a hard time
throw monkey wrench in
shut down
choke off
saddle with
give the run around
throw a spanner in the works
put the kibosh on
inc
sabotage
throttle
screen
complicate
freeze
dam
curtail
confine
monkey with
tie
debilitate
embog
intercept
sink
keep
tie one's hands
head off
put the brakes on
pick off
shut out
take out of play
overload
discourage
get bogged down
make late
control
straiten
disadvantage
suppress
hold
oppress
bother
charge
affect
disturb
tie down
remit
suspend
tamper
influence
confuse
dissuade
smother
make difficult
put straitjacket on
hold captive
clip someone's wings
drag feet
cramp someone's style
intermit
jam
conflict
trouble
be a hindrance to
debar
rein in
ward
avert
taboo
bit
withhold
outlaw
enjoin
put on brakes
put an stop to
hold in
put an end to
hold down
stem the flow of
keep in
smash
puzzle
elude
nobble
confound
mystify
root
queer
traverse
upset the apple cart
bilk
put a spoke in someone's wheel
promote
halt in its tracks
dodge
ditch
get around
duck
run circles around
give the slip
throw a monkey wrench in the works
shake off
shuffle off
give the run-around
mess up
skip
put the mockers on
run rings around
shake
juke
buffalo
bollix
nonplus
flummox
dead-end
pigeonhole
corner
upset
shelve
crush
confront
put on hold
throw a monkey wrench into
put on back burner
hold off
hang fire
neutralize
US
crool
put a stop to
banjax
cancel
overcome
negate
lick
ruin
obviate
preclude
conquer
neutralise
UK
annul
counteract
render null and void
upset the applecart
dash one's hope
put the lid on
postpone
defer
put back
lessen
choke
bring to screeching halt
down
decrease
hesitate
let up
loaf
back off
falter
dawdle
take down
flag
loiter
poke
bog
retardate
ward off
impair
stave off
close
damage
mar
injure
hurt
fend off
weaken
undermine
diminish
put off
barricade
compromise
destroy
enfeeble
harm
subdue
squash
rule out
block off
squelch
clog up
gag
regulate
moderate
burden
louse up
fill
avoid
catch
deflect
plug
subvert
shut in
blockade
forfend
constrict
contravene
disable
muffle
vitiate
resist
cross
stem
contain
break
wreck
stamp out
strangle
congest
seal
stuff
block up
muzzle
occlude
ban
choke back
quell
put the stopper on
cordon off
isolate
hem in
cork
divert
stop up
anticipate
defend against
turn off
bung up
threaten
stultify
plug up
keep lid on
pause
discontinue
swallow
deny
blight
sap
withstand
kill
blemish
overturn
pre-empt
govern
tame
bloody
flaw
endamage
guard
clot
evade
torpedo
protract
stopper
help
prolong
cross up
sidestep
skirt
cut short
defend
cut out
steer clear of
gum up
hold over
proscribe
hold off on
keep within bounds
pour cold water on
put a damper on
throw cold water on
still
circumscribe
silence
extinguish
estop
exclude
delimit
eat away
unsettle
deaden
pocket
submerge
emasculate
undo
shatter
stunt
staunch
deteriorate
quelch
capture
mute
bottleneck
rein
make illegal
wound
deny access
destabilize
US
buck
disallow
repel
enervate
embargo
nix
blunt
draw up
tarnish
damp down
disqualify
commandeer
keep waiting
measure
rule
circumnavigate
pull up
disfigure
deface
prorogue
challenge
fill up
fetch up
invalidate
get out of
repulse
corrode
debase
keep under control
adjourn
take out
bung
escape
bypass
prejudice
take wind out of
parry
turn aside
make impossible
pull in
keep in check
spike
crash
fight back
put at a disadvantage
bottle up
preempt
deprive
procrastinate
block out
close up
close out
destabilise
UK
upset one's apple cart
second-guess
table
chill
reschedule
disadvise
scare
cool
rough up
box in
quiet
be detrimental to
place at a disadvantage
keep a lid on
bite back
mothball
continue
cut back
lock up
bring to a standstill
put out of commission
respite
put over
put the brakes on
cool off
do harm to
get ahead of
get in before
extend
lose speed
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
act against
nip something in the bud
offset
garrote
US
garrotte
UK
shush
cause to wait
cause to stay
net
enmesh
ensnare
caulk
snag
veto
sideline
entrap
whittle
hedge
prevent from making progress
tether
boycott
blacklist
scuttle
wall off
choke up
pack
stanch
jam up
impose limits on
set limits on
give disadvantage
throw a curve
forefend
temper
ostracize
US
make an end of
bring to a close
keep at bay
stave
keep off
jeopardize
US
criminalize
US
put the damper on
obturate
stand
fence
bury
blank
counterplot
bring an end to
worsen
bottle
terminate
stand in the way
impoverish
ravage
dam up
glut
silt up
slam on the brakes
ease up
peg
discipline
beat somebody to it
act in advance of
prepare for
be one step ahead of
be early
lag
abate
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
declare taboo
criminalise
UK
qualify
reef
take wind out of sails
get the better of
beat down
cause setback
put end to
ostracise
UK
disfavour
UK
disfavor
US
warn
indispose
frighten
deprecate
gainsay
duel
contradict
impugn
combat
negative
disaffirm
contest
fight
dispute
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
slacken pace
lock in
coop up
fence in
jail
US
necessitate
gaol
UK
close in
immure
concuss
shotgun
detract from
shake up
jeopardise
UK
smash up
muck up
wrong
back-water
cut down
lose steam
wind down
anchor it
cool down
devalue
tweak
unfit
devaluate
ding
cheapen
total
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 confine or keep within certain limits
restrict
limit
confine
regulate
circumscribe
bound
cap
contain
control
fix
hamper
moderate
curb
demarcate
ration
specify
bind
chain
constrain
constrict
contract
decrease
define
delimit
