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▲
State positively and assertively
To hold up a claim emphatically
To demand continually that something happen or be done
To indicate the importance of by centering attention on
To bother, harass, or annoy persistently
To defend or protect
Assert
Cry out, make commotion
To choose to do
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▲
Verb
▲
State positively and assertively
assert
claim
maintain
contend
aver
declare
hold
avow
vow
protest
state
swear
affirm
reiterate
repeat
argue
asseverate
avouch
profess
allege
announce
emphasise
UK
emphasize
US
proclaim
pronounce
propound
purport
stress
warrant
represent
be emphatic
enforce
press
request
stipulate
press for
take a stand
lay down the law
attest
guarantee
testify
certify
advance
say
lay down
uphold
adduce
acknowledge
vouch
predicate
move
depose
opine
cite
confirm
pledge
postulate
suggest
verify
submit
plead
reaffirm
defend
advocate
support
admit
make out
reassert
put forward
promise
charge
pretend
posit
imply
confess
convey
justify
bear witness
swear on bible
swear up and down
reason
challenge
put forth
prove
volunteer
dictate
validate
indicate
explain
present
express
vindicate
venture
tell
asservate
own
propose
witness
recognize
US
offer
vouch for
allow
recognise
UK
make a case
give an undertaking
bring forward
own up
cross heart
say so
restate
put
accuse
intimate
hint
impute
insinuate
insist on
authenticate
corroborate
buttress
substantiate
recount
recite
give evidence
lay
rumor
US
swear to
champion
rumour
UK
put about that
testify to
mouth off
shoot one's wad
pop off
shoot off one's mouth
take
receive
collect
underwrite
undertake
concede
grant
solicit
secure
ensure
assure
endorse
guaranty
soapbox
croon
stump
constate
sing
agree
spout
spiel
hit
set
cinch
ice
rubber-stamp
clinch
okay
encourage
establish
sustain
lay claim to
hit up
stake out
cross one's heart
talk big
open up
act as if
get on soapbox
blow hot air
get off chest
come out
voice
back
privilege
delegate
sponsor
insure
pop the question
pick up
hold out for
nail down
have a lock on
put on ice
lock up
notify
utter
stand by
back up
disclose
have dibs on something
inform
pass
allegate
render
bear out
answer for
take an oath
give grounds for
stand behind
speak out
give testimony
seem
signify
appear
mean
expostulate
urge
zap
mix
blast
debate
rip
dispute
report
prescribe
enjoin
cross
import
impersonate
intend
question
lay claim
betoken
denote
personate
jump on
have at
come at
lace into
set to
light into
go at
take on
lay into
remonstrate
pose as
be ostensibly
set oneself up
be apparently
appeal
lock horns with
stick it to
gang up on
put up argument
let have it
mix it up
masquerade as
pass for
set oneself up as
be disguised as
allege that one is
sock it to one
fly in face of
have bone to pick
imply that one is
assert that one is
maintain that one is
point to
represent oneself as
feign the identity of
pass oneself off as
proclaim that one is
prevail upon
make a case for
give reasons for
more ❯
“Labour politicians who accept hospitality and sponsorship
insist
they can't be bought.”
Verb
▲
To hold up a claim emphatically
persist
persevere
be firm
be resolute
stand firm
take
be determined
be emphatic
hold on
hold out
make a stand
press someone
show determination
not give up
stand up for oneself
stand your ground
hang in there
lay down the law
stick it out
brook no refusal
keep on at someone
put your foot down
not take no for an answer
stand fast
maintain
be obstinate
be adamant
continue
carry on
keep on
keep going
go on
be persistent
keep it up
press on
keep at it
plod on
press ahead
be tenacious
be pertinacious
see something through
follow something through
be diligent
be patient
stay with something
grind away
hammer away
go the distance
plug away
peg away
soldier on
struggle on
plough on
hang on
bash on
stick at it
stop at nothing
stay the course
leave no stone unturned
demand
hold one's ground
stand one's ground
crack on
stick to your guns
proceed
advance
forge ahead
move forward
progress
make progress
make headway
plow on
push on
move onward
go forward
march on
go
move
push forward
push
move along
push ahead
move ahead
forge on
gain ground
go ahead
journey
march
drive
speed
shoot
travel
press forward
go forth
cover ground
make inroads
head
remain
navigate
cross
propel
move on
continue on
come along
storm
dispatch
make one's way
edge
come forward
carry on doggedly
develop
stay with it
transit
track
peregrinate
traverse
perambulate
proceed along
cut across
pass
forge
work
follow
walk
fly
work one's way
progress towards
go to the mat
go for broke
stick with it
keep driving
remain firm
see it through
hold fast
endure
go for it
pursue your goal
keep your hand in
stick at
be resolved
stick with
gut it out
pursue
hang tough
hang in
keep at
be stubborn
fare
play
cruise
work towards
make inroads into
truck
gather way
launch
pass on
move out
continue ahead
run through
pace
get on
go along
get along
go off
drive forward
keep running
run along
come to the fore
put a spurt on
increase speed
advance rapidly
make swift progress
take the lead
progress quickly
more ❯
“Forced to accept, he continued to
insist
that the ambassadors must perform the kowtow.”
