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Verb
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To inflict emotional or physical harm or distress upon
abuse
misuse
ill-treat
ill-use
maltreat
harm
injure
manhandle
molest
maul
mishandle
brutaliseUK
brutalizeUS
bully
beat
hit
hurt
knock around
strike
wrong
handle roughly
knock about
persecute
treat badly
treat roughly
backbite
bash
chop
kick around
mess over
oppress
outrage
rip
roughhouse
rough up
total
trash
wax
wound
beat up
do over
bung up
do wrong
dump on
mess up
push around
shake up
give black eye
lay into
pummelUS
assail
set upon
pummelledUK
pound
paste
lace into
tear into
light into
let someone have it
have a go at
pitch into
sail into
let fly at
get stuck into
hammer
wallop
mug
set about
pounce on
jump
turn on
duff someone up
set on
pounce upon
fall on
rush
give someone a beating
ambush
aggress
besiege
jump on
descend on
descend upon
fall upon
strike at
sic
clobber
pulverizeUS
sick
bushwhack
beset
fill in
charge
storm
pulveriseUK
round on
go in on
assault physically
pelt
drub
beat hollow
beat to a pulp
invade
battle
get at
fire at
lambaste
thump
launch oneself at
rush at
spring on
overwhelm
kick
bean
boot
clock
rob
bother
clip
launch at
spring at
rush upon
go for
run at
larrup
brain
slog
bop
biff
bust
feel
fondle
boff
bat
blister
punch
cook
whop
stab
club
chop down
knock block off
knock for a loop
knock cold
turn to violence
lay siege to
steam
grope
goose
knock down
purse-snatch
hold up
stick up
steal
raid
touch up
handle clumsily
set at
terrorizeUS
fly at
go at
terroriseUK
kick in
beat someone up
more ❯
“It has the right to beat and mistreat anyone locked up.”
Verb
▲
To subject to cruel or unjust treatment
victimiseUK
victimizeUS
abuse
persecute
bully
maltreat
terroriseUK
terrorizeUS
torment
harass
torture
hassle
hound
needle
beat
demoniseUK
demonizeUS
immolate
oppress
use
ill-treat
push around
discriminate against
get at
pick on
give a hard time
have it in for
lean on
give someone a hard time
punish unfairly
be down on
have your knife into
have a down on
stack the deck
make things hot for someone
get on someone's back
more ❯
Verb
▲
Penalize for wrongdoing
punish
discipline
penaliseUK
penalizeUS
chastise
chasten
correct
castigate
abuse
beat
cane
get
lash
murder
scalp
sentence
thump
wallop
whip
batter
flog
harm
hurt
injure
misuse
oppress
scourge
manhandle
recompense
visit
admonish
blacklist
cuff
debar
defrock
dismiss
drop on
execute
exile
expel
fine
immure
incarcerate
lecture
mete out punishment to
paddle
rebuke
reprimand
reprove
skin
skin alive
spank
switch
tear down
train
bring someone to book
bring to book
come down on
make an example of
slap someone's wrist
teach someone a lesson
attend to
beat up
do in
give it to someone
give someone what for
rap knuckles
rap someone's knuckles
slap wrist
crack down on
give a going-over
give a lesson to
give someone the works
give the works
knock about
rough up
teach a lesson
give a going over
throw the book at
come down on like a ton of bricks
give someone a hiding
belaborUS
strap
belabourUK
pelt
club
slash
lace
bat
fib
do
upbraid
berate
take to task
punch out
attack
smack
clout
clobber
whack
censure
lay into
reprehend
objurgate
reproach
cowhide
rawhide
excoriate
punch
cudgel
slap
slam
condemn
larrup
tell off
call down
criticizeUS
beat the living daylights out of
carpet
knock
deal with
trounce
dress down
trash
bruise
tongue-lash
tick off
give someone a dressing-down
smash
criticiseUK
afflict
give someone a good hiding
amerce
lace into
have a go at
rake over the coals
paste
rag
destroy
crush
thwack
assail
keelhaul
rate
assault
score
jaw
smite
rap
break
lam
rap over the knuckles
give someone a roasting
scorch
