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What is another word for
nagging
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▲
Adjective
Persistently or continuous in nature, especially of something unpleasant
Physically painful, sore or uncomfortable
Causing worry, distress or anxiety
(
of a person
)
Constantly harassing someone to do something
Slight but nagging
Persistent or pressing, often annoyingly so
(
of a person
)
Making others work hard or meet high standards
Remaining in the mind
(
of a disease or symptom
)
Very bad or severe
Verb
To be irritating or upsetting, typically with repeated or unpleasant acts
Present participle for to complain or express discontent in a wearisome manner
Present participle for to criticize or find fault with
Present participle for to demand earnestly or pressingly
Present participle for to verbally criticize harshly, especially with insulting language
Present participle for to supply with moral lessons, teachings, or examples
Noun
The use of persuasion or intimidation to make someone do something
Continual criticism, typically concerning trivial things
The state of being in great mental or physical pain
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▲
Adjective
▲
Persistently or continuous in nature, especially of something unpleasant
persistent
continuous
unremitting
lingering
unrelenting
constant
continual
endless
incessant
niggling
perpetual
repeated
unabating
gnawing
interminable
relentless
never-ending
lasting
sustained
chronic
uninterrupted
unending
steady
unceasing
continuing
persisting
abiding
surviving
remaining
habitual
frequent
unbroken
permanent
unrelieved
pushy
residual
non-stop
ceaseless
eternal
recurrent
nonstop
regular
everlasting
continued
round-the-clock
running
perennial
unfaltering
recurring
ongoing
periodic
unabated
unflagging
periodical
repetitive
unwavering
unfailing
enduring
timeless
consecutive
day-and-night
unchanging
without respite
unstoppable
untiring
undeviating
unvarying
monotonous
unyielding
dateless
indefatigable
prolonged
unwearied
numerous
intermittent
persevering
reiterative
inexorable
oft-repeated
around-the-clock
round the clock
stable
neverending
cyclical
inevitable
inescapable
unswerving
dogged
immortal
many
undying
tireless
countless
unwaning
on-and-off
staying
deathless
connected
aeonian
always-on
undivided
cyclic
reoccurring
successive
rolling
repeating
iterated
very many
oft repeated
a great many
amaranthine
day and night
on a treadmill
without end
irrevocable
unavoidable
even
consistent
flowing
interminate
unwearying
rhythmic
remorseless
diligent
assiduous
unsparing
maintained
protracted
lengthy
unflinching
fluent
sedulous
unalleviated
hard
harsh
stern
world-without-end
implacable
long
sempiternal
routine
regularized
US
standardised
UK
regularised
UK
fluid
frictionless
uniform
invariable
unchanged
extended
closed
usual
customary
daily
standardized
US
24/7
extensive
unrestricted
undiminished
drawn out
drawn-out
smooth
at all times
all day and all night
spasmodic
seasonal
sporadic
stretched out
solid
isochronal
alternate
isochronous
odd
chain
no end to
with no let-up
no end of
steady-going
without a break
for ever and ever
without surcease
happening at intervals
infinite
unlimited
limitless
boundless
measureless
unbounded
immeasurable
inexhaustible
invincible
untold
indefinite
incalculable
abundant
abounding
inestimable
unconquerable
unfading
indeterminate
great
unbeatable
immensurable
bottomless
unfathomable
horizonless
illimitable
invulnerable
overlong
fathomless
not stopping
having no end
indomitable
impregnable
familiar
common
insurmountable
profuse
reiterated
manifold
several
insuperable
24-hour
thick
various
bulletproof
overwhelming
irresistible
occurring often
overpowering
lots of
millions of
loads of
a good many
heaps of
masses of
quite a lot of
dozens of
hundreds of
thousands of
quite a few
more … than one can shake a stick at
more ❯
“I always have this
nagging
feeling that someone is out to get me.”
Adjective
▲
Physically painful, sore or uncomfortable
painful
sore
tender
throbbing
aching
hurting
smarting
stinging
sensitive
achy
afflictive
raw
inflamed
excruciating
hurtful
irritated
biting
piercing
severe
sharp
gnawing
uncomfortable
nasty
hurt
agonizing
US
pounding
troublesome
suffering
twingeing
stiff
searing
tingling
burning
tired
red
in pain
agonising
UK
killing
playing up
giving someone gyp
feeling uncomfortable
feeling tender
giving someone trouble
pained
delicate
tingly
distressed
injured
afflicted
bruised
prickly
broken
gammy
damaged
chafed
wounded
reddened
impaired
smartful
beaten
laborious
disabled
battered
incapacitated
stricken
weakened
bleeding
agonized
US
abscessed
mutilated
grazed
discoloured
UK
lacerated
mangled
scratched
mauled
harmed
caustic
gashed
agonised
UK
marred
disfigured
struck
harrowing
ruptured
cut
busted up
discolored
US
hit
scarred
achy breaky
black-and-blue
crushed
grievous
scraped
nicked
ulcerated
acute
shooting
intense
stabbing
distressing
penetrating
keen
fierce
arthritic
exquisite
irritating
vexatious
violent
cutting
bitter
racking
extreme
insufferable
unendurable
unbearable
torturous
gut-wrenching
knifelike
prickling
injurious
powerful
unpleasant
difficult
hypersensitive
aculeate
oversensitive
tortured
warped
shot
buffeted
rheumatic
bad
crook
game
knackered
swollen
shrewd
creaky
tight
rheumaticky
taut
drilling
paralyzing
US
paralysing
UK
more ❯
“Any type of taxing physical activity increases the risk of sustaining a
nagging
injury and can prolong recovery time.”