Verb
▲
To demand continually that something happen or be done
demand
command
require
urge
dictate
entreat
order
exhort
importune
press
implore
beseech
enjoin
pressurize
US
beg
appeal to
pressure
push
pressurise
UK
goad
compel
charge
solicit
prod
adjure
constrain
persuade
pester
dragoon
plead
nag
call on
egg on
obligate
encourage
put pressure on
use pressure on
put the screws on
prompt
admonish
spur
influence
bid
drive
coerce
incite
oblige
nudge
badger
force
harass
hound
bother
supplicate
propel
impel
browbeat
make
pray
bully
appeal
harry
hassle
railroad
try to persuade
lean on
ask
strong-arm
press-gang
insist on
prevail on
twist someone's arm
advise
request
petition
direct
promote
induce
intimidate
hustle
propose
tell
stimulate
goose
bulldoze
inspire
conjure
plead with
crave
invoke
move
impress
apply to
bludgeon
push around
sandbag
blackjack
muscle
railroad into
put up to
push for
put the heat on
bulldoze into
bring pressure to bear on
put the squeeze on
sell
fire up
use strong-arm tactics on
instruct
warn
counsel
caution
preach
prick
boss around
call upon
squeeze
beset
brainwash
plague
dun
breathe down someone's neck
twist arm
come at
fast-talk
work over
turn on the heat
politick
impetrate
besiege
torment
obsecrate
mither
bug
sue
necessitate
stipulate
requisition
advocate
expedite
annoy
harp on at
go on at
plead to
con
beleaguer
work on
pursue
seek
challenge
inspan
recommend
motivate
expect
overcome
steamroller
terrorize
US
menace
cause
call for
steamroll
occasion
impose
foist
enforce
key up
speed up
bind
choke
bear down
use duress on
exert force on
concuss
burden
pin down
apply
bear hard on
put screws to
conscript
obtrude
contract
blackmail
put squeeze on
use force on
tighten the screws on
put the bite on
bring pressure to bear upon
urge by force
terrorise
UK
file for
put in for
count on
look for
put the screws to
pour it on
dragoon into
steamroller into
turn on
sell on
browbeat into
exert influence on
go to town on
bear down on
instigate
maneuver
US
sanction
wheedle
advance
rationalize
US
countenance
manoeuvre
UK
commend
rationalise
UK
tempt
psych up
exact
threaten
thrust
inflict
cow
hector
claim
provoke
bounce
tyrannize
US
tyrannise
UK
put under an obligation
rouse
bring
trigger
cajole
domineer
send
extort
bullyrag
bogart
lead
sway
effect
twist somebody's arm
mau-mau
frighten
convince
set
actuate
introduce
restrict
restrain
effectuate
unload
land someone with
lumber someone with
saddle someone with
extract
spur on
coax
shotgun
force upon
oppress
get
act on
create
stir
excite
twist one's arm
have someone do something
incline
bluster
wreak
prescribe
dispose
engender
fix
bribe
spark
affect
determine
render
levy
steer
summon
impose on
quest
press for
work
stir up
breed
bring about
result in
burden someone with
commit
stipulate for
cause to be
clamor for
cause to become
whip up
palm
pass off
lay
inveigle
put
palm off
hinder
persecute
take
wish
make necessary
bear
leave
fob off
need
wrest
precipitate
overbear
overawe
condition
inflame
buffalo
postulate
ordain
predispose
rally
despotize
produce
whip
turn
sting
establish
rule
put the arm on
crack down
generate
invigorate
US
turn the screws on
call
animate
arouse
galvanize
US
embolden
mandate
beget
spawn
galvanise
UK
envigorate
UK
enact
put the chill on
enkindle
inspirit
activate
decree
carry out
pick on
strike
do
catalyse
UK