delimitate
demark
diminish
encircle
enclose
hold down
inclose
inhibit
modify
narrow
prelimit
qualify
reduce
repress
restrain
shorten
shrink
surround
temper
tether
impose limits on
set limits on
bottle up
clip someone's wings
cool down
cut down on
hang up
hold back
keep under control
keep within bounds
pin down
put away
send up
shut in
come down on
hem in
keep within limits
put on ice
put a ceiling on
keep a tight rein on
check
suppress
hinder
bridle
hold
impede
stifle
keep in check
subdue
tame
smother
trammel
stop
straiten
hold in
measure
govern
prevent
rein in
keep
cork
cool
gag
pull in
terminate
quell
obstruct
keep back
keep the lid on
keep down
squelch
cramp
peg
monitor
fetter
set
quash
squash
rein
rule
strangle
muffle
kill
delineate
put an end to
choke back
simmer down
crack down
compose
mark out
shut down
handicap
calm
stamp out
arrest
imprison
concentrate
corner
interfere with
collect
intern
bar
freeze
jail
US
curtail
still
retard
extinguish
quiet
coop up
tie down
quench
detain
modulate
lock up
focus
muzzle
gaol
UK
clamp down on
close in
put the brakes on
mark off
establish
keep an eye on
adjust
keep lid on
hamstring
settle
trap
hobble
crush
damp down
soothe
silence
guide
frustrate
direct
destroy
thwart
clamp down
crack down on
immure
keep in line
tie
swallow
deaden
quelch
hold in check
set the limits
box up
mitigate
keep a lid on
pocket
submerge
sink
girdle
incarcerate
put a stop to
deter
impound
put a brake on
withhold
overpower
hog-tie
shush
slow down
put an stop to
choke
cool off
not allow to go beyond
keep within the limits of
put half nelson on
tone down
fight back
button up
bite back
take tough action
stymie
halt
determine
set a limit on
come down hard on
ease
mark
close
encumber
slow
relieve
cover up
entrap
left out
bring to naught
keep feeling inside oneself
collar
keep secret
zero in
center on
US
fix on
environ
encompass
mothball
immobilize
US
immobilise
UK
clarify
describe
censor
gain control over
gain mastery over
outline
hedge
discipline
baulk
UK
shackle
entrammel
nail down
put a limit on
hold up
conceal
cut back
box in
suffocate
ban
lock in
fence in
balk
US
deny
concuss
deprive
shotgun
disallow
necessitate
keep tight rein on
stem the flow of
bring to screeching halt
tie up
hide
accost
snuff
dry up
hush
dummy up
shut up
tongue-tie
ice
quieten
manage
dampen
cork up
put out
bite one's lip
hush up
heap
shower
oppress
shroud
cramp someone's style
leash
bit
harness
administer
confront
waylay
prescribe
methodize
overlook
debar
isolate
adapt
organize
US
systematize
US
stay
stem
rein back
hogtie
reconcile
allocate
narrow down
centre on
UK
keep in
localise
UK
pinpoint
center
US
localize
US
centre
UK
police
administrate
legislate
sit on
pull back
stake out
place a limit on
pacify
allay
bring under control
coordinate
standardize
US
eliminate
palliate
have on a tight leash
supervise
mince
soften
relax
break
mellow
damp
draw the line on
re-collect
master
end
eradicate
abolish
temperate
balance
superintend
mute
finish
get tough on
scotch
oversee
steward
take severe measures against
put down
defeat
rout
take stern measures against
overcome
weed out
come down heavily on
beat
preside over
garrote
US
garrotte
UK
rally
tranquilize
US
lull
recover
inspect
meet halfway
play down
cool out
soft-pedal
keep tabs on
extirpate
get rid of
annihilate
demolish
stop from spreading
systematise
UK
standardise
UK
pace
organise
UK
clobber
wipe out
nip in the bud
get tough
jug
commit
conserve
budget
tighten up on
tranquillize
UK
send to prison
hold prisoner
put in prison
come down on like a ton of bricks
put the kibosh on
save
send down
slough
take into custody
hold captive
book
bastille
railroad
put into detention
put inside
put in chains
clap in irons
keep under lock and key
throw book at
put behind bars
send up the river
throw in jail
bang up
take away
put under lock and key
limit to a fixed amount
restrict the consumption of
lessen
dull
lower
conquer
overwhelm
slap down
snuff out
cut short
cut off
put a damper on
block
gulp back
depress
discourage
decide
subjugate
black out
burke
throttle
throw cold water on
alter
clam up
pour cold water on
put the lid on
put a lid on
strangle at birth
keep something in check
stamp something out
gulp
fight
resist
nip something in the bud
obliterate
hold something in
choke something back
overthrow
keep control of
drown
scrunch
trash
squish
keep a rein on
vanquish
keep on a string
queer
strangulate
bottle something up
snow under
train
chill
blunt
educate
instruct
bottle
lock
chasten
gridlock
internalize
US
internalise
UK
asphyxiate
garotte
deflate
keep inside
jam up
wreck
mar
ruin
benumb
blanket
numb
cauterize
US
dash
keep under wraps
dumb
close up
say nothing
make quiet
strike dumb
hush one's mouth
clam
quiet down
choke off
hold one's tongue
overawe
pipe down
hush-hush
correct
spoil
cauterise
UK
cloud
bring into line
lay down the law to someone
stultify
spike
constipate
torpedo
stagnate
harsh
mess up
hold it down
dispirit
sap
attune
sway
form
condition
dictate
influence
trouble
ail
dishearten
demoralize
US
deject
dismay
harmonize
US
affect
shape
mould
UK
touch
underlie
upset
shake
sadden
devitalize
weaken
daunt
enervate
tone
vary
tune
predispose
directionalize
dispose
mold
US
act on
incline
work on
shepherd
impact on
exert influence on
humble
perturb
chagrin
bother
weary
abase
distress
debilitate
inflect
identify
stipulate
designate
classify
have an effect on
be a factor in
have an impact on
distinguish