Adjective
▲
Causing worry, distress or anxiety
upsetting
distressing
disturbing
troublesome
perturbing
disquieting
unsettling
troubling
worrisome
discomforting
irksome
discomposing
trying
vexatious
worrying
unpleasant
harassing
nasty
troublous
harrowing
agonising
UK
agonizing
US
dreadful
tormenting
dire
gnawing
bothersome
irritating
annoying
aggravating
difficult
vexing
burdensome
provoking
tiresome
wearisome
inconvenient
exasperating
galling
disagreeable
pesky
painful
maddening
plaguy
disconcerting
agitating
alarming
niggling
awkward
pestiferous
pestilential
pestilent
nettlesome
distressful
infuriating
discommoding
displeasing
rankling
riling
frustrating
abrasive
chafing
peeving
dismaying
carking
nettling
discouraging
rebarbative
onerous
pesty
plaguey
frightening
severe
nerve-racking
grating
hard
laborious
startling
ominous
toilsome
tricky
gloomy
sinister
foreboding
depressing
perplexing
taxing
traumatic
antagonizing
US
teasing
antagonising
UK
infernal
concerning
harrying
confounded
cussed
threatening
intrusive
impeding
disruptive
consequential
creepy
pessimistic
demanding
problematic
thorny
tedious
mean
disappointing
unwelcome
ugly
wicked
afflicting
unnerving
enraging
jarring
shocking
wearing
uncertain
embarrassing
prophetic
enough to try the patience of a saint
enough to drive you up the wall
challenging
lamentable
boring
deplorable
oppressive
grievous
confronting
bedevilling
UK
hurtful
stressful
hairy
unamusing
unpleasing
tough
heavy
punchable
uncongenial
bedeviling
US
gut-wrenching
persistent
daunting
grave
prickly
scary
sticky
anxious-making
objectionable
formidable
weighty
wretched
repugnant
irking
apprehensive
fraught
discomfiting
embittering
forbidding
puzzling
knotty
devastating
incommodious
crushing
exacting
festering
antipathetic
sad
intolerable
off-putting
nail-biting
nerve-wracking
heartbreaking
unsatisfying
unattractive
impossible
woeful
arduous
tragic
hefty
testing
pressing
exigent
unfortunate
accursed
harsh
regrettable
pitiful
importunate
heartrending
nauseating
poignant
intractable
ungovernable
undisciplined
murder
rough
damaging
repressive
uphill
rowdy
messy
infestive
dangerous
disorderly
saddening
affecting
unlucky
tragical
afflictive
fearful
haunting
heart-rending
heart-breaking
horrifying
awful
terrifying
tense
uneasy
terrible
horrible
ghastly
appalling
anxious
horrendous
grim
nervous
restless
frightful
intimidating
chilling
direful
hair-raising
macabre
monstrous
excruciating
fearsome
spine-chilling
horrific
gruesome
moving
bitter
horrid
uncomfortable
menacing
miserable
pathetic
nightmarish
hideous
redoubtable
bad
piteous
dismal
grisly
atrocious
touching
pitiable
petrifying
dread
plaintive
torturous
bleak
vile
spooky
lurid
eerie
unpalatable
stirring
offensive
flustering
hostile
tear-jerking
distasteful
doleful
unspeakable
dark
foul
bewildering
abominable
unhappy
loathsome
sorrowful
distracting
cruel
disheartening
intense
mournful
hellacious
emotional
demoralizing
US
poor
baleful
ghostly
unsavoury
UK
impressive
disgusting
confusing
sickening
shameful
grewsome
mortifying
scaring
unsavory
US
demoralising
UK
terrific
delicate
rotten
sorry
heinous
gross
punishing
dispiriting
emotive
sentimental
abhorrent
grotesque
cheerless
unfriendly
fierce
unearthly
racking
perilous
torturing
revolting
raging
wrenching
nightmare
ghoulish
sensitive
impactful
tender
nauseous
glaring
eery
forlorn
repulsive
odious
execrable
lousy
morbid
desolate
disgraceful
bloodcurdling
hellish
harmful
rigorous
detestable
calamitous
mean-looking
ferocious
unfavorable
US
unfavourable
UK
savage
discommodious
rugged
brutal
unlovely
inhospitable
murderous
repellent
austere
killing
bothering
unbearable
adverse
inauspicious
undesirable
searing
distressed
sombre
UK
somber
US
joyless
troubled
ticklish
repellant
problematical
tearing
dodgy
unpropitious
suffering
precarious
extreme
unwholesome
humiliating
scarring
barro
low
injurious
affective
heart-warming
compromising
abject
powerful
weird
mind-blowing
hateful
rueful
degenerate
disadvantageous
outrageous
uncanny
brooding
awesome
melting
demeaning
degrading
tiring
uninviting
untimely
unwelcoming
tight
inopportune
stiff
stringent
tearful
back-breaking
bodeful
imposing
spookish
to be pitied
evil
strenuous
gruelling
UK
exhausting
discountenancing
ruthless
cringeworthy
merciless
disastrous
grueling
US
persnickety
meagre
UK
meager
US
anguished
icky
yukky
sour
yucky
awe-inspiring
strange
stark
cringey
obnoxious
dreaded
egregious
hardhanded
inhuman
abysmal
compassionate
overwhelming
beastly
godawful
hazardous
critical
toe-curling
stunning
solemn
vicious
unendurable
melancholy
eldritch
dour
cringe-making
parlous
comfortless
insufferable
negative
chancy
iffy
hopeless
glum
spine-tingling
morose
violent
vehement
ill-fated
dubious
tortuous
spartan
causing fear
blood-curdling
struggling
suspect
questionable
bone-chilling
desolating
offending
dampening
thrilling
insecure
distractive
disrupting
diverting
diversionary
panicky
jittery
fretful
antsy
mysterious
Kafkaesque
baffling
heart-wrenching
tremendous
pitiless
oppressed
impoverished
warming
shattering
passionate
expressive
nostalgic
charged
uptight
wounding
evocative
humourless
UK
crummy
humorless
US
sober
desperate
serious
poverty-stricken
Herculean
useless
petty
puny
commiserable
unsatisfactory
stinking
unacceptable
sedate
diabolical
striking
afraid
massive
overpowering
controversial
untoward
nightmarey
phantasmagorical
unreal
emotionally charged
exciting
tickly
iniquitous
nefarious
flagrant
uncool
grotty
grody
unappealing
soaring
a nuisance
freaky
embarrassed
supernatural
melancholic
catastrophic
fatal
edgy
dolorous
bumpy
sympathetic
wistful
responsive
dicey
flagitious
fatiguing
an imposition
extremely upsetting
deadly
ruinous
irritable
depressive
tormentous
anguishing
gnarly
itchy
scratchy
enervating
sapping
punk
excessive
scandalous
cataclysmic
all-powerful
glary
wearying
superincumbent
villainous
acute
noncognitive
feeling
intuitive
visceral
perceptual
causing discomfort
ill-fitting
dreary
extremely bad
strong
blinding
dazzling
piercing
sordid
squalid
corrupt
disreputable
shuddersome
dejected
despondent
exquisite
straitened
hard-pressed
shadowy
tortured
full of hardship
doubtful
gray
US
strained
black
ill-omened
treacherous
ill-boding
grey
UK
jeopardous
apocalyptic
rocky
very bad
mephitical
unkind
sullen
revulsive
stupid
idiotic
lethal
mortal
unsightly
obscene
shaming
draining
remote
unhandy
unmanageable
unwieldy
prejudicial
inexpedient
detrimental
cumbersome
unsuitable
unseasonable
stupefying
deathly
hapless
fateful
destructive
heartstopping
unpromising
evil-looking
unaesthetic
grinding
rancid
astonishing
noisome
fulsome
amazing
noxious
staggering
abnormal
surprising
ill-starred
coarse
sleazy
degraded
seedy
base
worthless
glowering
life-threatening
from hell
scurvy
unnatural
touchy
ignominious
suggestive of evil
telling
soul-stirring
uplifting
scungy
debauched
afflicted
derisible
commiserative
arousing
shabby
small
unrelenting
relentless
discreditable
dishonouring
UK
blush-making
disagreeing
sore
remorseless
great
intemperate
inclement
depraved
perverse
sick
warped
twisted
dishonoring
US
equivocal
rattling
unseemly
heartwarming
seamy
hard-hearted
emotionally moving
unhealthy
arousing affect
more than one can bear
more than flesh and blood can stand
more ❯
“Jim could not shake the
nagging
thought that something was not quite right.”
Adjective
▲
(
of a person
)
Constantly harassing someone to do something
complaining
scolding
shrewish
critical
fault-finding
grumbling
carping
caviling
US
cavilling
UK
criticising
UK
criticizing
US
sharp-tongued
on someone's back
captious
hypercritical
quibbling
censorious
pedantic
overcritical
niggling
hair-splitting
nit-picking
nitpicking
pass-remarkable
disparaging
faultfinding
rejective
judgmental
pernickety
disapproving
hard to please
hairsplitting
picky
reproachful
petulant
discontented
cantankerous
irritable
pettifogging
peevish
finicky
exceptive
sarcastic
exacting
severe
cavillous
demanding
difficult to please
impossible to please
fussy
over-rigorous
overexact
overprecise
over-strict
snappy
catty
quarrelsome
over-censorious
over-particular
deprecating
rancorous
litigious
snide
punctilious
overscrupulous
overparticular
meticulous
perfectionist
fastidious
over-exacting
cattish
aggressive
backbiting
mean
judgemental
critic
humbling
diagnostic
demeaning
judgy
calumniatory
harsh
belittling
trenchant
sharp
discerning
cutting
penetrating
biting
contemptuous
overnice
particular
choleric
condemning
withering
discriminating
cynical
censuring
derogatory
analytical
satirical
lowering
stern
ill-humored
US
vindictive
nasty
venomous
spiteful
vixenish
ill-tempered
bad-tempered
crabby
touchy
nitpicky
trivial
testy
perverse
petty
thorny
acrimonious
negative
unfair
contrary
unjust
cross
tricky
ill-natured
ill-humoured
UK
very critical
grousing
grouchy
moaning
grouching
whining
scathing
bleating
deprecatory
griping
slighting
bellyaching
condemnatory
whingeing
kvetching
mithering
chuntering
nit-picky
dissatisfied
more ❯
“Broke and reduced to living with his
nagging
aunt, Jamal gets the bright idea to put on a wig and falsies and join the women's league.”