catalyze
US
authorize
US
authorise
UK
shanghai
clamour for
appeal for
talk into
pester for
nag for
translate into
lay claim to
give rise to
badger for
bring on
contribute to
lay down the law
bay for
petition for
insist upon
ask for
bring pressure upon
chase
rig
throw
bring force to bear on
place
astrict
indebt
compress
constrict
condense
squash
repress
suppress
catapult
apply pressure
worry
mobilize
US
leave someone no option
nobble
lean
make indebted
will
subjugate
reduce
high pressure
kick
assail
mobilise
UK
enthuse
pitchfork
intrude
castigate
have
scare
terrify
force somebody's hand
egg
argue
ride roughshod over
dog
tighten the screw on
turn the screw on
prevail upon
subdue
daunt
talk
pressurize into
coerce into
orient
put the frighteners on
root
bludgeon into
bully into
violence
assault
boss about
trouble
vex
high-pressure
commandeer
forcefully persuade
needle
terrorize into
intimidate into
unnerve
make an offer they can't refuse
put through the wringer
lord it over
put heat on
proclaim
decide
assert oneself
shove
ride
awe
ruffle
roust
sic
titillate
exert
achieve
accomplish
pronounce
affright
spook
walk heavy
ride roughshod
appall
US
appal
UK
volunteer someone unwittingly
throw weight around
pray for
arrogate
beg for
apply for
hit up
hold out for
sue for
whistle for
inquire about
work up
employ
leave someone no option but to
milk
foment
bring forth
perform
fulfill
US
fulfil
UK
develop
attain
pull off
foster
push about
adjudge
make compulsory
pick
abet
brew
raise
ferment
scare the bejesus out of
scare off
bleed
subject
fine
assess
announce
read the riot act
put one's foot down
declare
lay down
set on
drive on
procure
manipulate
tell someone to volunteer
elicit
impassion
wring
warrant
agitate for
forward
craze
agitate
taunt
get to
set off
juice
fan the fire
root on
psych
further
task
beckon
energize
US
incentivize
US
evoke
steel
assign
consign
involve
subpoena
appoint
hearten
impact
exhilarate
convert
uplift
empower
vitalize
give orders to
give orders
give the order to
call the shots
give the command to
put foot down
give directions
entail
incentify
refresh
incentivise
energise
UK
help
ransom
shake
condemn
doom
voluntell
extort money from
hint to
pump up
cheer on
pep up
win over
boost up
suggest to
want
mean
shake down
behoove
US
bias
demand hush money from
hold to ransom
put the shake on
give
unleash
confine
obtain
bring round
make willing
impress on
entice
yield
behove
UK
be grounds for
emphasize to
instil in
instil
UK
drum into
stress to
inculcate
inculcate in
instill
US
stress
subject to
draw
prevail
kindle
hamper
vent
limit
inhibit
offload
dump
bring home to
drive into
ingrain in
knock into
din into
detain
shackle
engage
handicap
deliver
administer
indulge
express
exercise
bestow
perpetrate
visit
begin
lead to
impede
trammel
end in
draw on
trigger off
touch off
make happen
spark off
be the cause of
execute
gratify
leave no choice but to
bring home
get into head
drive home
leave in no doubt
tie down
indenture
yoke
hogtie
enslave
lay on
wreck
mete out
serve out
give free rein to
give vent to
deal out
finagle
hem in
put lock on
keep within bounds
lock up
tie hand and foot
put half nelson on
shift on to
compel to accept
pull a fast one
ram down one's throat
thrust upon
inflict upon
get rid of
sneak in
insert fraudulently
more ❯
“I
insisted
that the fault be repaired.”