weigh down
demoralise
UK
bum out
bear down on
cast down
beat down
amend
revise
fine-tune
transmogrify
change
switch
shift
revamp
harmonise
UK
tweak
get the better of
detail
set the boundaries of
set out
rim
belt
verge
edge
wall in
border
compass
envelop
set the limits of
flank
gird
lay down
set bounds to
cast a pall over
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
give a hard time
make a monkey of
put in a hole
put in a spot
put on the spot
throw into a tizzy
put out of countenance
disgrace
degrade
debase
unsettle
unnerve
humble
dismay
perplex
abase
lower
worry
take down
vex
smirch
ruffle
chasten
smear
belittle
flurry
cheapen
defame
blot
deflate
denigrate
sully
put down
disquiet
shake
stain
sink
stigmatize
US
foul
blacken
throw off balance
disparage
stigmatise
UK
taint
take aback
take down a peg
discomfort
drag through the mud
subdue
slander
cut down to size
make someone eat crow
besmirch
unhinge
tarnish
muddle
put off
demoralize
US
frustrate
defile
scandalize
US
displease
demoralise
UK
alarm
libel
reduce
put to shame
scandalise
UK
reflect badly on
get to
make someone eat humble pie
undo
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
trouble
mystify
traduce
irritate
flummox
slur
squash
malign
vilify
reproach
injure
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
concern
discourage
devalue
downgrade
hagride
frazzle
distemper
ail
alarum
exercise
fuss
derail
disorient
baffle
shock
ridicule
quash
gravel
weird out
freak out
rubbish
censure
knock
bemean
soil
snub
addle
spoil
assail
muckrake
damage
psych
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
do a number on
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
hassle
disappoint
nettle
harass
affront
dishearten
catch off balance
startle
frighten
dispirit
scare
surprise
flatten
break
unman
shake up
panic
bring shame to
befoul
make nervous
depress
disarrange
prejudice
spook
fuddle
blemish
chill
pervert
put in a bad light
foul up
tear down
put out
rattle one's cage
show in a bad light
stir up
have the last laugh on
work up
knock sideways
pull down
get the better of
knock for six
take apart
condescend
deign
peeve
dissatisfy
blight
stoop
expose
provoke
descend
ruin
fret
unbalance
sadden
exasperate
discommode
corrupt
compromise
deter
intimidate
debauch
mar
throw into tizzy
afflict
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
pother
disgruntle
disenchant
bustle
pester
harry
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
flip
put on edge
craze
outrage
offend
disgust
put into a flap
throw into a tizz
make waves
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
sicken
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
floor
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
debilitate
run down
play down
cause to feel small
make anxious
torment
derange
stupefy
throw off
needle
torture
oppress
aggrieve
put the wind up
burden
bedevil
stress
agonize
US
rouse
jolt
beset
beleaguer
grieve
strain
scarify
fright
arouse
move
astonish
egg on
agonise
UK
burn up
give someone grief
get at
blow one's mind
go to one's head
inconvenience
incite
pique
gall
inflame
disrupt
petrify
dizzy
rack
awe
anguish
destabilize
US
pain
despair
turn
browbeat
hurt
badger
incommode
stimulate
anger
wound
tear
harrow
wind up
cause anxiety to
miff
persecute
chafe
destabilise
UK
try
turn on
intoxicate
inebriate
make punchy
indispose
fire up
gnaw at
goad
flabbergast
scare stiff
make fretful
tantalize
US
tantalise
UK
nag
scare the bejesus out of
tick off
pick on
stagger
push buttons
make a scene
scare to death
give a turn
ball up
scare the living daylights out of
cause someone to lose their composure
mess with someone's head
pull the rug out from under
pull the rug from under
do someone's head in
muddle up
haunt
wring
tangle
overwhelm
overawe
affect
mistake
bully
preoccupy
cause disquiet to
corner
eat away at
frenzy
disoblige
molest
blind
down
dement
displace
rummage
disarray
complicate
intrude
tire
interfere
freak
unquiet
make restless
ferment
consternate
traumatize
US
jar
tear away at
ventilate
examine
traumatise
UK
unstring
scare silly
make jump
throw into confusion
put off one's stroke
defeat
throw for loop
stampede
make someone's hair stand on end
disarm
curse
hound
throw into uproar
throw into disorder
make flip
bug up
work someone up
throw into disarray
fill with panic
get in the way
snow
disaccord
jangle
discord
disharmonize
catch somebody off balance
catch somebody unawares
throw a curve
knock props out
strap
dog
nit-pick
prick
push
desolate
martyr
bring up short
set thinking
stymie
eat at
arouse anxiety in
make miserable
be on one's case
make wretched
cause suffering to
make it tough for
weigh on
cut up
cause anguish to
straiten
flutter
ride
uncalm
hit a sour note
hustle
divert
quicken
tax
drive insane
disengage
unfasten
send over the edge
separate
unhitch
disconnect
uncouple
detach
mess with one's head
make someone's head spin
bowl over
set back
besiege
weigh down
test
importune
dun
hector
nark
put somebody off his or her stride
incapacitate
cramp
flip out
sweat out
lie heavy on
be a great weight on
get someone
bum out
get across
hack off
lay up
key up
give someone a hard time
rock the boat
weigh heavily on one's mind
hurt somebody's feelings
get on someone's wick
throw into panic
drive
disburb
stiff
bulldoze
scare witless
fill with fear
freeze your blood
inspire
whip up
stir
invigorate
US
give someone goose pimples
strike terror into
get the wind up
scare away