Adjective
▲
Slight but nagging
sneaking
niggling
worrying
insidious
lingering
lurking
concerning
gnawing
persistent
uncomfortable
unrelenting
uneasy
slight but persistent
hidden
hiding
continuous
constant
endless
perpetual
unabating
continual
incessant
persisting
surviving
abiding
remaining
residual
lasting
unremitting
repeated
interminable
relentless
never-ending
Adjective
▲
Persistent or pressing, often annoyingly so
importunate
clamant
exigent
pressing
urgent
indefatigable
intransigent
obstinate
stubborn
tenacious
tireless
unremitting
acute
aggressive
burning
clamorous
compelling
critical
crying
demanding
dire
dogged
emergent
entreating
exacting
imperative
imperious
insistent
instant
necessitous
obdurate
persevering
persistent
pertinacious
unrelenting
annoying
avid
disturbing
earnest
forceful
harassing
high-pressure
overeager
pushy
solicitous
suppliant
troublesome
overly solicitous
crucial
vital
important
serious
essential
grave
desperate
necessary
drastic
determined
immediate
resolute
continuous
severe
peremptory
pivotal
pertinent
extreme
emphatic
unyielding
significant
relevant
terrible
sore
great
high-priority
key
climacteric
paramount
parlous
fundamental
principal
primary
foremost
of interest
life-and-death
of the utmost importance
of the essence
repeated
incessant
needful
binding
overriding
coercive
unavoidable
immoderate
demanding attention
major
prevalent
adamant
controversial
active
current
topical
constraining
firm
unfaltering
assertive
contemporary
lively
heavy
integral
emergency
intense
impelling
decided
unwavering
inexorable
patient
live
inescapable
leading
required
capital
driving
indispensable
resolved
pushful
momentous
weighty
demanded
chief
clamouring
UK
hurry-up
distressing
forcing
requiring
persuasive
claiming
obliging
heat-on
irresistible
clamoring
US
reiterative
resounding
monotonous
relentless
perseverant
called-for
top-priority
very great
life and death
must-have
of great consequence
pre-eminent
now or never
dangerous
perilous
main
hazardous
awful
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salient
germane
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profound
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standout
alarming
egregious
bad
decisive
sudden
solid
of note
noteworthy
high
marked
definite
of concern
vigorous
afflictive
life-threatening
all-important
consequential
considerable
far-reaching
requisite
central
substantial
needed
mandatory
cardinal
solemn
portentous
material
vitally important
heavyweight
of consequence
meaningful
somber
US
of moment
sombre
UK
prime
sober
big
historic
of great import
sedate
heavy-duty
compulsory
obligatory
monumental
staid
of significance
large-scale
no joke
no laughing matter
humourless
UK
humorless
US
prerequisite
earth-shattering
appreciable
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of great importance
no-nonsense
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preeminent
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conspicuous
determinative
front-page
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earthshaking
all important
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worthwhile
tremendous
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immense
of import
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enormous
sizeable
huge
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calling for
out of the ordinary
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inherent
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innate
impromptu
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strong
distinctive
headline
noticeable
preponderant
obvious
rare
signal
resonant
memorable
keynote
worthy of attention
carrying a lot of weight
quantum
uncommon
generous
milestone
conclusive
glaring
unusual
unordinary
ponderable
potent
glorious
earth-shaking
epoch-making
number one
star
sovran
stellar
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numero uno
expedient
wanted
desired
preferred
proper
de rigueur
incumbent on
name of game
specified
elementary
recommended
goodly
biggish
life-saving
glum
stern
high priority
world-shattering
life or death
gloomy
dour
sweeping
of vital importance
extremely important
austere
quiet
downbeat
time-critical
cold sober
pointed
instrumental
matter of life and death
top-level
overshadowing
big-league
high-profile
disheartening
harrowing
discouraging
deadly
wretched
ill-fated
forbidding
sobering
shocking
forlorn
strenuous
devastating
ill-starred
unamusing
destructive
ruinous
desolate
ugly
depressing
most important
most prominent
more ❯
Adjective
▲
(
of a person
)
Making others work hard or meet high standards
demanding
perfectionist
trying
uncompromising
clamorous
critical
dictatorial
disapproving
fussy
importunate
intractable
judgmental
obstinate
rigorous
strict
tiresome
tough
cavilling
UK
difficult
exigent
fractious
hard
harsh
imperious
inflexible
insistent
overbearing
overexacting
querulous
stringent
troublesome
unaccommodating
unamenable
unbending
unmanageable
caviling
US
cavillous
censuring
disparaging
faultfinding
firm
hairsplitting
hardheaded
hypercritical
needy
obdurate
overscrupulous
possessive
quibbling
sticklerish
stiff
stubborn
unflinching
unreasonable
unsparing
carping
censorious
cynical
demeaning
serious
tyrannical
high-maintenance
fault-finding
hard to please
hard to satisfy
over-exacting
hard-line
over-censorious
over-particular
over-rigorous
over-strict
captious
finicky
overcritical
pedantic
pernickety
picky
niggling
hair-splitting
rejective
nit-picking
pass-remarkable
nitpicking
negative
recalcitrant
fastidious
pettifogging
refractory
headstrong
overnice
perverse
froward
exacting
severe
exceptive
sarcastic
particular
irritable
testy
cantankerous
crabby
contrary
touchy
persnickety
nice
deprecating
judgemental
criticizing
US
criticising
UK
nitpicky
trivial
thorny
unfair
unjust
peevish
very critical
petty
acrimonious
petulant
cross
tricky
punctilious
overparticular
meticulous
scolding
humbling
diagnostic
calumniatory
belittling
discerning
biting
discriminating
derogatory
analytical
lowering
critic
judgy
reproachful
trenchant
sharp
cutting
penetrating
contemptuous
choleric
condemning
withering
satirical
stern
uncontrollable
ungovernable
unruly
incontrollable
willful
untoward
wilful
wayward
awkward
complex
insoluble
burdensome
unrelenting
grim
boorish
rigid
hard-nosed
argumentative
pigheaded
impossible to cope with
out of control
out of hand
pitiless
dissatisfied
bearish
opinionated
inexorable
irascible
resolute
immovable
oafish
discontented
obstreperous
grumbly
set in one's ways
choosy
snappy
temperamental
irritating
impolite
unyielding
uptight
quarrelsome
strong-minded
single-minded
rude
bloody-minded
stiff-necked
steadfast
dogmatic
intransigent
indomitable
wrong-headed
opinionative
sour
pertinacious
oppressive
disobliging
prickly
thrawn
finical
huffy
stroppy
vexed
unpredictable
hard to handle
invidious
bull-headed
fiendish
delicate
sensitive
ill-natured
crotchety
ornery
contrarious
uppity
disputatious
chippy
obstructive
feisty
balky
bolshie
disputative
cussed
ungracious
uncooperative
contumacious
disobedient
unhelpful
insubordinate
defiant
rebellious
undisciplined
incompliant
self-willed
wild
mulish
disorderly
rebel
disruptive
restive
recusant
rowdy
truculent
mutinous
annoying
incorrigible
vexatious
boisterous
pervicacious
renitent
turbulent
inimical
pat
cross-grained
impossible
unwilling
bullheaded
resistant
belligerent
dogged
adamant
implacable
tenacious
antagonistic
determined
troublemaking
adamantine
inconvincible
hardened
ossified
problematic
stubborn as a mule
noncompliant
hostile
unmalleable
pig-headed