Verb
▲
To indicate the importance of by centering attention on
emphasize
US
stress
highlight
foreground
accent
accentuate
underline
weight
play up
point up
spotlight
underscore
affirm
assert
italicise
UK
italicize
US
articulate
belabor
US
belabour
UK
call attention to
deepen
dwell on
feature
headline
heighten
illuminate
impress
insist on
intensify
press
prioritise
UK
prioritize
US
punctuate
strengthen
bring attention to
charge
dramatise
UK
dramatize
US
draw attention to
enunciate
flag up
focus attention on
harp on
mark
pinpoint
pronounce
betone
enlarge
indicate
limelight
maintain
reiterate
repeat
bring to the fore
give an emphasis to
hit on
bear down
give priority to
give prominence to
hit home
lay stress on
make a point of
make clear
make emphatic
point out
press home
put stress on
rub in
rub it in
labor the point
make a point
make much of
put accent on
put the accent on
bring out
lay emphasis on
focus on
set off
bring home
put emphasis on
zero in on
give emphasis to
show up
call
drive home
enhance
turn the spotlight on
reveal
make a feature of
concentrate on
flag
caption
place emphasis on
make more noticeable
make more prominent
throw into relief
give weight to
give emphasis
point to
bring to light
make conspicuous
focus
clarify
illustrate
demonstrate
show
throw up
hit
denote
increase
play something up
point something up
display
show to advantage
fix on
centre on
UK
throw something into relief
spot
place emphasis
ram home
harp on the fact
promote
impress on someone
make someone realize
make someone understand
home in on
embellish
exaggerate
magnify
blaze
advertise
make aware of
impress upon someone
make someone conscious of
bring home to one
keep going on about
make an issue of
publicise
UK
publicize
US
floodlight
give the full works
center on
US
zoom in on
interject
litter
break
separate
interpose
lace
disrupt
speckle
divide
intersect
make something clear to someone
put on center stage
give prominence
draw attention
make a production of
turn spotlight on
select
bracket
rule
interlineate
bring something home to someone
pick out
utter
elicit
introduce
expose
publish
check off
rule a line under
give precedence to
rank first
draw out
bring to the surface
more ❯
Verb
▲
To bother, harass, or annoy persistently
pester
bother
bug
chivvy
aggravate
annoy
badger
bedevil
disturb
harass
harry
hassle
irk
irritate
nag
plague
torment
trouble
worry
besiege
dun
molest
persecute
beleaguer
chivy
fret
get at
hound
importune
keep after
ride
devil
dog
hector
mither
nudge
provoke
remind
tantalise
UK
tantalize
US
tease
intrude upon
pick on
be at
drive crazy
get to
mess with
pick at
work on
bend someone's ear
drive round the bend
drive up the wall
get on your nerves
be on your back
get in one's hair
get in your hair
get on one's nerves
give someone a hard time
drive you up the wall
vex
upset
needle
exasperate
rile
distress
ruffle
nettle
agitate
gall
peeve
nark
goad
beset
anger
bait
afflict
pique
perturb
torture
chafe
infuriate
displease
tick off
wind up
bully
hack off
miff
heckle
taunt
eat
oppress
burn up
agonize
US
disquiet
pursue
fuss
madden
pain
give a hard time
rankle
give someone grief
rub up the wrong way
offend
incense
agonise
UK
discompose
gnaw
rack
get
put out
rasp
grate
enrage
concern
perplex
hurt
ail
harrow
rattle
stress
spite
frost
gripe
heavy
disconcert
hack you off
go on at
keep on at
press
alarm
prod
try
dismay
urge
unsettle
grieve
fluster
distract
faze
curse
unhinge
get across
distemper
anguish
excruciate
antagonize
US
rag
rark
itch
gnaw at
outrage
strain
scold
flurry
aggrieve
depress
frazzle
niggle
derail
hagride
antagonise
UK
petition
discommode
make someone see red
frustrate
burden
exacerbate
harp on at
solicit
haunt
freak out
weird out
unnerve
gravel
hump
inflame
sting
discomfort
make angry
interrupt
alarum
roil
exercise
undo
henpeck
bum out
get your back up
give someone the hump
sadden
rub the wrong way
disgust
embarrass
haze
assail
wound
rib
frighten
beg
intimidate
implore
chaff
beseech
discombobulate
drive round the twist
discomfit
ridicule
supplicate
grate on
entreat
make anxious
enjoin
pressurize
US
ask
push
affront
breathe down someone's neck
peck at
plead
get under one's skin
overrun
get under your skin
get on your wick
drive to distraction
rattle one's cage
rankle with
egg on
inconvenience
drive mad
mock
tee off