throw into a panic
scare off
make one's flesh creep
give one the creeps
chill someone to the marrow
put the fear of God into
make teeth chatter
scare the pants off
throw into a fright
give someone the heebie-jeebies
curdle the blood
make your blood run cold
make your hair stand on end
make blood run cold
chill to the bone
scare someone out of their wits
scare someone half to death
throw into a blue funk
spur
pump up
energize
US
electrify
galvanize
US
make someone jump out of their skin
juice up
galvanise
UK
envigorate
UK
enliven
trigger
inspirit
foment
taunt
animate
enthuse
liven up
activize
work
energise
UK
jazz up
titillate
more ❯
Verb
▲
To prohibit or interdict the use, participation or inclusion of
prohibit
forbid
ban
outlaw
interdict
proscribe
bar
disallow
veto
enjoin
embargo
restrain
taboo
criminalise
UK
criminalize
US
debar
block
cool
cork
exclude
forfend
freeze
gridlock
halt
inhibit
kill
make illegal
nix
rule out
spike
stymie
zing
bottle up
box in
hang up
hold up
jam up
lock up
pass on
place an embargo on
put down
shut out
tie up
keep lid on
put chill on
bring to screeching halt
put a lock on
put a stopper in
put half nelson on
throw cold water on
pour cold water on
prevent
stop
preclude
reject
obstruct
impede
hinder
check
restrict
deny
dismiss
thwart
blackball
boycott
refuse
put a stop to
obviate
forestall
ward off
counteract
put an end to
eliminate
estop
avert
foil
except
defeat
disqualify
avoid
curb
nullify
banish
baulk
UK
frustrate
ostracize
US
arrest
stave off
circumvent
balk
US
black
suspend
quash
ostracise
UK
repudiate
suppress
withhold
disapprove
throw out
turn down
hold back
deter
count out
head off
put the kibosh on
oppose
negate
counter
give the thumbs down to
limit
blacklist
steer clear of
cancel
derail
rebuff
freeze out
repress
close out
hamper
retard
invalidate
pass by
scupper
give the red light to
disregard
disentitle
nip in the bud
interrupt
decline
cramp
negative
declare ineligible
evade
scotch
bate
expel
stonewall
spurn
spoil
fetter
bypass
interfere with
ruin
sidestep
crimp
skirt
trammel
put paid to
pass up
stall
say no to
ward
stand in the way of
neutralize
US
defend against
leave out
do for
hold off
fend off
neutralise
UK
knock back
disenable
overrule
censor
declare illegal
destroy
let
overturn
forbid to
censure
squash
disable
deprive
keep out
circumnavigate
discount
omit
get out of
get around
set aside
beat
dash
ignore
wreck
escape
ice out
cut
cease
crush
reprobate
declare null and void
pass
discountenance
discourage
baffle
lock out
intercept
refrain from
revoke
shoot down
shun
miss out
cut out
stifle
snub
stump
outwit
hobble
put an embargo on
turn aside
thumbs down
pass over
help
annul
skip
chill
put a brake on
stay away from
abstain from
put the lid on
give something a miss
leave off
keep from
leave out in the cold
anticipate
condemn
give the red light
sentence
doom
plug
rule something out
render
repulse
discard
begrudge
disfellowship
overthrow
declare incapable
outvote
declare taboo
abolish
recant
keep at bay
stave
keep off
dam
redlight
disappoint
shut down
say no
vote against
refuse admission to
refuse entrance to
give the cold shoulder to
give the brush-off to
unfit
place injunction on
place an injunction on
penalise
UK
penalize
US
consider undesirable
hit list
refuse to employ
put on hit list
quit
discontinue
not consider
close one's doors to
forget about
disown
countermand
reverse
down
rule against
deselect
put the chill on
stopper
make it impossible for
make it impracticable for
make impossible
disclaim
disavow
abjure
not grant
throw over
balk at
give thumbs down to
confront
snooker
incapacitate
end
extinguish
deflect
disrupt
stay
keep
burn
dissent
discomfit
cripple
hamstring
checkmate
make something punishable
throw
disacknowledge
quell
crool
foul up
banjax
damp
put the stopper on
ditch
take wind out of
take down
upset
crash
juke
unsettle
disfranchise
eighty-six
paralyze
US
impair
paralyse
UK
weaken
illegalize
override
curse
exile
cramp one's style
dash one's hope
render null and void
overcome
lick
screw up
upset the applecart
conquer
give the run around
throw away
refuse permission to
save
pre-empt
smash
shatter
cut off
make impracticable
put off
declare something a punishable offence
give thumbs down
not go for
keep back
disadvise
scare
divert
dampen
constrain
close down
close up
officially forbid
give the thumbs down
turn off
talk out of
act like a wet blanket
put a damper on
shackle
bridle
slow
queer
dish
shut off
drop
shut out of
dodge
strike
encumber
clog
manacle
hog-tie
handcuff
slow down
dissuade
short-circuit
smother
handicap
embarrass
be the end of
bring to an end
miss
withhold patronage
rein in
turn your back on
brush off
hold aloof from
give a wide berth to
cold-shoulder
wash one's hands of
have nothing to do with
impose sanctions
refuse to take part in
withhold from
desist from
stay away
forbear
give up
make up for
deny yourself
shake off
restrain from
counterbalance
break the habit of
withstand
skip out on
do without
shake
shy from
kick
steer clear
forgo
shrink from
abstain
renounce
desist
eschew
shirk
forbear from
resist
faze
bit
reduce
sandbag
not make the cut
disbar
remove
oust
bounce
put on brakes
put an stop to
hold in
stem the flow of
keep in
throw a spanner in the works of
hold down
elide
eject
evict
pretermit
overpass
overleap
deny access to
sideline
disclude
occlude
not bother
dispense with
let slide
take out
cast aside
fail to include
slight
fail to mention
skip over
factor out