pulverizeUS
sock
trim
slug
rant at
give someone a rocket
bawl out
welt
whomp
shellac
smother
bang
rail at
chew out
give a hiding
tan someone's hide
rain blows on
ream out
pitch into
haul over the coals
rail against
maltreat
read the riot act
box
pulveriseUK
sanction
curse
torment
dock
overwhelm
rout
mulct
torture
denounce
remonstrate with
blast
impose
defeat
judge
bullwhip
revile
terrorizeUS
harass
slaughter
annihilate
diss
deck
bollock
vituperate
scathe
best
quirt
flame
terroriseUK
hit with
exact a penalty from
slap with
wreck
marmalize
cream
bury
stripe
fulminate against
put on the mat
massacre
worst
flatten
smoke
demolish
disable
blister
roll
crucify
tank
tonk
biff
bop
pan
lacerate
ram
swat
skunk
bomb
dust
own
plug
drum
give someone a drubbing
defeat utterly
give someone a telling-off
slag off
blow away
take a stick to
be victorious over
put down
snow under
give someone a bollocking
blow out
rip into
walk all over
make mincemeat of
whip someone's hide
tan one's hide
lay one on
walk over
knock around
bring someone to their knees
run rings around
maim
beat hollow
triumph over
blow out of the water
blow up at
do over
give a talking-to
give someone an earful
mutilate
let someone have it
wipe the floor with
get the better of
mash
jump down one's throat
mangle
take to the cleaners
win a resounding victory over
take a strap to
tear off a strip
kill
give someone a rollicking
knock into the middle of next week
dash
turn inside out
tear into
sort out
ground
scapegoat
crack
chin
yerk
harangue
tap
fill in
paddlewhack
dust someone's britches
warm someone's seat
wax
yell at
have words
rap across the knuckles
severely reprimand
thong
discipline someone for
repress
soften
exprobate
try
suppress
subjugate
smear
deride
call over the coals
roast
lash into
have your knife in
strafe
impact
jerk
bump
shake
whisk
wear out
wound
damage
disfigure
contuse
cripple
lame
deface
brutalizeUS
dash against
aim blows at
brutaliseUK
slipper
tear a strip off
have on the carpet
impair
incapacitate
gash
graze
scud
skelp
flop
flutter
flap
ferule
scratch
put out
cause pain to
total
cut
bang up
pinch
scrape
cause injury to
give someone a hot bottom
put over one's knee
give someone a licking
put someone over your knee
blip
flax
give somebody a hiding
warm someone's bottom
beat the living daylights out of someone
take disciplinary action against
handicap
inflict
plague
blame
put on the carpet
imprison
wreak
befall
decry
reprobate
lay down the law
devastate
trouble
harrow
disparage
deplore
deprecate
impose penalty
inflict a penalty on
impose a sentence on
inflict handicap
ruin
ravage
bother
slag
dis
dispraise
anathematize
execrate
disapprove
inveigh against
fault
award a penalty against
impose a penalty on
put at disadvantage
arraign
find fault with
descend on
avenge
descend upon
force upon
pain
bring down on
send up
point finger at
frame
pronounce
hang something on
depreciate
belittle
denunciate
blow whistle on
proscribe
give something a bad press
send up the river
thumbs down on
pin it on
name
put away
give someone a bad press
lay at one's door
adjudge
let have it
beset
burden
bedevil
charge
levy
put
exact
cause suffering to
sting
assess
sconce
impose a fine on
pay through the nose
throw book at
make pay
confiscate
extort
punish by fining
seize
tax
sequestrate
monster
savage
wig
row
rail
potshot
ream
scarify
pull up
give someone a caning
give someone a mouthful
give someone a wigging
send someone away with a flea in their ear
slap on the wrist
give a rocket
give someone hell
criticize severely
give someone some stick
jump on
rap someone the knuckles
drag over the coals
slap down
give someone a row
lay out
give someone a rating
lean on
vilify
pillory
rubbish