get your goat
make waves
victimize
US
put your back up
make uneasy
request
pressurise
UK
give a bad time
eat at
be on the back of
browbeat
appeal to
razz
demand
berate
pray
lead on
scare
terrorize
US
exhort
appeal
victimise
UK
break
plead with
make cross
incommode
crave
bid
confuse
insult
attack
discountenance
call on
terrorise
UK
gibe
throw
pother
infest
burn
mortify
bewilder
turn off
sicken
insist on
ire
enflame
mad
prick
push one's buttons
dishearten
drive bananas
cause suffering to
get your dander up
spook
weigh down
confound
give someone the pip
steam up
nag at
find fault with
stir up
be on one's case
lie heavy on
get on somebody's nerves
bombard
moan
whinge
grumble
complain
whine
disrupt
josh
harp on
roast
prompt
conjure
carp
smite
banter
domineer
criticize
US
hunt
guy
impetrate
startle
bore
disgruntle
titillate
upbraid
tax
blight
be a nuisance to
jar
overwhelm
carp at
tiff
order
sue
apply to
obsecrate
grip
requisition
crucify
barrage
surround
invoke
chide
quiz
stipulate
excite
criticise
UK
obsess
injure
drive someone up the wall
plead to
get up your nose
T-off
make your blood boil
fire up
shake
fester
jibe at
intrude
terrify
rag on
stew
cheese off
nauseate
martyr
despair
craze
encourage
psych
indispose
find fault
encircle
flirt with
moan at
grumble at
prey on
possess
appal
UK
keep complaining to
flip out
make things hot for someone
make it hot for someone
cause anguish to
make fretful
take the mickey out of
get someone
make miserable
make wretched
eat away at
get one's goat
set upon
weigh heavily on
get your hackles up
appall
US
make a scene
throw off balance
ruffle one's feathers
weigh on
take the piss out of
raise your hackles
fall on
cut to the quick
tell off
fool around
keep at
pressure
chase
give someone hell
chagrin
kid around
dissatisfy
bite
start on
lean on
scorn
chunter
dwell on
go on
repeat
keep on
put pressure on
mess
stress out
jeer
cause trouble to
visit
affect
take
lacerate
strike
panic
test
give the business
disorder
macerate
noodge
despoil
foray
bullyrag
abrade
cause disquiet to
snit
pet
huff
embitter
arouse hostility in
push someon's buttons
deject
trigger
barrack
boo
get on the nerves of
get in the hair of
tear
wig
bum
hack
resent
disarrange
muddle
bring pressure to bear on
tire
ply
unquiet
make restless
sweat
fear
throw off
psych out
put off
cause resentment to
cause annoyance to
push someone's buttons
mix up
sweat out
be prey to
cause anxiety to
be the victim of
be a great weight on
wear on
jar on
punish
wring
bone
blandish
obtest
coax
wheedle
pray to
shout down
shake up
blockade
invest
leaguer
puzzle
be a pain in the neck
buttonhole
nit-pick
strap
desolate
wrong
beat
dragoon
expel
exile
lay waste
be on someone's back
sour
jerk around
roust
eat up
get across someone
set one's teeth on edge
stick in one's craw
shock
hiss
disparage
dispirit
do a number on
cut up
arouse anxiety in
push buttons
make it tough for
bring down
spur
cavil
be a pest to
mistreat
encroach
obtrude
inundate
flood
scratch
scout
curdle
call
horrify
devastate
dis
controvert
brawl
scrap
row
argufy
quibble
squabble
bicker
altercate
wrangle
fight
quarrel
argue
dispute
spat
brabble
rouse
reproach
revile
entice
cause concern to
cause discomfort to
make uncomfortable
single out
weary
wind somebody up
try your patience
rub you up the wrong way
get under skin
get on nerves
ask earnestly
dampen spirits
crush
break one's heart
bring one down
cast down
prey on one's mind
beleague
cause anxiety
be bothered
hang over
wear
put through wringer
discourage
make blue
drag down
put a damper on
break the heart of
put into a funk
clamour
UK
lobby
campaign
harp upon
dwell upon
disoblige
repulse
repel
slight
shout at
push button
heat up
override
tyrannize
US
get the knife into
stick the knife into
chasten
fall out
lead someone a merry dance
play cat and mouse
rub salt in wound
clamor
US
bay
charge
exact
question
tweak
examine
give chase
scratch around
track down
yap at
have had enough
make fed up
become bored
make discontented
interfere with
try the patience of
grate at
lose patience
drive you crazy
butt in
make game of
ask for it
be hurtful to
bleed
mourn
cause anguish
cause suffering
cause offense
lambaste
cause sorrow
dominate
tyrannise
UK
enslave
deluge
belabour
UK
swamp
encompass
enclose
impose on
tempt
intrigue
beguile
fascinate
lure