not count
refuse to admit
put out
send to Coventry
refuse admittance
prevent from entering
drive out
force out
get rid of
shut the door on
excommunicate
cast out
discharge
drum out
kick out
boot out
turf out
coldshoulder
turn out
delete
out
rout
chase
slang
deport
erase
send packing
run off
cross out
expulse
give the cold shoulder
give the bum's rush
relegate
efface
excise
cashier
expunge
blank
obliterate
scrub
scrap
push out
thrust out
blue-pencil
displace
strike out
take back
keep at arm's length
rub out
lay off
retract
block out
chuck out
expatriate
ink out
give someone the push
give someone the boot
throw out on your ear
show the door
overlook
rusticate
rub
squeeze out
withdraw
scratch
rescind
isolate
dele
edit
recall
transport
sack
repeal
blot out
edit out
dispossess
renege
fling out
purge
backpedal
dislodge
forswear
cut dead
drive off
bin off
abnegate
score out
x out
stroke out
wipe out
white out
drive away
give the elbow
let go
do away with
back out of
black out
call off
put a line through
hand someone the frozen mitt
not buy
give the boot
give someone the big E
give someone the air
deny entry
look straight through
deny admittance to
turn on
attaint
foreclose
exempt
inveigh
press out
unchurch
express
gouge out
lock someone out
waive
denounce
anathematize
prohibit from entering
give somebody the cold shoulder
downgrade
demote
takfir
turn against
weed out
put a price on someone's head
give one the gate
mark off
defenestrate
leave in the cold
leave out of account
sling out
not include
repatriate
extradite
fordrive
bust
fire
heave out
ask to leave
forget
slur
extrude
extradict
sequester
break
can
throw out on ear
give the hook
give walking papers
show you the door
cover
axe
UK
conceal
hide
mask
chase away
send away
veil
see the back of
shroud
ax
US
give the sack to
give someone their P45
unloose
force to leave
give the chop
give someone the bullet
bump
give the heave-ho
irrupt
dump
throw overboard
give the old heave-ho
toss
kiss goodbye
send off
throw someone out on their ear
give someone their marching orders
give someone their cards
show the gate to
seclude
break off
carve
extirpate
usurp
break up
knock off
exsect
sever
marginalize
US
extract
give over
close
blockade
screen
beleaguer
void
abrogate
null
unsay
contradict
undo
call
abandon
vacate
abort
unpublish
eradicate
gainsay
marginalise
UK
take away
disannul
make void
dismantle
lift
counterorder
render invalid
desert
jilt
scorn
cry off
call back
refute
disdain
repel
forsake
despise
unfollow
unfriend
strike down
declare invalid
blank out
cancel out
blue pencil
stamp out
roll back
root out
sweep away
X out
snuff out
score
trim
X-out
snip
scratch out
bleep
decontaminate
terminate
squelch
sterilize
US
sanitize
US
clean
fence off
give someone the brush-off
give someone the go-by
scoff at
break with
swear off
kick someone in the teeth
have nothing more to do with
foreswear
rebut
disprove
shed
subtract
pack up
pack in
sanitise
UK
sterilise
UK
explode
disaffirm
debunk
contest
discredit
challenge
renege on
back down
reel in
have change of heart
retrograde
welsh
fall back
retreat
take in
back off
eat your words
change one's mind
recede
eat one's words
forget it
apologise
UK
nig
go back on
change one's tune
back out
do a U-turn on
apologize
US
retrocede
draw back
row back on
withcall
backtrack on
do an about-turn on
declare untrue
controvert
disconfirm
dissent from
clean up
Tippex out
disagree with
confute
contravene
disbelieve
shoot full of holes
withsay
take exception to
call on
enjoin from
shoot down in flames
doubt
disagree
turn thumbs down
stand in the way
sacrifice
bundle off
remove by force
pack off
give the 1-2-3
more ❯
Verb
▲
To formally bring to an end (at least temporarily)
suspend
adjourn
arrest
delay
postpone
defer
interrupt
shelve
cease
prorogue
discontinue
intermit
pigeonhole
break off
put off
reschedule
table
disband
dissolve
prorogate
recess
terminate
withhold
hold over
mothball
put aside
bar
can
check
cut short
file
halt
hold
hold in abeyance
inactivate
keep in abeyance
omit
pink-slip
procrastinate
protract
put in abeyance
put on ice
quit
retard
stay
stop
waive
break up
bring to an end
call a halt to
count out
hang fire
hang up
hold off
hold up
lay off
lay over
push back
put back
rule out
stave off
lay aside
put in cold storage
put on hold
lay on the table
put an end to
put a stop to
put on back burner
put on the back burner
put on the shelf
take a rain check on
remit
respite
continue
prolong
dismiss
sideline
freeze
put over
hold off on
carry over
stand over
slow up
put off the evil hour
put to one side
do later
tie up
put off the evil day
set aside
stall
detain
extend
hold back
end
pause
suspend proceedings
take five
knock off
take a break
take a breather
retain
suppress
set back
give rain check
curb
cut off
restrain
break
keep
slow
rise
hinder
impede
take a recess
dally
give a rain check
park
reserve
hold something in abeyance
rearrange
reorganize
US
put something on hold
hang
hold something over
cool
forestay
reprieve
be suspended
contain
be put on hold
deny
constrain
take offline
temporise
UK
temporize
US
cool it
save
inhibit
keep back
cut
block
lengthen
obstruct
cancel
sever
refuse
bridle
keep hold of
repress
stifle
leave off
refuse to pay
put on the bank burner
put on one side
finish
let up
take a raincheck
slow down
come to an end
reorganise
UK
bring to a halt
bring to a close
bring to a standstill
shake
drop
slow pedal
take a rain check
call a halt