self-opinionated
lawless
irrepressible
adverse
violent
riotous
uncontrolled
unrestrained
dissident
unpersuadable
capricious
ill-disciplined
unadaptable
delinquent
rock-ribbed
exasperating
anarchic
deaf to reason
unresponsive
undisciplinable
confrontational
obstinately disobedient
disagreeable
attention-seeking
dissentient
unfriendly
loud
unsympathetic
noisy
contentious
chaotic
nonconformist
unbridled
opposing
unpliable
indocile
rumbustious
militant
bellicose
unpleasant
antipathetic
persistent
uncongenial
locked in
relentless
pugnacious
strong-willed
dead set on
tetchy
grouchy
contradictory
inimitable
morose
irrational
shrewish
biased
illogical
inconsiderate
unsupportive
blinkered
arbitrary
grumpy
ill-tempered
sullen
sulky
naughty
flyaway
sticky
prejudiced
intolerant
impudent
insolent
limit
vexing
pesky
blocking
stalling
restrictive
inhibiting
delaying
badly-behaved
incurable
disaffected
narky
bad-tempered
ratty
shirty
not cooperative
disturbed
maladjusted
bulky
discommodious
incommodious
cramped
unconstructive
hindering
badly behaved
resisting
insubmissive
radical
withstanding
unobliging
frustrating
making difficulties
not giving an inch
scrappy
non-compliant
uncivil
discourteous
locked
knotty
paradoxical
contrariant
nonconforming
discordant
arsey
disagreeing
difficult to handle
insurgent
insurrectionary
wrongheaded
converse
problem
challenging
unamiable
tough nut
hang tough
vociferous
rough
tempestuous
uproarious
raucous
lively
rollicking
romping
anarchical
heedless
reckless
lawbreaking
seditious
rampaging
rambunctious
threatening
impulsive
impetuous
impervious
rash
intemperate
imprudent
forward
assertive
drunken
bawdy
mean
roisterous
rackety
tumultuous
resolved
unbendable
unshakable
steely
rip-roaring
untimely
unfortunate
persevering
unshakeable
rampageous
roistering
uncompliant
unalterable
piercing
screaming
booming
strepitous
blusterous
inconvenient
inopportune
unfavorable
US
unfavourable
UK
out of line
unmoved
indurate
unbreakable
fixed
heady
convinced
remorseless
raising Cain
unanticipated
ill-timed
unexpected
raising the roof
with one's feet dug in
iron-willed
with one's toes dug in
unforeseen
disastrous
unusual
surprising
unpredicted
mistimed
adversarial
dissenting
aggressive
crazy
hysterical
nuts
outrageous
madcap
insurmountable
berserk
unlucky
unwelcome
infelicitous
inauspicious
inapt
unsuitable
inappropriate
angry
opposed
combative
oppositional
malapropos
badly timed
unseasonable
spiteful
inhospitable
wrathful
conflicting
vitriolic
jaundiced
virulent
unpropitious
misfortunate
disturbing
hapless
ill-starred
star-crossed
luckless
adversative
accusatorial
allergic
oppugnant
opposite
unsociable
reluctant
unreceptive
ill-disposed
at odds
oppugning
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Remaining in the mind
haunting
evocative
poignant
unforgettable
affecting
emotive
expressive
indelible
touching
atmospheric
creepy
eerie
eery
memorable
moving
nostalgic
plaintive
powerful
soul-stirring
spookish
spooky
stirring
uncanny
unearthly
weird
wistful
lasting
lingering
melancholy
obsessive
ongoing
persistent
recurrent
recurring
repeated
never to be forgotten
not to be forgotten
skittish
Adjective
▲
(
of a disease or symptom
)
Very bad or severe
strong
severe
bad
intense
acute
awful
dreadful
horrendous
horrible
horrific
terrible
unpleasant
very bad
abominable
appalling
brutal
distressful
distressing
extreme
ghastly
grievous
painful
serious
troublesome
unrelenting
upsetting
woeful
worrying
afflictive
atrocious
beastly
godawful
lousy
rotten
shocking
vile
Verb
▲
To be irritating or upsetting, typically with repeated or unpleasant acts
annoying
harassing
aggravating
antagonizing
US
bugging
exasperating
galling
getting
goading
irking
irritating
narking
nettling
peeving
pestering
riling
ruffling
vexing
frustrating
upsetting
angering
bothering
displeasing
disturbing
hassling
incensing
infuriating
maddening
making angry
needling
provoking
teasing
agitating
getting to
incommoding
making cross
molesting
perturbing
troubling
worrying
badgering
bedeviling
US
bedevilling
UK
breaking
chafing
distressing
enraging
frosting
gnawing
grating
harrying
henpecking
nudging
persecuting
piquing
plaguing
riding
rubbing up the wrong way
spiting
beleaguering
burning up
driving crazy
driving to distraction
graveling
gravelling
rankling
antagonising
UK
bumming out
driving mad
eating
getting at
getting someone's goat
getting under your skin
getting up your nose
giving someone grief
giving someone the hump
hacking off
making your blood boil
teeing off
ticking off
winding up
cheesing off
driving round the bend
driving round the twist
driving up the wall
egging on
firing up
getting in your hair
getting on your wick
getting someone's dander up
getting your back up
hacking you off
heating up
making someone see red
making waves
turning off
working on
asking for it
getting on your nerves
giving someone the pip
putting your back up
hitting where one lives
tormenting
hounding
giving a hard time
afflicting
besetting
fretting
mithering
oppressing
haunting
torturing
chivvying
miffing
dogging
paining
putting out
burdening
baiting
devilling
deviling
agonizing
US
rasping
stressing
picking on
trying
getting across
agonising
UK
grieving
racking
depressing
bullying
harrowing
disquieting
perplexing
heckling
gnawing at
keeping after
weighing down
taunting
going on at
keeping on at
importuning
offending
cursing
niggling
besieging
anguishing
griping
discomposing
itching
concerning
hectoring
lying heavy on
pursuing
fussing
pressing
rankling with
getting on one's nerves
excruciating
disconcerting
rattling
alarming
hurting
dunning
chivying
hanging over
exacerbating
straining
abrading
giving a bad time
bending someone's ear
preying on your mind
making somebody's hackles rise
pressurizing
US
prodding
browbeating
saddening
outraging
inflaming
attacking
ragging
flustering
inconveniencing
disgusting
chagrining
weighing heavily on
discommoding
ailing
tantalizing
US
preying on
humping
pecking at
tantalising
UK
harping on at
breathing down someone's neck
driving bananas
causing suffering to
ruffling one's feathers
pressurising
UK
making anxious
trying your patience
getting up someone's nose
leaning on
unsettling
victimizing
US
ribbing
pricking
weighing on
insulting
chaffing
discountenancing
unnerving
obsessing
dismaying
hazing
embarrassing
carping at
assailing
fazing
pressing down on
flurrying
distempering
unhinging
frazzling
derailing
exercising
roiling
dissatisfying
spooking
hagriding
interrupting
biting
causing anxiety to
giving the business
weirding out
grating on
raising your hackles
getting down
freaking out
picking at
making uneasy
burning
rubbing the wrong way
stirring up
getting your dander up
victimising
UK
taking control of
putting someone's nose out of joint
intruding upon
eating at
causing anxiety
getting your goat
taking over
aggrieving
stinging
petitioning
soliciting
browning off
chiding
infesting
rubbing you up the wrong way
despairing
insisting on
bumming
guying
affronting
spurring
buttonholing
nagging at
hacking
wigging
getting someone
reminding
insisting
getting your hackles up
rattling someone's cage
mocking
disheartening
causing disquiet to
urging
scorning
ridiculing
psyching out
putting off
throwing off
messing with
driving you up the wall
inciting
niggling at
grilling
stressing out
gibing
scolding
telling off
examining
tweaking
quizzing
running up the wrong way
questioning
putting pressure on
bringing pressure to bear on
festering
panicking
excoriating
sending into a rage
taking a rise out of
starting
getting a rise out of
setting on
setting off
getting across someone
working into lather
bullyragging
rattling one's cage
despoiling