allure
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
send into a rage
drive somebody up the wall
make livid
shatter
drive out of mind
drive you round the bend
umbrage
feel up
break in
touch up
quest
apply
storm
siege
put upon
turn inside out
take out after
search high heaven
beat the bushes
turn upside down
shout catcalls at
barge in on
intrude on
hit where one lives
entangle
environ
give offence to
make unhappy
be disagreeable to
push the buttons of
hurt someone's feelings
thumb nose at
toy with
fiddle with
enquire
UK
inquire
US
drum
breath down someone's neck
recur
baffle
charm
thwart
ring
circle
aggress
compass
overcome
invade
girdle
be on one's tail
be on one's back
leave no stone unturned
impede
cross
hinder
require
horn in on
tyrannize over
be autocratic
run up the wrong way
yowl
crab
yammer
wail
grump
kick
squawk
inveigh
whimper
bleat
growl
murmur
yaup
croak
keen
yawp
maunder
beef
grouse
holler
mutter
kvetch
squeal
caterwaul
scream
grouch
repine
bellyache
grizzle
ask authoritatively
start in on
ask forcefully
jump on one's case
make a claim
put the squeeze on
ask brusquely
fall upon
give one the business
hem in
give the needle
propose
pervade
materialize
US
come back to
manifest
walk
stay with
dwell
materialise
UK
rise
voodoo
preoccupy
reappear
hover
permeate
return
come back
appear
be ever present
inhabit
float
butt in on
egg
direct
seek
challenge
jostle
make mouth water
keep hanging on
keep someone hanging on
make someone's mouth water
keep hanging
moan on at
tell
expect
command
disappoint
swarm around
crowd around
descend on
converge on
hustle
mob
crowd round
call for
con
persuade
goose
sell
snow under
shower
belabor
US
turn
incapacitate
flip
floor
debilitate
cramp
take it out on
put in for
key up
turn on
lay up
look for
file for
count on
rock the boat
hurt somebody's feelings
satirize
US
deride
laugh at
rally
poke fun at
send up
twit
jive
make jokes about
rot
chiack
scoff at
jeer at
joke
fun
make fun of
sledge
slang
kid
be sarcastic about
shuck
put on
have on
goof on
smoke
slam
laugh
manipulate
spoof
arouse
satirise
UK
sound
snap
make sport of
poke borak at
flout at
make a monkey of
sling off at
poke mullock at
swipe at
pull someone's leg
put down
mess around
lead somebody on
pull somebody's leg
daunt
encumber
nonplus
demoralize
US
abash
take aback
load
dash
move
saddle
traumatize
US
demoralise
UK
derange
stir
flummox
traumatise
UK
overload
occupy
hamper
put someone off their stroke
consume
unbalance
devour
cow
get down
weigh
be agitated
be troubled
cause agony to
take control of
harm
engross
absorb
sear
laden
weight
cut
be a burden to
lade
surprise
overburden
dampen
lumber
impose
inflict
work up
be upset
cumber
face
chill
confront
beat down
be anxious
make despondent
lose sleep
cause pain to
mire
knock for six
sap
touch
involve
press down on
broil
damage
subdue
engulf
ensnare
cause pain
stretch
implicate
embroil
enthral
UK
brood
stab
overpower
freight
scar
complicate
snarl
be a burden on
cause feeling
destabilize
US
jolt
deter
monopolize
US
fuddle
unman
overawe
land
rend
catch
tangle
drain
take over
embrangle
enervate
awe
suffer
make nervous
dumbfound
befuddle
addle
bog down
abase
destabilise
UK
enthrall
US
monopolise
UK
pierce
mystify
plunder
depredate
fleece
force
fume
dull
foul up
take pains
get someone down
task
constrain
put into a flap
cause someone to lose their composure
throw into a tizz
convulse
make gloomy
feel uneasy
concern oneself
make someone scratch their head
be on tenterhooks
be worried
kill
make desolate
knock sideways
dump on
do in
torment oneself
torture oneself
be concerned
hurt one's feelings
catch up
dump something on someone
lose sleep over
be in a stew
hold down
be in a flap
inflict anguish on
bear down
get worked up
pull the rug out from under
pull the rug from under
set someone back on their heels
bedog
niggle at
incite
tear apart
tick someone off
excoriate
buffet
handicap
stimulate
consternate
thrust
cause to panic
trammel
ferment
thrill
bamboozle
unstring
ventilate
exhaust
daze
blind
abuse
maltreat
lie heavily on
amaze
interfere
astound
be
disaccord
jangle
disharmonize
discord
brown off
dement
jumble
down
disorganize
displace
rummage
disarray
inhibit
obstruct
delay
be rude to
astonish
dizzy
stump
furbelow
bluster
frill
make flip
work someone up
bug up
scandalize
US