take a breather from
call it a day
put on a back burner
take time out
drop it
call time
take ten
dawdle
tarry
leave to another time
linger
dillydally
loiter
lag
poke
drag one's feet
shut up
put out of commission
pack away
decommission
put into storage
more ❯
Verb
▲
To deliberately hurt, annoy, or offend (someone)
spite
annoy
vex
gall
injure
hurt
pique
provoke
irritate
nettle
offend
peeve
aggravate
distress
harm
put out
rile
upset
wound
bother
bug
chafe
displease
eat
exasperate
foil
frost
frustrate
get
grate
gripe
irk
itch
nark
needle
persecute
rasp
ruffle
thwart
discomfit
miff
begrudge
beset
burn up
crab
grudge
hack off
harass
cramp style
get even
hang up
louse up
upset the apple cart
put someone's nose out of joint
anger
disturb
get to
rub up the wrong way
rankle
infuriate
incense
wind up
ride
tick off
gravel
drive up the wall
hassle
get across
madden
give someone the hump
rark
antagonize
US
pester
hump
goad
worry
exacerbate
get on your nerves
trouble
enrage
antagonise
UK
bum out
hack you off
roil
plague
inflame
make someone see red
rub the wrong way
fret
harry
tease
agitate
drive mad
nag
outrage
make angry
torment
drive to distraction
drive crazy
molest
tee off
affront
disgruntle
bedevil
rattle
abrade
make cross
pain
burn
insult
rankle with
drive round the twist
drive round the bend
badger
get on one's nerves
perturb
give someone the pip
grate on
get on your wick
get your goat
get in your hair
make waves
get your back up
get one's goat
put your back up
give a hard time
hound
discompose
disgust
disconcert
discountenance
niggle
dog
embarrass
sting
pick on
T-off
give someone grief
get at
give someone a hard time
get under your skin
be at
get under one's skin
rub you up the wrong way
be on your back
get under skin
raise someone's hackles
victimize
US
taunt
afflict
humiliate
affect
wrong
bait
fluster
disquiet
devil
mither
impose on
jar
inconvenience
ire
enflame
mad
heavy
victimise
UK
dissatisfy
nudge
discommode
intimidate
pursue
gnaw
put down
browbeat
bully
try
steam up
incommode
mortify
aggrieve
excite
bum
hack
cheese off
hit where one lives
wear on
turn off
work up
egg on
get your dander up
stick in one's craw
get on someone's wick
jar on
make someone's hackles rise
make someone's blood boil
put someone's back up
eat away at
set one's teeth on edge
ruffle someone's feathers
get someone's goat
get on nerves
try your patience
get under someone's skin
be on the back of
get on somebody's nerves
get up someone's nose
get someone's back up
get on someone's nerves
drive bananas
ache
press
distract
squeeze
pinch
compress
cramp
rouse
embitter
chide
confound
brown off
steam
send into a rage
tatter
erode
fray
ruffle one's feathers
wig
impose upon
put your nose out of joint
try the patience of
get someone
try someone's patience
acerbate
scour
wear down
sour
distemper
confuse
unsettle
awake
quicken
goose
motivate
absorb
grab
ignite
attract
interest
prick
terrorize
US
eat at
rile up
try one's patience
rub one the wrong way
put on the spot
wind somebody up
drive you up the wall
raise your hackles
get your hackles up
snit
pet
tiff
huff
stew
unnerve
break
henpeck
flurry
wear away
exercise
wear out
rage
give the business
get a rise out of
set your teeth on edge
rasp one's nerves
jar upon
grate upon
wear upon
beleaguer
get on someone
crucify
dragoon
expel
beat
hunt
hector
exile
terrorise
UK
get up your nose
make your blood boil
faze
stir
slight
throw
put off
push button
fire up
heat up
work on
scrape away
bite into
wear to shreds
get across someone
discombobulate
shake up
make nervous
get in someone's hair
rattle someone's cage
ask for it
get someone's dander up
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
dismay
throw off balance
gnaw away at
stump
furbelow
cow
bluster
floor
frill
disrupt
flummox
wear
fuddle
shock
disrespect
diss
dis
snub
put someone off their stroke
depress
zing
horrify
disoblige
slur
rattle one's cage
put into a flap
cause someone to lose their composure
throw into a tizz
throw into tizzy
fuss
chagrin
give offence to
give offence
turn one off
be disagreeable
hurt somebody's feelings
tread on someone's toes
cause offense
hurt someone's feelings
be an affront to
be offensive
cut to the quick
bite
be a pain in the neck
get in one's hair
mix up
be a thorn in someone's side
give a bad time
grieve
abuse
chivvy
perplex
exploit
manipulate
maltreat
oppress
violate
chivy
scare
tantalize
US
interrupt
mistreat
belittle
mock
torture
ill-treat
bore
impede
cross
hinder
tantalise
UK
misuse
deride
abase
intrude upon
bend someone's ear
breathe down someone's neck
carp at
make one's hackles rise
get on someone's case
dishonor
US
harrow
dump on
ill-use
martyrize
take advantage of
dishonour
UK
do an injustice to
martyr
step on the toes of
go for jugular
give no quarter
lay a bad trip on
burden
agonize
US
stress
agonise
UK
rack
haunt
strain
ail
concern
sadden
besiege
curse
alarm
anguish
discomfort
gnaw at
heckle
weigh down
excruciate
unhinge
dishearten
tax
cause suffering to
frighten
shake
smite
frazzle
stir up
rag
blight
discourage
ridicule
nonplus
demoralize
US
puzzle
importune
bewilder
deject
lie heavy on
dispirit
chaff
keep after
sicken
keep on at
go on at
demoralise
UK
daunt
crush
haze
rib
assail
cast down
psych
make uneasy
derail
spook
hagride
traumatize
US
make anxious
nauseate
abash
freak out
weird out
dun
nag at
traumatise
UK
weigh heavily on
panic
repel
alarum
undo
attack
cause trouble to
wring
criticize
US
dampen
gibe
hang over
addle