intimidating
macerating
foraying
jerking around
noodging
fearing
stewing
sweating
dejecting
taxing
pothering
casting down
wearing
mixing up
getting in the hair of
razzing
taking the mickey
getting on the nerves of
taking the piss out of
puzzling
leading someone a merry dance
punishing
playing cat and mouse
wringing
boning
putting through wringer
rubbing salt in wound
smiting
causing to panic
eating away at
flipping out
causing concern to
making uncomfortable
causing discomfort to
grinding
dashing
weighing
pressuring
sticking it to
dishing it out
giving it to
dishing out
causing trouble to
overcharging
wounding
smothering
bulldozing
distracting
discombobulating
alaruming
discomforting
injuring
throwing
confounding
brainwashing
dragooning
curdling
shaking
pushing
strapping
making miserable
desolating
martyring
doing a number on
throwing off balance
arousing anxiety in
undoing
pushing buttons
causing anguish to
making wretched
making it tough for
indisposing
nit-picking
cutting up
scratching around
searching high heaven
ragging on
yapping at
suffocating
criticizing
US
tyrannizing
US
affecting
scaring
overwhelming
starting on
entangling
hampering
aggressing
boring
impeding
crossing
hindering
jumping on one's case
putting the squeeze on
falling upon
starting in on
giving the needle
falling on
imposing on
railroading
bouncing
hustling
having a down on
fast-talking
finding fault with
criticising
UK
putting the screws on
having it in for
crowding
tyrannising
UK
strong-arming
discriminating against
punishing repeatedly and unfairly
lying heavily on
confusing
discomfiting
bewildering
nonplussing
disgruntling
frightening
exciting
flummoxing
mortifying
taking aback
abashing
baffling
shaking up
putting someone off their stroke
shocking
daunting
startling
beating
addling
muddling
fuddling
surprising
working up
terrorizing
US
cowing
disorienting
deranging
mystifying
unbalancing
disarranging
buffaloing
iring
making nervous
appalling
flooring
putting into a flap
crazing
putting someone off their stride
terrorising
UK
wearing on
setting someone back on their heels
causing offense
throwing into a tizz
terrifying
destabilizing
US
disordering
demoralizing
US
bamboozling
befuddling
rousing
jolting
enflaming
madding
disrupting
catching off balance
sickening
arousing
hurting somebody's feelings
destabilising
UK
trying the patience of
causing to be at a stand
setting one's teeth on edge
steaming up
making someone scratch their head
demoralising
UK
causing someone to lose their composure
putting out of countenance
driving nuts
discouraging
getting someone's wick
stirring
bemusing
subduing
overawing
awing
aweing
jarring
whisking
dumbfounding
foxing
mazing
hurrying
stupefying
embittering
disorganizing
bustling
befogging
disarraying
tiring
cramping
stunning
affrighting
dazing
stumping
horrifying
humiliating
dissing
posing
muddying
chillin
chilling
disorientating
empurpling
turning
making fretful
blustering
quickening
blowing your mind
astonishing
pulling the rug from under
going to your head
flipping
sticking in one's craw
putting the wind up
acerbating
jarring on
upsetting the applecart
amazing
scaring the bejesus out of
turning on
giving a turn
putting down
wearing out
making a scene
pulling the rug out from under
raising hell
making someone's hackles rise
getting on someone's nerves
getting someone's hackles up
ruffling someone's feathers
getting under someone's skin
getting in someone's hair
trying someone's patience
getting on someone's tits
getting someone's back up
aching
shaming
deterring
heating
getting on someone
steaming
bristling
compressing
squeezing
pinching
tangling
making restless
unquieting
riling up
imposing upon
putting on the spot
souring
messing
pushing someon's buttons
pushing one's buttons
dispiriting
preoccupying
boiling
making sore
blowing up
losing one's temper
harming
unmanning
jarring upon
grating upon
wearing upon
making an enemy of somebody
getting on the wrong side of
disappointing
fraying
tattering
eroding
thwarting
foiling
dizzying
catching unawares
interfering
astounding
complicating
intruding
getting in the way
jumbling
dementing
rummaging
downing
displacing
putting on edge
sending into a spin
igniting
grabbing
attracting
interesting
motivating
awaking
absorbing
keying up
incapacitating
rocking the boat
laying up
debilitating
slighting
wildering
throwing into confusion
throwing into uproar
throwing into disorder
petrifying
scarifying
frighting
scouring
wearing down
crabbing
lousing up
begrudging
hanging up
getting even
grudging
balking
US
fogging
flabbergasting
blinding
making someone fed up
wearying
nauseating
making discontented
becoming bored
grating at
having had enough
losing patience
making it hot for someone
hunting
wronging
crucifying
exiling
sticking the knife into
expelling
making things hot for someone
singling out
getting the knife into
obfuscating
snowing
swirling
baulking
UK
stopping someone in their tracks
taking by surprise
fouling up
disarming
hitting a sour note
discording
jangling
disharmonizing
disaccording
tiffing
huffing
petting
making your head spin
stymieing
bringing up short
balling up
messing with one's head
making punchy
intoxicating
staggering
setting someone thinking
inebriating
stimulating
making jump
scaring the living daylights out of
scaring to death
making someone's hair stand on end
scaring silly
scaring stiff
gnawing away at
raging
wearing away
scraping away
wearing to shreds
biting into
disrespecting
taking the wind out of your sails
making self-conscious
worsting
snubbing
disobliging
slurring
cutting to the quick
zinging
giving offence
treading on someone's toes
giving offence to
whirling
washing
fermenting
undermining
bowling over
enervating
weakening
enfeebling
uncalming
sapping
setting back
fidgetting
fidgeting
convulsing
moving
bugging up
making flip
ventilating
threatening
whipping
menacing
churning up
domineering
knocking off balance
fluttering
churning
coercing
obliging
forcing
compelling
constraining
blackjacking
enforcing
bogarting
steamrollering
bludgeoning
twisting someone's arm
scaring off
pushing about
pushing around
using strong-arm tactics on
mau-mauing
furbelowing
frilling
throwing into tizzy
more ❯
“The anxiety that had
nagged
her all through lunch.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to complain or express discontent in a wearisome manner
harassing
badgering
harrying
scolding
hounding
berating
chivvying
hassling
henpecking
upbraiding
bullying
persecuting
pestering
worrying
beefing
bellyaching
bleating
carping
caterwauling
complaining
crabbing
criticising
UK
criticizing
US
croaking
dogging
fussing
griping
grizzling
grouching
grousing
growling
grumbling
grumping
hollering
inveighing
keening
keeping on at
kicking
kvetching
maundering
moaning
murmuring
muttering
needling
pecking at
plaguing
repining
riding
screaming
squawking
squealing
vexing
wailing
whimpering
whining
whingeing
yammering
yauping
yawping
yowling
carping at
going on at
keeping after
baiting
distressing
disturbing
eating
egging
goading
grumbling at
harping on at
heckling
hectoring
importuning
moaning at
nudging
picking on
prodding
provoking
teasing
urging
finding fault with
keeping complaining to
moaning on at
bending someone's ear
breathing down someone's neck
finding fault
picking at
working on
giving a hard time
taking it out on
busting someone's balls
busting chops
groaning
mithering
chuntering
kicking up a fuss
objecting
protesting
cavilling
UK
caviling
US
sounding off
crying
lamenting
creating
sniveling
US
snivelling
UK
bemoaning
grieving
bewailing
going on
deploring
sobbing
bawling
remonstrating
yelping
howling
chirping
making a fuss
condemning