denigrate
bag
malign
bad-mouth
blow up
cut up
skewer
run down
pull apart
asperse
nag
light into
impugn
besmirch
pull to pieces
slur
pick holes in
cast aspersions on
derogate
rollick
give a piece of one's mind
animadvert on
take to pieces
vituperate against
pour scorn on
find fault
declaim
sail into
give a bad press to
sledge
fulminate
rip
call on the carpet
insult
hit out at
take apart
take someone to task
nitpick about
pick to pieces
throw brickbats at
cut down
shoot down
rap someone over the knuckles
accuse
go on at
carp
check
disapprove of
carp at
inveigh
rant
slander
talk to
give some stick to
rage
calumniate
traduce
take down
fustigate
scorn
kick up a stink about
take to the woodshed
rave at
stigmatizeUS
call to account
defame
storm
slang
thunder
growl
caution
protest
cavil
tear to pieces
cavil at
come down hard on
monish
stigmatiseUK
lesson
zap
give flak to
go for the jugular
chew someone out
tear apart
nag at
bag on
nit-pick
express disapproval of
slap someone on the wrist
lash out at
go on about
pick at
kick up a fuss about
ridicule
lampoon
contemn
taunt
remonstrate
libel
backbite
discredit
ostraciseUK
ostracizeUS
animadvert
discourse
orate
perorate
recriminate
preach
rake
speak out
object
complain
speak
nitpick
jawbone
mouth off
expostulate
fume
tie into
rave
spout
get after
make a stand
vociferate
beat up on
expostulate about
climb all over
swear at
cuss out
do a number on
shout at
objurate
pass strictures upon
declaim against
give one hell
jump all over
strongly criticize
kick
draw the line
throw shade
get at
speak to
slap on wrist
rap on knuckles
sound off
mouth off about
tell a thing or two
go after
scoff at
put someone on the hot seat
make a fuss about
crawl all over
put someone on the griddle
burn someone's ears
do down
tear to shreds
nitpick over
pin someone's ears back
find lacking
reprimand severely
let fly
round on
satirizeUS
brand
lash out
pull someone up
hit out
refute
attask
exprobrate
give a tongue-lashing
satiriseUK
threap
moraliseUK
moralizeUS
argue with
assault verbally
despise
warn
harsh
disagree with
adjure
advise
counsel
take
chew
pile in
fry
oppose
rank on
give going-over
ding
notice
glue
forewarn
hoist
start on
start in
slight
rebuff
incriminate
take on
rake over coals
dishonorUS
dishonourUK
disgrace
dress-down
jack up
sit on
offend
lance
incise
criticize harshly
pass judgment
jump down someone's throat
tear someone a new one
give someone a dressing down
give someone a telling off
give piece of mind
jump on one's case
bite someone's head off
snap someone's head off
give tongue-lashing
give somebody a piece of one's mind
fluff
read out
look askance
pick apart
reject
minimizeUS
discount
have words with
blacken someone's reputation
cast a slur on
give someone a carpeting
eat out
criticize hatefully
lay on
give comeuppance
persecute
give something a battering
weigh into
do a hatchet job on
give someone bondi
carp on
take somebody to task
take down a peg
give a hard time
get on
burn one's ears
have someone on the carpet
keep after
rag on
send someone away with a flea in his
lower the boom
give the dickens
complain about
call to task
point the finger at
give the devil
criticize strongly
be hard on
pick on
give bad press
cut to bits
ride
zing
hose
miscall
minimiseUK
give someone stick
prosecute
impeach
indict
bring to account
protest against
bluster
huff
be rude to
call names
blow off
cut to the quick
protest strongly
dump on
menace
intimidate
take a stand
trash-talk
call someone names
thunder against
rage against
make a protest
rant about
vociferate about
animadvert upon
run something down
show up
charge with
vilipend
give a black eye
protest strongly at
remonstrate about
challenge
bushwhack
tackle