be a nuisance to
throw off
weary
make miserable
bamboozle
prey on
dumbfound
criticise
UK
cause anxiety to
make uncomfortable
chill
confront
razz
appal
UK
josh
appall
US
banter
pother
devastate
guy
overwhelm
desolate
repulse
revolt
baffle
craze
harp on at
mystify
make wretched
cause anguish to
disappoint
obsess
tire
muddle
interfere
dash
debilitate
preoccupy
quiz
put a damper on
befuddle
cause discomfort to
make unhappy
possess
weigh on
daze
be a great weight on
be a burden to
slap
weigh
face
make fun of
poke fun at
take the piss out of
beat down
take aback
make sport of
put in a spot
weigh heavily on someone's mind
put to trouble
roast
stress out
despair
startle
fear
prod
test
grip
derange
pressurize
US
sweat
tear
buffet
flip
damage
indispose
lead on
sap
scold
joke
jive
visit
bring down
domineer
flip out
pressurise
UK
kid
cavil
curdle
scorn
disaffect
fun
jeer
berate
meddle
push
move
scandalize
US
stretch
cause anxiety
fester
twit
rally
bemuse
peck at
pick at
scar
impose
press down on
break one's heart
punish
scout
stupefy
revile
lower
disparage
psych out
sound
cause concern to
unman
bleed
drain
rag on
intrude
enervate
infest
terrify
mess with
reproach
sledge
get someone down
be a burden on
scoff at
buffalo
fox
disorient
maze
lean on
jeer at
upbraid
scandalise
UK
shatter
surprise
weigh heavily on one's mind
prey on someone's mind
spoof
take the mickey out of
get down
slam
jibe at
grill
give trouble
befog
do someone's head in
reluct
be a thorn in someone's flesh
get someone's hackles up
dull
mess with someone's head
make it tough
pose
muddy
disorientate
stun
make despondent
make self-conscious
make discontented
niggle at
make a monkey of
swipe at
hurt one's feelings
make punchy
go to one's head
knock for six
inflict anguish on
intoxicate
be repugnant to
do in
blow one's mind
cause agony to
inebriate
ball up
pull somebody's leg
umbrage
make blood boil
get up somebody's nose
get on the wrong side of
fool around
bedog
excoriate
belabour
UK
cause disquiet to
chevy
insist
remind
carp
hurry
heat
grizzle
bustle
cause to panic
tangle
kid around
drive nuts
tear away at
macerate
noodge
despoil
foray
bullyrag
insist on
give someone hell
buttonhole
nit-pick
strap
cut
put somebody's back up
belabor
US
bombard
push one's buttons
put on edge
be in someone's way
breath down someone's neck
drive insane
bone
jerk around
sear
grind
mess
exhaust
discontent
spur
irritate greatly
get someone's wick
roust
be prey to
cut up
push buttons
get on the nerves of
overcharge
empurple
cause resentment to
cause annoyance to
be a pest to
misplease
wing
cool
cap
incite
amaze
arouse
astound
complicate
entangle
hamper
arouse anxiety in
barrack
boo
lie heavily on
beleague
find fault with
aggress
get in the hair of
put to some trouble
accost
encroach
obtrude
tear to pieces
hurt the feelings of
be on someone's back
turn
incapacitate
start
stroke someone's hair the wrong way
do a number on
make it tough for
eat up
resent
take over
push someon's buttons
put through wringer
interfere with
shout down
find fault
send into a spin
be hurtful to
mourn
cause anguish
cause suffering
lambaste
cause sorrow
recur
cause inconvenience to
be the victim of
get on someone's back
grind at
shame
prey on your mind
question
tweak
run up the wrong way
examine
get in the way
put the squeeze on
sneer
consternate
key up
turn on
lay up
lead someone a merry dance
play cat and mouse
rub salt in wound
jump on one's case
give one the business
scratch
hiss
astonish
dizzy
barge in on
intrude on
play dirty
lie heavy on someone's mind
weigh heavy on someone's mind
come back to
stay with
be a weight on one's mind
be ever present
put pressure on
be bothered
fall upon
fall on
be disagreeable to
push the buttons of
rock the boat
make a scene
gibe at
sneer at
bring pressure to bear on
make demands on
make severe demands on
put a strain on
tire out
start in on
put someone out
create difficulties for
take control of
deter
be in someone's hair
unstring
put off his or her stride
worst
make someone laugh on the other side of their face
make someone laugh out of the other side of their mouth
set someone back on their heels
take the wind out of someone's sails
give the needle
inflict trauma
deeply upset
prey on one's mind
be a weight on someone's mind
work into lather
set one off
set on
take a rise out of
make fed up
horn in on
disdain
flout
jab
twitter
dig
lout
overawe
put
envenom
break in
thumb nose at
dampen spirits
bring one down
throw a curve
knock props out
disadvantage
catch somebody off balance
catch somebody unawares
sweat out
make downhearted
dispraise
slander
demean
give chase
scratch around
track down
yap at
shout at
knock the wind out of
make blue
drag down
break the heart of
put into a funk
lose patience
dish out
dish it out
give it to
stick it to
mutilate
brutalize
US
mangle
whip
brutalise
UK
lacerate
maim
impale
butt in on
poison
alienate
harsh one's mellow
drive you crazy
have had enough
become bored
exhaust someone's patience
grate at
dampen someone's hopes
awe
droop
cause to lose heart
repress
prostrate
deprecate
inflict
cause pain to
lampoon
hurt deeply
butt in
shout catcalls at
make game of
turn inside out
take out after
search high heaven
beat the bushes
turn upside down
chasten
discredit
suppress
subjugate
subdue
stifle
drive you out of your mind
drive you off your head
drive you to distraction
make your hackles rise
make somebody's blood boil
drive you round the twist
make you see red
drive somebody up the wall