screeching
kicking up a stink
knocking
denouncing
nattering
cribbing
puling
nitpicking
bothering
niggling
taking exception
speaking out against
squalling
weeping
censuring
ululating
decrying
reproaching
whispering
blubbering
disparaging
yelling
mourning
shrieking
expostulating
opposing
demurring
objecting to
quibbling
harping on
plaining over
carrying on
running down
greeting
mewling
wauling
roaring
sighing
raging
mumbling
trashing
twining
nit-picking
raising objections
expressing disapproval
wittering
arguing
yapping
excepting
taking a stand
making a stand
putting the boot in
railing at
recriminating
lodging a complaint
making a complaint
dissenting
fretting
blaming
deprecating
disapproving
putting up a fight
bickering
raising Cain
picking holes in
taking exception to
kicking up a fuss about
kicking up a stink about
inveighing against
keeping at
reminding
prompting
dwelling on
repeating
keeping on
ragging
intimidating
tormenting
domineering
chiding
anathematizing
execrating
cursing
sniffling
pleading
browbeating
bugging
irritating
blubbing
gnawing at
harping upon
dwelling upon
sulking
baying
miaowing
taking on
blowing off
hypercriticizing
sorrowing
quarrelling
UK
quarreling
US
panning
objurgating
pecking
splitting hairs
jowling
kicking up a rumpus
rubbishing
slandering
sniping
maligning
picking holes
rumbling
crying softly
badmouthing
making screeching
kicking up a storm
raising a ruckus
crying the blues
crying loudly
sorrowing for
sorrowing about
sighing over
grieving over
gabbling
sputtering
muddling
swallowing
slurring
snarling
droning
burbling
charging
bad-mouthing
slagging off
pulling to pieces
taking apart
speaking ill of
contravening
indicting
defying
accusing
laying
differing
disagreeing
ascribing
imputing
gainsaying
refuting
attacking
talking under your breath
declaiming
impugning
lashing
admonishing
castigating
railing
reviling
lambasting
ranting
vituperating
moaning and groaning
casting aspersions on
doing a hatchet job on
looking askance
going on about
fulminating
roasting
blasting
vilifying
storming
abusing
denigrating
scorching
challenging
tongue-lashing
grouching about
laying into
ripping into
laying out
jumping down one's throat
sounding off about
working over
beefing about
letting someone have it
cracking down on
bellyaching about
complaining vehemently about
going after
having at
arguing against
opposing strongly
protesting against
cutting up
objecting strongly to
fighting
taking issue with
expressing disagreement with
frowning upon
lodging a protest against
resisting
combatting
taking issue
squabbling
making a fuss about
taking a stand against
complaining vociferously about
animadverting
expressing disapproval of
combating
withstanding
raising objections to
disputing
raining
regretting
complaining about
boohooing
hurting
grieving for
shedding tears
weeping over
wailing for
singing the blues
ruing
rueing
bleeding
repenting
crying over
expressing regret about
eating your heart out
snuffling
agonizing
US
girning
suffering
anguishing
quibbling about
expressing disagreement
kvetching about
weeping for
moaning about
aching
pining
wailing about
agonising
UK
crying out
crying a river
taking it hard
keening over
making an objection
breaking down
expressing sorrow
expressing sorrow about
shedding tears over
making a stink
sorrowing over
beating one's breast
wailing over
gurning
niggling about
pettifogging
grunting
calling out
crying fretfully
hating
being sorry
dripping
sniffing
crying convulsively
crying your eyes out
turning on waterworks
crying over spilled milk
crying over spilt milk
moaning over
longing for
wringing hands
letting go
languishing
bursting into tears
yearning
wearing black
missing
letting it out
turning on the waterworks
despairing
revolting
making a protest
back-talking
expressing opposition
voicing disapproval
kicking against
saying no to
rebelling
saying no
speaking out
taking up the cudgels
feeling sad
singing
shedding tears for
pining for
expressing objections
crying for
kicking self
minding
expressing objections to
lodging a protest
remonstrating against
spurning
having a problem
quarreling with
disapproving of
grousing about
having a problem with
grumbling about
cavilling at
drawing the line
disavowing
discommending
drawing the line at
crossing
baulking
UK
discountenancing
balking
US
disesteeming
ranting about
griping about
frowning on
begging to differ
railing against
raising objection
mixing it up with
going-one-on-one
tangling with
expressing sorrow for
expressing woe for
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to criticize or find fault with
scolding
berating
admonishing
castigating
rebuking
abusing
denouncing
reprimanding
reproaching
slating
upbraiding
blasting
carpeting
lambasting
reviling
basting
cautioning
censuring
chastening
chastising
chiding
criticising
UK
criticizing
US
disparaging
rating
reprobating
reproving
threaping
vilifying
blaming
cavilling
UK
caviling
US
disciplining
hammering
keelhauling
lecturing
ragging
rapping
recriminating
reprehending
taunting
vituperating
wigging
aspersing
bollocking
flaying
jawing
railing
reaming
rowing
scoring
expostulating
objurgating
preaching
trimming
putting down
telling off
laying into
pulling up
remonstrating with
tearing into
dressing down
railing against
railing at
ticking off
bawling out
chewing out
finding fault with
jumping on
lighting to
pitching into
ranting at
reaming out
giving someone a bollocking
lacing to
letting someone have it
slapping down
tongue-lashing
blowing up
giving a talking-to
hauling over the coals
having a go at
laying down the law
reading the riot act
giving a rocket
giving someone a caning
raking over the coals
yelling at
calling down
coming down on
giving someone a row
giving someone a wigging
giving someone some stick
going on at
taking to task
taking to the woodshed
bringing to book
giving someone a mouthful
rapping over the knuckles
giving someone a dressing-down
giving someone an earful
giving someone a roasting
giving someone a rollicking
giving someone a telling-off
giving someone hell
putting on the mat
tearing off a strip
giving someone a rating
giving someone what for
sending someone away with a flea in their ear
having someone on the carpet
keeping after
slapping someone's wrist
giving the business
correcting
pummelling
UK
pummeling
exprobating
blowing up at
throwing the book at
coming down on like a ton of bricks
talking to
calling to account
calling on the carpet
recompensing
visiting
arraigning
attasking
skelping
spanking
feruling
moralizing
US
moralising
UK
leaning on
ranking on
giving going-over
climbing all over
condemning
warning
adjuring
advising
counseling
US
counselling
UK
giving piece of mind
harassing
speaking
lessoning
checking
flaming
monishing
giving a going over
coming down hard on
telling a thing or two
strongly criticizing
drawing the line
rapping on knuckles
slapping on wrist
giving a piece of one's mind
taking down
giving someone stick
finding fault
taking down a peg
speaking to
getting on
giving a hard time
getting after
burning one's ears
excoriating
attacking
slamming
dissing
knocking
pillorying
slagging off
panning
roasting
savaging
bashing
crucifying
rubbishing
punishing
fulminating against
bagging
deprecating
slashing
caning
denigrating
tearing a strip off
haranguing
scathing
maligning
cutting up
trashing
penalizing
US
inveighing against
belaboring
US
penalising
UK
belabouring
UK
skewering
pulling apart
bad-mouthing
blistering
lashing
slagging
ripping
rollicking
giving someone a bad press
assailing
running down
picking holes in
potshotting
jumping down one's throat
faulting
scorching
denunciating
judging
impugning
pulling to pieces