put your nose out of joint
prey on your mind
be unwell
cause someone distress
disillusion
paralyse
UK
overcharge
put
inflict trauma
deeply upset
knock props out
discontent
disaffect
be offensive
swallow up
disorient
be indisposed
be crook
flap
affright
disenchant
blast
dang
darn
catch somebody off balance
catch somebody unawares
throw into confusion
lie
make downhearted
throw a curve
throw into tizzy
mutilate
brutalize
US
mangle
grill
whip
brutalise
UK
maim
martyrize
impale
misplease
wing
zing
revolt
cool
cap
let down
paralyze
US
snafu
scourge
be ill
be weak
be sick
feel pain
bustle
droop
cause to lose heart
repress
prostrate
deprecate
get in the way
throw into uproar
throw into disorder
wreck
wreak
befall
suppress
subjugate
lower
stifle
load down
pull down
weigh upon
press down
tire out
wear out
scandalise
UK
nitpick
fidget
catch off balance
grind
fuss over
worry about
exert oneself
take the heart out of
be wrong with
be in pain
feel unwell
slow down
hold back
screw up
mess up
fill with consternation
louse up
muck up
make demands on
make severe demands on
put a strain on
balk
US
dish out
dish it out
give it to
stick it to
play dirty
overstretch
overtax
tense
put yourself out
make an effort
take the trouble
put oneself out
be concerned about
devitalize
smother
diminish
weaken
squelch
throw into a tizzy
give someone a turn
put the wind up someone
hit a sour note
baulk
UK
take by surprise
put someone off
ache
make sad
labour over
live off
exploit
blackmail
take advantage of
raid
extort
feed on
seize
live on
make a fuss about
throb
put out of countenance
make a big thing out of
make a big thing of
make a meal of
make a mountain out of a molehill
be in a tizzy
get in a stew
be the matter with
make a thing of
humble
deaden
defeat
extinguish
curb
quell
smart
divert
be afflicted with
suffer from
be plagued with
be troubled by
go to the trouble of
go out of one's way
stop someone in their tracks
upset apple cart
boil
simmer
avenge
knock the stuffing out of
harsh someone's mellow
turn one off
give someone the blues
make someone fed up
slow
make your heart bleed
pour cold water on
decrease
debase
cast a gloom upon
run down
drag
reduce to tears
bring tears to your eyes
keep under
darken
damp
throw cold water on
degrade
slap
disrespect
diss
crunch
overextend
bear down on
damp down
rifle
havoc
spoil
gut
rob
destroy
ravage
spoliate
rape
desecrate
ransack
strip
waste
loot
ruin
maraud
pillage
demolish
put someone off their stride
be blighted with
be burdened with
be bedevilled by
sidetrack
learn
understand
comprehend
incorporate
grasp
sense
digest
assimilate
immerse
follow
braise
casserole
dither
overdo
cast a pall over
pinch
cause discomfort
cause to be at a stand
descend upon
force upon
bring down on
be tender
endure
dread
stomach
tolerate
go
stand
brook
exert
abide
prickle
twinge
poach
parboil
fricassee
seethe
coddle
become an obsession with
soak up
take in
get into
latch onto
detract
amuse
deflect
abstract
tear to pieces
make tense
tense up
push to the limit
play up
entertain
draw
hurt the feelings of
cause to feel emotional strain
cause to feel mental strain
put in traction
put on trial
bruise
be sore
be painful
enmesh
jug
smoor
nick
be on pins and needles
be in a tiz-woz
be afraid
be in a state of anxiety
be in a state of nervousness
be in a state
stay the course
be in a lather
be in a state of agitation
stick it out
compel
frenzy
call off
engage
turn aside
stall
mislead
steamroller
drive
impel
cajole
make
coerce
cook
steam
draw away
turn away
oblige
bulldoze
obligate
railroad
call away
lead away
catch flies
sway
muscle
sandbag
talk
impress
make ill
lead astray
cause to lose concentration
mope
incriminate
entrap
disunite
compromise
get in a state
get in a tizz
bite one's nails
get stressed
get in a tizzy
get in a panic
get in a fluster
get steamed up
have qualms
get in a flap
get in a sweat
get in a lather
be in a blue funk
get overwrought
have someone do something
use strong-arm tactics on
twist someone's arm
put the heat on
prevail on
put the screws on
come at
blackjack
enforce
boil slowly
cook slowly
disagree
pine
upset oneself
sigh
sorrow
impose upon
feel unhappy
be distressed
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
cause trouble
upset yourself
distress yourself
feel peeved
make a fuss
sweat it out
take on
