What is another word for hounding ?

Pursuit, especially when persistent or relentless

Noun

Violent or forcible action used to coerce someone into doing something against their will

demanding money with menaces

entrapment

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Verb

Present participle for to harass, bother or persecute, especially relentlessly

bedeviling^US

bedevilling^UK

searching high heaven

victimizing^US

victimising^UK

agonizing^US

getting on your nerves

breathing down someone's neck

agonising^UK

bending someone's ear

driving round the bend

abusing

mistreating

maltreating

making things hot for someone

discriminating against

tyrannizing^US

tantalizing^US

tyrannising^UK

tantalising^UK

rubbing up the wrong way

criticizing^US

criticising^UK

driving round the twist

making somebody's hackles rise

making it hot for someone

bumming out

getting across

giving someone the hump

making someone see red

getting your back up

rankling with

getting under your skin

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

inflicting suffering on

belabouring^UK

getting your hackles up

getting your dander up

making your blood boil

ruffling one's feathers

trying your patience

getting up someone's nose

demonizing^US

playing cat and mouse

putting through wringer

rubbing salt in wound

getting on the nerves of

taking the piss out of

putting pressure on

barracking

booing

bringing pressure to bear on

getting on one's nerves

demonising^UK

disparaging

messing with

driving you up the wall

singling out

getting in the hair of

sticking the knife into

getting the knife into

stacking the deck

having your knife into

showing antagonism to

belaboring^US

feeling ill will towards

showing ill will towards

pushing about

bearing a grudge towards

keeping complaining to

putting the squeeze on

busting chops

busting someone's balls

jumping on one's case

putting someone's nose out of joint

getting a rise out of

causing discomfort to

hurting somebody's feelings

throwing into a tizzy

making self-conscious

putting in a spot

putting in a hole

showing up

putting out of countenance

letting down

rubbing you up the wrong way

incommoding

teeing off

giving someone the pip

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“Some unscrupulous collectors hound their debtors, calling them constantly to pressure them into paying what they are owed.”

Verb

following on the heels of

Present participle for to follow or pursue, typically in order to keep track of, or to apprehend, someone

treading on the heels of

following the trail of

lurking in the shadows

keeping under surveillance

keeping pace with

dogging the footsteps of

keeping up the pace with

camping on the doorstep of

making romantic advances to

giving the come-on to

keeping under observation

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“They relentless hound the target, chasing, not letting up, until it is treed, exhausted, and has nowhere to go.”

Verb

using strong-arm tactics on

Present participle for to force or pressure someone to do something

putting the screws on

bringing pressure to bear on

twisting someone's arm

tyrannizing^US

putting the squeeze on

tyrannising^UK

putting under an obligation

demanding

inducing

breathing down someone's neck

coming at

having someone do something

riding roughshod over

putting through the wringer

lording it over

putting the chill on

putting heat on

holding a gun to one's head

tightening the screws on

having

tightening the screw on

turning the screws on

scaring the bejesus out of

leaving someone no option

putting the frighteners on

entailing

calling for

throwing your weight around

bringing force to bear on

overcoming

meaning

challenging

leaving someone no option but to

leaving no choice but to

bringing pressure to bear upon

making an offer they can't refuse

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“So why did you hound him into admitting he was meeting me today?”

Verb

Present participle for to domineer with superior strength or force

tyrannising^UK

tyrannizing^US

bringing someone to their knees

threatening

victimising^UK

victimizing^US

brutalising^UK

brutalizing^US

gaining ascendancy over

gaining control of

ruling over

riding roughshod over

playing the heavy with

ruling with a rod of iron

ruling with an iron hand

keeping in subjection

keeping in submission

ruling despotically

having someone under your thumb

treating brutally

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Verb

firing the imagination of

Present participle for to demand earnestly or pressingly

galvanizing^US

galvanising^UK

lighting a fire under

firing the enthusiasm of

getting going

getting someone going

mobilizing^US

mobilising^UK

favouring^UK

favoring^US

rooting

giving the incentive to

rooting on

thrilling

acting as a stimulus to

acting as a incentive to

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Verb

becoming an obsession with

Present participle for to preoccupy the mind of someone, typically in a troubling way

bedeviling^US

bedevilling^UK

mesmerizing^US

mesmerising^UK

holding your attention

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