decrying
sledging
besmirching
sailing into
slurring
dispraising
picking to pieces
ripping into
casting aspersions on
nitpicking about
pouring scorn on
cutting down
giving a bad press to
deploring
scourging
taking to pieces
derogating
execrating
accusing
disapproving of
disapproving
carping at
zapping
skinning
vituperating against
animadverting on
nagging at
letting fly
nit-picking
picking at
smearing
sentencing
anathematizing
fustigating
cursing
contemning
carping
growling
hitting
raking
mauling
slanging
clobbering
animadverting
objecting to
nitpicking
slugging
jawboning
proscribing
remonstrating
cavilling at
tearing apart
trouncing
going for the jugular
throwing brickbats at
passing strictures upon
giving something a bad press
giving flak to
hitting out at
crying down
opposing
throwing shade
bagging on
getting at
meting out punishment to
giving some stick to
jumping all over
giving one hell
criticizing severely
finding lacking
tearing to shreds
doing down
nitpicking over
scoffing at
reprimanding severely
rounding on
lashing out
refuting
exprobrating
exploding
deriding
calling over the coals
striking
cudgeling
US
shellacking
slapping
cudgelling
UK
smothering
ridiculing
lampooning
harshing
taking disciplinary action against
discrediting
assaulting verbally
arguing with
lashing out at
bursting out
defaming
taking apart
tearing to pieces
disagreeing with
frying
chewing
gluing
US
dinging
glueing
UK
forewarning
hoisting
noticing
lashing into
scorning
incriminating
backbiting
ostracising
UK
rebuffing
ostracizing
US
trying
repressing
softening
subjugating
afflicting
suppressing
piling in
dressing-down
raking over coals
giving tongue-lashing
passing judgment
strafing
disgracing
dishonoring
US
dishonouring
UK
putting on the carpet
jumping down someone's throat
shooting down
starting on
starting in
having words with
raving at
sitting on
jacking up
erupting with anger
keeping nothing back
criticizing harshly
picking apart
looking askance
reading out
giving a tongue-lashing
taking on
giving someone a telling off
tearing someone a new one
rapping across the knuckles
having words
severely reprimanding
cussing out
criticizing hatefully
shouting at
eating out
giving someone a carpeting
dooming
carping on
sounding off
going after
having your knife in
jumping on one's case
snapping someone's head off
biting someone's head off
giving comeuppance
laying on
swearing
teaching a lesson
ragging on
making an example of
criticizing strongly
tearing down
picking on
whipping
expressing disapproval of
imprecating
blaspheming
slogging
fluffing
pointing the finger at
calling to task
beating
flogging
thrashing
drubbing
scarifying
giving the devil
darning
banishing
convicting
dratting
banning
expelling
cussing
confounding
bringing to account
framing
naming
adjudging
belittling
depreciating
pronouncing
cutting to bits
doing a number on
complaining about
skinning alive
giving bad press
casting out
thundering against
complaining of
inveigling against
insulting
putting away
sending up
slandering
sending someone away with a flea in his
giving the dickens
lowering the boom
blowing whistle on
hanging something on
pointing finger at
pinning it on
calumniating
traducing
laying at one's door
sending up the river
vilipending
laying out
dragging over the coals
rapping someone the knuckles
riling
frowning on
thinking wrong
not supporting
looking askance at
taking exception to
discountenancing
tying into
raising an
discommending
negating
expressing a poor opinion of
zinging
disfavouring
detracting
disesteeming
passing on
objecting
disfavoring
remonstrating against
beating up on
barking at
handicapping
docking
amercing
mulcting
dealing with
imprisoning
fining
inflicting a penalty on
exacting a penalty from
imposing penalty
imposing a sentence on
hitting with
inflicting handicap
slapping with
awarding a penalty against
imposing a penalty on
putting at disadvantage
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to demand earnestly or pressingly
pushing
pressing
pressuring
pressurising
UK
pressurizing
US
urging
encouraging
influencing
persuading
advising
compelling
imploring
admonishing
driving
hustling
obliging
promoting
begging
bothering
hounding
inciting
spurring
advocating
constraining
expediting
harassing
badgering
browbeating
bullying
forcing
pestering
beseeching
inducing
inspanning
prodding
soliciting
hassling
intimidating
motivating
recommending
harrying
inspiring
making
obligating
prompting
railroading
adjuring
coercing
dragooning
goading
nudging
propelling
entreating
exhorting
impelling
insisting
steamrolling
keying up
speeding up
trying to persuade
pushing around
putting the screws to
strong-arming
press-ganging
putting up to
railroading into
dragooning into
pouring it on
prevailing on
insisting on
pushing for
steamrollering into
bulldozing into
turning on
appealing to
firing up
selling one on
egging on
exerting influence on
using pressure on
going to town on
putting the heat on
bearing down on
browbeating into
putting pressure on
putting the screws on
using strong-arm tactics on
bulldozing
blackjacking
leaning on
bludgeoning
fast-talking
brainwashing
threatening
enjoining
putting the squeeze on
squeezing
cowing
impressing
requesting
asking
charging
hectoring
muscling
sandbagging
bullyragging
pleading
bogarting
menacing
bringing pressure to bear on
mau-mauing
blustering
bouncing
working on
worrying
twisting someone's arm
turning on the heat
calling on
demanding
tyrannizing
US
ordering
appealing
petitioning
domineering
exacting
importuning
terrorizing
US
questing
conjuring
supplicating
overbearing
tyrannising
UK
suing
requisitioning
frightening
despotizing
acting on
putting under an obligation
terrorising
UK
steamrollering
breathing down someone's neck
riding roughshod over
pleading with
twisting one's arm
bossing around
compressing
politicking
selling
squashing
condensing
constricting
coming at
working over
provoking
oppressing
persecuting
dogging
kicking
subjugating
overawing
plaguing
tormenting
chivvying
castigating
buffaloing
moving
instigating
manoeuvring
UK
maneuvering
US
sanctioning
picking on
ramrodding
enforcing
proposing
stimulating
wheedling
bossing about
lording it over
holding a gun to one's head
putting through the wringer
putting the chill on
putting heat on
countenancing
rationalising
UK
commending
rationalizing
US
advancing
tempting
baiting
teasing
heckling
irritating
swaggering
dominating
riding
calling
walking heavy
riding roughshod
clamouring
UK
campaigning
lobbying
psyching up
clamoring
US
baying
pursuing
bidding
praying
desiring
applying
stipulating
obsecrating
craving
impetrating
besieging
enquiring
UK
drumming
bugging
inquiring
applying to
going on bended knee to
calling to
wooing
praying to
abjuring
canvassing
invoking
obtesting
pleading to
commanding
asking forcefully
asking brusquely
making a claim
asking authoritatively
directing
requiring
instructing
telling
ordaining
decreeing
dictating
claiming
imposing
prescribing
ruling
warning
appointing
cautioning
calling for
stipulating for
pressing for
clamoring for
giving the command to
giving the order to
calling upon
necessitating
binding
concussing
causing
shotgunning
tightening the screws on
having someone do something
restraining
restricting
cajoling
besetting
instilling
blackmailing
making necessary
cracking down
putting the arm on
turning the screws on
committing
astricting
indebting
repressing
suppressing
hindering
leaning
high pressuring
assailing
leaving someone no option
arguing
effecting
having
imposing on
making indebted
talking
swaying
pressurizing into
coercing into
prevailing upon
tightening the screw on
turning the screw on