eat one's heart out
carry a heavy load
distress oneself
get into a dither
more ❯
Verb
▲
To defend or protect
stick up for
defend
side with
stand by
support
argue for
be loyal to
be supportive of
champion
fight for
stand up for
speak up for
take the side of
be on the side of
come to the defence of
go to bat for
stick one's neck out for
give as good as one gets
back
uphold
back up
endorse
ally oneself with
favour
UK
favor
US
encourage
maintain
advocate
stand behind
abet
aid and abet
ally with
take up the cudgels for
associate oneself with
prefer
espouse
assert
plump for
stick by
plunk for
take the part of
sympathize with
take someone's part
sustain
promote
indorse
sanction
profess
cover for
get behind
rally round
vindicate
recommend
vouch for
insist on
be in favor of
thump for
campaign for
second
plead
plead for
ride shotgun for
fall in with
bolster
plug
sponsor
throw in one's lot with
embrace
argue
throw in with
side
go along with
push for
reason
press
stress
establish
insist upon
press for
contend
put forward
patronise
UK
patronize
US
propose
battle for
contend for
crusade for
put in a good word for
protect
hold a torch for
lobby for
welcome
receive wholeheartedly
accept
receive enthusiastically
adopt
take up
take to
approve of
be in favour of
smile on
go in for
vote for
get into
take on
approve
further
go to the wall for
adhere to
stick to
hew to
keep to
stick with
cling to
renounce
go to the wall
pull for
advocate for
take one's side
applaud
give help to
throw one's weight behind
approbate
justify
say in defense
warrant
prove a case
exculpate
befriend
stand for
aid
guarantee
apologize for
rationalize
US
represent
come to defense of
rationalise
UK
put in a good word
stonewall
speak in support of
bear one out
more ❯
Verb
▲
Assert
speak up
shoot
pipe up
sound off
speak out
spout off
talk up
assert
declare
make plain
speak loudly
have your say
fulminate
rage
hold forth
go on
mouth off
rant and rave
big up
shoot one's mouth off
speak
chip in
make yourself heard
Verb
▲
Cry out, make commotion
clamor
US
agitate
appeal
bark
bawl
bay
bellow
bluster
claim
cry
debate
demand
din
dispute
holler
roar
rout
scream
screech
shout
yell
call out
cry out
raise Cain
raise the roof
put up a howl
howl
shriek
thunder
call
halloo
hollo
vociferate
sound off
yelp
growl
whoop
clamour
UK
wail
yowl
hoot
yawp
ululate
caterwaul
cheer
yammer
raise your voice
snarl
squawk
squeal
exclaim
trumpet
sing out
moan
groan
squall
yap
cooee
sing
speak loudly
bray
raise voice
yoo-hoo
protest
utter
boom
call at the top of your voice
keen
beller
low
blare
crow
hail
hiss
bell
snap
cackle
sigh
shout out
holler out
grunt
caw
gabble
trill
explode
detonate
brawl
rebound
blast
repercuss
sound
drum
reverberate
reecho
resound
lament
sob
mourn
weep
whimper
yip
quest
outcry
whine
blubber
say brusquely
berate
speak brusquely
say abruptly
say angrily
mutter
grumble
speak angrily
speak abruptly
announce
proclaim
yoo hoo
shrill
croak
squeak
woof
whistle
rasp
blat
hurrah
murmur
bleat
cheep
peep
talk
gasp
wheeze
complain
rumble
grate
make a noise
snort
huzzah
huzza
hoop
baa
chunter
mouth
mumble
cluck
greet
maa
screak
clack
mewl
voice
give tongue
press
neigh
fulminate
curse
rail
declaim
urge
ejaculate
call hello to
threaten
gnarl
declare
whinny
shudder
career
skid
judder
make high-pitched
yell at
utter threat
insist on
hee-haw
creak
jeer
make a claim for
bolt
twitter
boo
heehaw
hinny
state
figure
blurt out
assert
blurt
utter suddenly
emit
warble
catcall
scream bloody murder
come out with
burst out with
chirp
chirrup
call aloud
burst out
say loudly
mock
taunt
tweet
utter a hoot
tu-whit tu-whoo
rend the air
scorn
guffaw
heckle
razz
jargon
play
pip
chitter
chatter
suspire
exhale
blow raspberries
tootle
choke
sough
hack
cough
hawk
inform
snitch
fink
scoff at
shout down
sorrow
grieve
boohoo
speak
toot
pipe
say
speak huskily
breathe out
breathe
speak harshly
speak thickly
utter huskily
speak hoarsely
utter throatily
pant
quack
blow
speak throatily
heave a sigh
respire
make husky
tell on
grass on
split on
rat on
scritch
make sharp
more ❯
Verb
▲
To choose to do
will
decree
order
direct
intend
ordain
command
bid
cause
determine
effect
resolve
want
wish
authorise
UK
authorize
US
demand
enjoin
exert
request
decide on
bring about
choose to do
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