sic
sick
raid
rush
rant and rave
rile
make a stand against
take issue with
object to
raise objections to
make a protest against
complain vociferously about
disagree violently with
oppose strongly
put up a fight against
kick against
complain bitterly about
take a stand against
speak out against
kick up
take great exception to
set on
turn on
dive into
go in on
cry down
throw shade at
bark at
grumble
moan
whine
grouch
gripe
fuss
grizzle
whinge
address
talk
descant
expatiate
exhort
wade into
wade in
pounce on
pounce upon
beef
grouse
crab
wail
caterwaul
cry
grump
scream
repine
bellyache
bleat
keen
earbash
pontificate to
sermonize to
spout to
holler
mutter
kvetch
squeal
yammer
squawk
whimper
murmur
croak
yawp
maunder
soapbox
declaim to
stump
accost
apostrophize
spiel
sermonizeUS
preach to
hold forth to
sermoniseUK
buttonhole
yowl
yelp
yap
bawl
yaup
spout at
spiel to
deliver a tirade to
speechify to
preachify to
grouch about
sound off to
get on a soapbox
hold forth
give a lecture to
hit hard
have at
kick up a fuss
sound off about
bellyache about
take exception
complain vehemently about
beef about
give the cat o'nine tails
more ❯
Verb
▲
To exploit someone for one's personal gain
take advantage of somebody
abuse
exploit
manipulate
rip off
take for a ride
use
walk over
take advantage of
patroniseUK
prey on
leverage
trifle with
walk all over
treat lightly
beguile
victimizeUS
step on
play with
cash in on
play someone for a sucker
defraud
play on
trade on
ill-use
capitalize on
fleece
milk
control
patronizeUS
make use of
profit by
turn to account
punish
put to advantage
victimizedUS
squeeze
wring
swindle
enslave
put upon
victimisedUK
suck dry
ill-treat
dump on
play upon
treat unfairly
impose upon
prey upon
live off the backs of
put one over on
withhold rights from
take for granted
more ❯
Verb
▲
Play games with
play games with
abuse
confuse
deceive
mess around
string along
trick
fool
dupe
bluff
con
delude
hoodwink
gull
gammon
take in
kid
humbug
sucker
hornswoggle
bamboozle
spoof
take someone for a ride
mislead
pull a fast one on
snooker
suck in
cozen
pull the wool over somebody's eyes
defraud
more ❯
Verb
▲
To mistreat someone
treat badly
fool with
mess around
muck about
toy with
treat unfairly
Verb
▲
To say defamatory things about someone or something
vilify
insult
slight
calumniate
condemn
rubbish
asperse
defame
lambaste
malign
slander
traduce
discredit
impugn
stigmatiseUK
stigmatizeUS
vilipend
abuse
bad-mouth
berate
cast aspersions on
decry
denigrate
disparage
fulminate against
inveigh against
knock
libel
pour scorn on
rail against
revile
slate
smear
speak evil of
vituperate
bash
hammer
skewer
spread lies about
attack
bag
belittle
blacken
censure
contemn
criticiseUK
criticizeUS
debase
denounce
derogate
do down
dump on
monster
pan
pillory
pull apart
pummelledUK
pummelUS
roast
run down
slam
slur
assail
blacken the name of
blacken the reputation of
blister
bring into disrepute
caluminate
conduct a smear campaign against
curse
cuss
demoniseUK
demonizeUS
dig
hit out at
jinx
jump on
lay into
mudsling
rap
sound off
grouch about
lay out
have at
kick up a fuss
bellyache about
complain vehemently about
let have it
take exception
work over
crack down on
beef about
go after
sound off about
disregard
mortify
sniff at
de-emphasize
gloss over
shrug off
brush aside
underemphasize
gird
set little store by
sneeze at
brush off
look down upon
hold in contempt
ignore
set no store by
tease
demoralizeUS
high-hat
prostitute
snoot
travesty
demoraliseUK
underplay
jest
soft-pedal
rate too low
cast down
look down one's nose at
not do justice to
shun
frown on
defy
laugh
object to
repudiate
regard with contempt
bastardizeUS
deteriorate
warp
canker
subvert