putting the frighteners on
making an offer they can't refuse
troubling
vexing
bludgeoning into
bullying into
terrorizing into
intimidating into
extorting
commandeering
bringing force to bear on
throwing your weight around
training
wresting
making compulsory
forcing upon
exerting
whipping
expecting
leaving someone no option but to
working
pounding
overcoming
warranting
foisting
occasioning
involving
using force on
conscripting
urging by force
burdening
contracting
obtruding
choking
using duress on
establishing
setting
instilling in
inculcating
stressing to
emphasizing to
drumming into
stressing
fixing
inculcating in
putting to work
exerting force on
entailing
pinning down
bearing down
putting the bite on
putting screws to
bearing hard on
putting squeeze on
bringing home to
ingraining in
dinning into
knocking into
driving into
meaning
needing
challenging
taking
wanting
bearing
postulating
behooving
leaving in no doubt
getting into head
driving home
bringing home
bringing pressure to bear upon
behoving
leaving no choice but to
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to verbally criticize harshly, especially with insulting language
abusing
insulting
castigating
denigrating
disparaging
excoriating
vituperating
berating
lambasting
trashing
assailing
belittling
blasting
cursing
maligning
rebuking
reproaching
savaging
scathing
slighting
taunting
vilifying
attacking
bashing
belabouring
UK
belaboring
US
offending
potshotting
reviling
scolding
slamming
decrying
defaming
discounting
dissing
impugning
libelling
UK
libeling
US
minimising
UK
minimizing
US
slandering
slating
slurring
smearing
upbraiding
derogating
oppressing
persecuting
reproving
backbiting
calumniating
flaming
hosing
injuring
knocking
miscalling
riding
slanging
traducing
zinging
bad-mouthing
inveighing against
jumping on
putting down
blowing off
calling names
cussing out
cutting down
cutting to the quick
doing a number on
shouting at
slagging off
swearing at
vituperating against
dumping on
casting aspersions on
trash-talking
giving a black eye
Verb
▲
Present participle for to supply with moral lessons, teachings, or examples
moralising
UK
moralizing
US
lecturing
pontificating
preaching
preachifying
sermonising
UK
sermonizing
US
admonishing
advising
criticising
UK
criticizing
US
edifying
ethicizing
philosophising
UK
philosophizing
US
pontifying
teaching
passing judgment
Noun
▲
The use of persuasion or intimidation to make someone do something
pressure
coercion
compulsion
constraint
force
duress
arm-twisting
enforcement
influence
insistence
oppression
badgering
demand
entreaty
goading
harassment
harrying
intimidation
pestering
provocation
obligation
persuasion
power
pressurisation
UK
pressurization
US
sway
threats
bullying
exaction
threat
extortion
violence
menacing
browbeating
terrorization
threatening
strong-arm tactics
restraint
duty
driving
terrifying
scaring
domineering
blackmail
menace
spur
impulsion
subduing
tyrannization
hounding
railroading
force majeure
steamrollering
requirement
strong-arm tactic
strong arm
scare tactics
strong arm tactics
necessity
foul play
strong-arming
pains
conscription
warning
goad
spring
impelling
motive
fulmination
ultimatum
conscience
ambush
terrorism
commination
reign of terror
fearmongering
thunder
shakedown
imprisonment
scare tactic
intimidating remark
threatening remark
intimidatory remark
urgency
hardship
captivity
confinement
incarceration
engrossment
prepossession
craving
monkey
hang-up
exigency
preoccupation
extraction
rapacity
discipline
detention
bondage
control
squeezing
entrapment
squeeze
alarming
pressuring
pressurizing
US
unnerving
have on the brain
tiger by the tail
demanding money with menaces
cowing
tormenting
frightening
persecution
plaguing
menaces
terrorizing
US
daunting
fear
bulldozing
demoralizing
US
demoralising
UK
terrorising
UK
pressurising
UK
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
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Continual criticism, typically concerning trivial things
fault-finding
criticism
carping
niggling
captiousness
caviling
US
cavilling
UK
quibbling
bleating
complaining
griping
grumbling
hair-splitting
moaning
nitpicking
pedantry
whining
bellyaching
grouching
grousing
hairsplitting
nit-picking
overnice
objection
exception
fuss
protestation
protest
demurral
demur
expostulation
challenge
stink
demurrer
complaint
question
difficulty
disapproval
kick
remonstrance
condemnation
remonstration
reproach
rebuke
dispute
opprobrium
civil disobedience
censure
reproof
denunciation
reproval
disparagement
petition
protesting
murmuring
grievance
muttering
beefing
whingeing
outcry
dissatisfaction
fulmination
mithering
twining
grumble
grouse
grouch
gripe
whine
murmur
whinge
bellyache
moan
beef
problem
lament
annoyance
squawk
whimper
carp
quibble
miserere
yammer
plaint
bleat
wail
cavil
holler
kvetch
whispering
chunter
rhubarb
squabble
bickering
quarrel
faultfinding
moans and groans
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The state of being in great mental or physical pain
torment
affliction
plague
bane
irritation
tribulation
trouble
worry
annoyance
bother
nuisance
ordeal
scourge
calamity
curse
persecution
pest
sorrow
vexation
agony
anguish
distress
excruciation
harassment
hassle
hurt
irritant
misery
misfortune
pain
rack
straits
torture
travail
woe
discomfort
soreness
cross to bear
nag
provocation
stress
pain in the backside
pain in the bum
pain in the neck
pain in the rear
thorn in someone's flesh
thorn in your side
trial
burden
suffering
aggravation
problem
hardship
menace
headache
grief
difficulty
blight
punishment
evil
botheration
thorn in the flesh
cross
bind
exasperation
abuse
martyrdom
source of annoyance
maltreatment
agitation
adversity
pestering
nemesis
inconvenience
ill-treatment
victimization
US
cancer
visitation
canker
peeve
bitter pill
provoking
bore
nyaff
bugbear
despair
nudnik
skelf
intimidation
gall
nark
killing
source of irritation
source of vexation
depression
mistreatment
trauma
oppression
execution
crucifixion
nightmare
disaster
bedevilment
harrying
bugging
victimisation
UK
importunity
teasing
death
pinprick
perturbation
badgering
bothering
injury
infliction
ill treatment
molestation
pestilence
drag
irking
tease
goad
rub
vexing
pressure
pressurization
US
pressurisation
UK
bad news
besetment
fair cow
strait
destruction
ruin
heartache
anxiety
issue
ruination
disquiet
care
disease
wretchedness
extreme unhappiness
unhappiness
bummer
sadness
travails
blister
lesion
wound
sickness
cause for concern
bête noire
ills
terror
penalty
labor
US
test
labour
UK
downfall
bête noir
affront
taunting
blast
hydra
Cancer
infirmity
crux
condition
weakness
plight
undoing
toil
baptism of fire
plaguing
nettling
offence
UK
mischief-maker
troublemaker
tormentor
correction
burr under someone's saddle
danger
concern
dilemma
disappointment
deep trouble
struggle
dire straits
hindrance
hot water
predicament
mess
infliction of pain
fire
gauntlet
crucible
hell
gantlet
grievance
insult
fatal attraction
harm
thorn in one's side
needling
niggling
insults
indignity
calvary
painful experience
harsh treatment
misuse
offense
US
damage
ill-use
brickbat
self-sacrifice
passion
martyrization
sacrifice
unpleasant experience
being rubbed up the wrong way
a thorn in someone's side
devotion
hell on earth
neglect
cruelty
blow
setback
frustration
irk
thorn
aggro
ruffle
pet peeve
tyranny
poison
hair shirt
rough handling
discrimination
tyrannization
disturbance
red-baiting
pogrom
massacre
discrimination against
banishment
subjection
bashing
murder
ill usage
expulsion
pursuit
galling
imprisonment
exile
witch hunt
coercion
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