make livid
drive out of mind
drive you round the bend
give a zinger
give the cold shoulder
make awkward
make ashamed
show up
own
make someone's stomach rise
make someone's gorge rise
wreck
wreak
befall
cause someone difficulty
discommodate
be on one's tail
be on one's back
put out of countenance
let down
throw into a tizzy
put in a hole
catch one short
devitalize
smother
diminish
weaken
squelch
be a problem to
put someone to trouble
catch
disillusion
be a burden
be a nuisance
give someone bother
override
tyrannize
US
humble
deaden
defeat
extinguish
overpower
curb
overcome
quell
strike
take
jaundice
empoison
make resentful
make bitter
dominate
tyrannise
UK
enslave
bear down on
damp down
overstretch
overtax
pressure
tense
avenge
make someone go out of his way
worsen
cast a pall over
drag
darken
damp
descend upon
descend on
force upon
bring down on
wilder
tyrannize over
be autocratic
fog
flabbergast
knock the stuffing out of
harsh someone's mellow
give someone the blues
make someone fed up
make desolate
make your heart bleed
pour cold water on
cast a gloom upon
bring tears to someone's eyes
run down
make gloomy
bear down
make someone's heart bleed
make sad
reduce to tears
knock sideways
bring tears to your eyes
keep under
dampen someone's spirits
dash someone's hopes
break someone's spirit
throw cold water on
break someone's heart
live off
blackmail
plunder
depredate
consume
kill
raid
load
extort
feed on
fleece
seize
live on
devour
snow
obfuscate
acidulate
estrange
make rancorous
bitter
venom
crunch
overextend
cause to be at a stand
stagger
make someone scratch their head
set thinking
mess with one's head
make someone's head spin
bring up short
be all Greek to
set someone thinking
stymie
fool
overdo
threaten
gross out
squick
make ill
hoodwink
trick
dupe
hoax
beguile
deceive
delude
cause to feel emotional strain
cause to feel mental strain
make tense
tense up
put in traction
push to the limit
put on trial
abominate
cause to feel nauseous
make someone want to throw up
turn one's stomach
be distasteful to
pall
disenchant
make shudder
cause aversion
make one sick
surfeit
cloy on
offend morals of
be repulsive to
be repulsive
fill with loathing
turn your stomach
disagree
jest
jape
con
quip
wisecrack
yuck
yuk
jolly
gag
gull
cozen
satirize
US
adventure
risk
venture
peril
jeopard
jeopardize
US
imperil
compromise
endanger
hazard
make unwell
go against the grain
be injurious to
be sickening
be disturbing
be distasteful
have an adverse effect on
be injurious
strike down
be unsuitable
cause illness to
cause problems
take in
flimflam
mislead
yank somebody's chain
chiack
scare hell out of
utter threats to
bad-eye
portend
jeopardise
UK
gamble with
whip around
impend
push around
menace
put heat on
loom
issue threats to
slang
shuck
smoke
rot
snap
satirise
UK
laugh at
send up
make jokes about
goof on
be sarcastic about
poke mullock at
sling off at
put on
lead somebody on
pull someone's leg
poke borak at
flirt with
have on
flout at
mess around
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To become embroiled or implicated in
mire
embroil
entangle
involve
enmesh
broil
embrangle
bog down
cling
detain
ensnare
entrap
flounder
implicate
snare
stick
tangle
trap
mix up
tangle up
catch up
hang up
set back
incriminate
engage
connect
inculpate
associate
concern
hook
snarl
link
impute
affect
stitch up
immerse
catch
occupy
muddle
compromise
draw
expose
absorb
engross
consume
preoccupy
throw
drag into
draw in
trouble
encumber
net
trammel
ensnarl
entoil
mesh
obsess
lose
enthral
UK
enrapture
assimilate
enthrall
US
box in
lay for
lay a trap for
make party to
interest
suck
complicate
suck into
involve in
implicate in
mix up in
draw into
get into
commit
devote
busy
bother
rope in
snarl up
wrap up in
bear on
tie up
relate
accuse
bring in
pin on
finger
include
charge
make a party to
cite
stigmatize
US
stigmatise
UK
point the finger at
point finger at
blame
name
frame
point to
mean
lay at one's door
bind
participate
wrap
attend
distract
entail
enwrap
denounce
set up
fit up
indict
inform against
brand
allege
criminate
rat on
arraign
grass on
attribute
blacken the name of
impeach
pin the blame on
defame
prosecute
stick the blame on
hold accountable
bring charges
point the finger
hang something on
suck in
censure
betray
attack
fault
serve summons
recriminate
sue
indict for
lay the blame on
arraign for
falsely incriminate
tax with
prosecute for
bring to trial for
lodge complaint
lay blame on
lay charges against
take to court for
recriminate for
prefer charges against
impeach for
incriminate for
make accusations about
file charges against
put on trial for
pull in
drag in
rope into
lay the blame
report
do
summons
inform on
point a finger at
fabricate charges against
fabricate evidence against
charge with
dob in
get someone into trouble
drop someone in it
summon
reproach
slur
complain
apprehend
blow the whistle
lay at door
slander
arrest
let have it
tax
denunciate
libel
censure with
file claim
capture
deceive
lure
entice
trick
seduce
bag
immesh
allure
beguile
inveigle
land
betrap
lead on
benet
reel in
set a trap for
convict
peg
give away
lay the blame on someone for
assign guilt to
stick on
impute blame to
blame for
blow the whistle on
attribute liability to
hold answerable for
whistle-blow
drag into court
attribute to
hold accountable for
hold responsible for
try for
condemn for
accuse of
drop somebody in it
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