deprave
profane
vitiate
fail
cold-shoulder
fleer
swipe
dump
grin
crack
leer
take exception to
knock down
be contemptuous about
snigger
treat disrespectfully
bastardiseUK
send up
cut dead
be wrong about
bring down
chill
show contempt for
turn up one's nose
give Bronx cheer
turn your nose up at
think too little of
give the cold shoulder to
give someone the brush-off
quip at
rank out
hoot
crush
tone down
make nothing of
wreck
total
demolish
put-down
comment negatively
condescend
question
harsh
disvalue
talk something down
mistrust
deign
cock a snook
talk trash
misjudge
play something down
snipe
hold in disdain
moan about
grouse about
whine about
quibble about
carp about
weigh into
give someone bondi
rake
miscalculate
lesson
jawbone
review unfavorably
criticize strongly
bring under fire
to denigrate
desecrate
attaint
own
gripe about
whinge about
not do justice
miscarry
jive
snicker
smile
thumb one's nose
call to task
point the finger at
express disapproval of
lay on
give the devil
rap someone over the knuckles
miniaturiseUK
miniaturizeUS
attenuate
abbreviate
abate
minimalize
dwarf
think wrong
be against
not support
look down at
knock off
write down
pronounce
punish
adjudge
frame
take a dig at
give a bad name to
make someone eat crow
cause to lose face
lose face
put someone in their place
take down a peg or two
look down nose at
be allergic to
look down your nose at
turn up one's nose at
make cutting remarks about
say contemptuously
gibe at
be contemptuous of
turn up your nose
curl one's lip at
misbid
misrespect
make light
annoy
look askance at
not believe in
provoke
be hostile to
argue against
take issue with
cut rate
betray
aggravate
underprice
underprize
point finger at
hang something on
blow whistle on
thumbs down on
pin it on
disobey
remonstrate against
express a poor opinion of
oppose
negate
be hostile towards
drag down
send up the river
lay at one's door
neglect
upset
brutalizeUS
dehumanizeUS
impair
desensitizeUS
weaken
decline
be untrue to oneself
abandon one's principles
beat down
lose value
drop
sell out
render worthless
fall
raise an
fail to appreciate
set too little store by
worsen
bump
rule out
bemean
brutaliseUK
dehumaniseUK
disbar
desensitiseUK
depose
declass
lower the status of
bring shame to
bench
stiff-arm
repulse
turn one's nose up at
stiff
pass on
demote
disown
discard
disclaim
depress
knock back
omit
skip
freeze out
cool
upstage
have no use for
have contempt for
refuse to acknowledge
irritate
disoblige
give offence
curl one's lip
blink at
not give time of day
take no notice of
give the cold shoulder
turn deaf ear to
show disrespect
give someone the go-by
give the brush
show disrespect for
turn one's back on
tell someone to get lost
crawl
look right through
sweep aside
cast aside
subjugate
mimic
cause offence to
be above
be scornful about
hurt someone's feelings
imitate
bring low
step on one's toes
spit on
refuse
piss over
renounce
confute
avoid
piss on
spoof
do
ape
copy
blow raspberries at
laugh out of court
consider beneath you
turn down
take off
consider beneath one
give the Bronx cheer to
spit in the face of
turn back on
curl your lip at
spit in the eye of
put on
impersonate
parody
twist
sheikUS
mime
distort
do a takeoff of
joke
take the mickey
sheikhUK
do an impression of
exaggerate
turn up your nose at
turn nose up at
more ❯
Verb
▲
To hit or strike repeatedly
work over
batter
pound
whip
thrash
thump
bash
belt
buffet
lash
maul
hammer
drub
pelt
pummelledUK
pummelUS
wallop
club
tan
birch
flog
lick
abuse
assault
attack
manhandle
baste
bat
bludgeon
fib
hide
lace
lambast
lambaste
lather
paddle
pommel
slate
slog
switch
thresh
tromp
whale
whap
whop
whup
beat
belabourUK
belaborUS
bung up
curry
do
maltreat
beat up
do over
rough up
bash up
knock about
knock around
beat up on
duff up
mess up
punch out
beat the living daylights out of
beat to a pulp
crash
dot
bully
pop
crown
blast
misuse
hook
jab
ill-use
kick around
mess over
king-hit
boom
treat badly
oppress
thunder
castigate
blow
chop
sucker-punch
wrong
ding
roar
treat roughly
discipline
welly
push
bullwhip
thrust
reverberate
resound
penalizeUS
quirt
thong
strike out at
dab
penaliseUK
echo
peal
thrash about
victimizeUS
victimiseUK
take a strap to
shake up
rumble
shower
windmill
pepper
shove
poke
growl
skelp
dig
mar
correct
zonk
stone
tan someone's hide
impinge
percuss
grumble
explode
ring
bellow
throb
mark
collide
detonate
punish severely
outrage
jolt
clamorUS
clamourUK
deafen
tip
butt
bump into
crash into
slam into
cut up
get at
push around
hack
yerk
stroke
fillip
haymaker
bam
berate
hang one on
clump
take out
plant one
pitch
conk
chip
whirl
impel
strike out
flail around
hit out
pick
stinger
plump
outclass
level
fell
shut out
defeat heavily
prod
lay a finger on
turn something inside out
swing
wave
contact
pull
uppercut
plunge
catch
neglect
soak
box someone's ears
box somebody's ears
pellet
whang
be hurled
nudge
backbite
rip
whip someone's hide
send
give the cat o'nine tails
beat the living daylights out of someone
jostle
hustle
ride roughshod
let fly
scorch
excoriate
scathe
interfere with
be violent toward
connect with
dump on
do wrong
give black eye
paw
give a hiding to
screw
tan the hide of
give a black eye
inroad
foray
lunge
clang
tattoo
run
propel
roust
pat
elbow
thrum
foray into
clatter
sound
peck
lay about
bundle
jackhammer
stick
pulsate
battle
pervert
misapply
misemploy
profane
prostitute
palpate
strum
exploit
put to flight
make noise
rattle
twack
desecrate
corrupt
blacken
rain
mismanage
misappropriate
discolourUK
slap lightly
hit lightly
strike lightly
flap about
beat about
move erratically
go through
run through
fire at
sweep
enfilade
strafe
rake
play the drums
do a number on
zing
make black and blue
black
discolorUS
spoil
brand
disfeature
cannonade
lapidate
fusillade
barrage
rack
pour
fall
volley
shell
mortar
traumatizeUS
blemish
distress
harrow
agonizeUS
sling at
hurl at
cast at
throw at
hassle
score
traumatiseUK
affect
scar
flaw
plague
pain
needle
hound
hail
immolate
use
demonizeUS
trouble
worry
sentence
scalp
rain down on
demoniseUK
fire a broadside at
rain something down on
anguish
curse
excruciate
bedevil
recompense
visit
stack the deck
have a down on
be down on
have it in for
make things hot for someone
discriminate against
punish unfairly
get on someone's back
give a hard time
have your knife into
give someone a hard time
pick on
beat down upon
bang into
clash
run into
reprimand
skin alive
train
incarcerate
defrock
dismiss
tear down
admonish
fine
immure
rebuke
mete out punishment to
execute
debar
expel
lecture
blacklist
drop on
reprove
exile
mortify
slap someone's wrist
bring someone to book
teach someone a lesson
bring to book
make an example of
agoniseUK
irritate
try
cause suffering to
wring
annoy
martyrize
disturb
cause agony to
impale
grill
give someone grief
inflict anguish on
run over
scrap
splinter
plough into
crack into
break up
rear-end
plow into
come into collision
cannon into
pile up
meet head-on
knock into
go into
sideswipe
crunch
come into collision with
impact with
crack against
smash into
wrack up
fender-bend
shatter
barrel into
fragment
smack into
give it to someone
rap someone's knuckles
give someone what for
do in
slap wrist
rap knuckles
attend to
give the works
throw the book at
give a lesson to
crack down on
give a going over
come down on like a ton of bricks
give a going-over
teach a lesson
have someone's guts for garters
more ❯
Verb
▲
To alter something from its true state, typically to deceive
pervert
distort
twist
warp
abuse
misuse
falsify
misinterpret
misrepresent
bend
garble
misapply
corrupt
divert
misconstrue
colourUK
colorUS
cook
deflect
fudge
misemploy
misrelate
misstate
profane
prostitute
slant
subvert
adulterate
alloy
alter
animalize
brainwash
change
cut
desecrate
doctor
fake
outrage
ruin
salt
seduce
spike
spoil
steer
veer
water
doctor up
phony up
shake up
run through
mess up
camouflage
downplay
minimizeUS
soft-pedal
extenuate
veneer
sugarcoat
de-emphasize
minimiseUK
draw a veil over
masquerade
dissimulate
overemphasizeUS
affect
amplify
inflate
overestimate
overstress
overplay
emphasizeUS
catastrophize
enlarge
exalt
put on
hike
boost
brag
boast
heighten
expand
hush up
keep secret
overemphasiseUK
emphasiseUK
white
lay it on thick
sweep something under the rug
make light of
keep dark
sweep something under the carpet
blow out of proportion
make a mountain out of a molehill
whiten
make too much of
blow up out of all proportion
tilt
tip
weight
slope
misshape
weigh
trim
rearrange
shuffle
understate
avoid
evade
throw off balance
change round
overvalue
aggrandize
touch up
varnish over
explain away
give a false picture of
over-elaborate
elaborate
oversell
pretend
perform magic
overpitch
palliate
smooth over
gloze over
rationalizeUS
play down
justify
brush something under the carpet
brush aside
rationaliseUK
shrug off
add colour
lay on
lay it on with a shovel
pile it on
make a federal case of
draw the longbow
big up
up
caricature
stretch the truth
pile it on about
shoot a line
pyramid
lay it on with a trowel
romance
pretty up
make a big thing of
lay it on with a trowel about
intensify
go to extremes
blow something out of all proportion
make a production out of
make a drama out of a crisis
lay it on thick about
loud talk
overexaggerate
paint
smear
deal rapidly with
distemper
decorate
liberate
sweep under the carpet
vindicate
pull a veil over
blanch
launder
daub
treat as unimportant
exonerate
sweep under the rug
falsely represent
dissemble
make a pretense of
feign
secrete
bluff
simulate
pass someone off
sham
emphasize too much
make a big thing out of
blow up
draw the long bow
play up
put up a smoke screen
put on a false front
keep quiet about
keep a lid on
put on a front
put up a front
be dishonest about
give a false identity to
more ❯
Verb
▲
To hit or strike something or someone
knock
strike
bang
hit
thump
rap
bash
beat
belt
hammer
pound
punch
tap
clap
slap
smack
buffet
smite
thwack
bat
batter
biff
bludgeon
bob
bonk
bop
box
bust
chin
clip
clobber
clock
clout
crack
cuff
nail
paste
pummelledUK
pummelUS
slog
slug
sock
swat
tag
thud
wallop
whack
whale
zap
abuse
deck
drub
fell
flatten
floor
KO
level
maltreat
manhandle
roughhouse
thrash
total
wound
beat up
lay one on
turn on
let fly at
fall on
round on
fly at
strike out at
blister
savage
excoriate
castigate
injure
scratch
score
scorch
pan
vilify
scathe
scarify
wax
lash into
rip into
put someone on the hot seat
shoot down
crawl all over
read the riot act
rake over the coals
pin someone's ears back
pounce on
put someone on the griddle
burn someone's ears
cream
revile
berate
knob
finial
saddlebow
handle
cut
incise
lance
paddlewhack
bash up
fustigate
jerk
whisk
shake
flutter
flop
flap
ferule
blackjack
duff up
claw
ill-treat
warm someone's seat
tan one's hide
dust someone's britches
beat to a pulp
wear out
strike with a stick
beat with a stick
give a hiding
molest
tear
mangulate
trample
hurt
skin
muscle
clean
handle roughly
tear to pieces
take care of
break face
put in the hospital
lean on
invade
battle
get at
fire at
potshot
vituperate
jump on
tie into
more ❯
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