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What is another word for
needling
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Verb
(
usually used in third person form "gets"
)
Annoying or irritating (someone)
To be triggering a passionate feeling or reaction
Present participle for to pierce with a needle
Present participle for to mock or make fun of
Present participle for to pierce and make a hole or holes in
Present participle for to make an inquiry
Noun
Mockery or taunts, or the act of mocking or taunting
Action or speech that makes someone angry, especially deliberately
Something that incites, supports, promotes, protects or advances
Adjective
Contemptuously ridiculing or mocking someone or something
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Verb
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(
usually used in third person form "gets"
)
Annoying or irritating (someone)
getting
annoying
irritating
exasperating
angering
irking
vexing
inflaming
putting out
nettling
provoking
incensing
infuriating
maddening
rubbing up the wrong way
aggravating
peeving
miffing
riling
getting to
hacking off
giving someone the hump
driving mad
driving crazy
driving nuts
making someone see red
winding up
agitating
bothering
bugging
narking
getting across
teeing off
perturbing
ticking off
displeasing
eating
grating
ruffling
burning up
chafing
disturbing
frustrating
enraging
galling
firing up
upsetting
getting in someone's hair
getting on someone's nerves
getting on someone's tits
getting on your nerves
getting someone's back up
getting someone's dander up
getting someone's goat
getting someone's hackles up
getting someone's wick
getting under someone's skin
getting up your nose
gnawing
harrying
making someone's hackles rise
making your blood boil
rattling someone's cage
ruffling someone's feathers
trying someone's patience
piquing
hassling
harassing
riding
rankling
pestering
offending
graveling
gravelling
antagonizing
US
persecuting
antagonising
UK
goading
troubling
driving up the wall
rasping
teasing
nagging
badgering
tormenting
getting under your skin
worrying
spiting
getting at
plaguing
frosting
outraging
affronting
distressing
hounding
fretting
griping
giving a hard time
exacerbating
humping
bumming out
getting your back up
getting in your hair
roiling
hacking you off
itching
baiting
getting your goat
bedevilling
UK
bedeviling
US
disgruntling
putting your back up
making angry
rattling
driving to distraction
getting on your wick
dogging
giving someone the pip
hurting
picking on
rubbing the wrong way
getting on one's nerves
heckling
bullying
driving round the bend
making somebody's hackles rise
taunting
disgusting
discomposing
driving round the twist
henpecking
insulting
paining
ruffling one's feathers
making cross
grating on
disquieting
wounding
rankling with
getting up someone's nose
fazing
iring
turning off
making waves
raising your hackles
getting your dander up
trying your patience
hectoring
flustering
stinging
perplexing
discomfiting
mortifying
enflaming
madding
depressing
trying
giving someone grief
pecking at
steaming up
eating at
unsettling
molesting
dismaying
chivvying
afflicting
disconcerting
nudging
ailing
aggrieving
torturing
fussing
hazing
niggling
working on
cheesing off
dissing
getting someone
abrading
driving bananas
sending into a rage
stirring up
putting someone's nose out of joint
incommoding
grieving
besetting
unnerving
flurrying
pricking
distempering
egging on
discombobulating
jarring on
discountenancing
browbeating
mithering
hitting where one lives
disobliging
burning
getting your hackles up
gnawing at
picking at
rubbing you up the wrong way
working up
driving you up the wall
cutting to the quick
alarming
concerning
breaking
beleaguering
slighting
saddening
agonizing
US
discomforting
abusing
distracting
devilling
deviling
unhinging
victimizing
US
frazzling
shocking
ragging
criticizing
US
alaruming
oppressing
exciting
importuning
throwing
asking for it
derailing
getting across someone
discommoding
prodding
hagriding
chivying
dissatisfying
rousing
exercising
empurpling
undoing
embittering
injuring
embarrassing
chagrining
crossing
hacking
tantalizing
US
hurting somebody's feelings
having a down on
going on at
grumbling at
weirding out
tantalising
UK
harping on at
breathing down someone's neck
freaking out
bending someone's ear
keeping after
criticising
UK
agonising
UK
wearing on
victimising
UK
having it in for
keeping on at
causing offense
discriminating against
ridiculing
confusing
mistreating
stressing
maltreating
terrorizing
US
confounding
gibing
heating up
ribbing
besieging
cursing
scolding
inconveniencing
scaring
berating
anguishing
straining
pursuing
scandalizing
US
intimidating
disrespecting
horrifying
chaffing
repelling
interrupting
jarring
inciting
nauseating
sickening
boring
bumming
disrupting
chiding
testing
grilling
umbraging
biting
stirring
browning off
finding fault
rattling one's cage
jangling
sticking in one's craw
finding fault with
terrorising
UK
trying the patience of
keeping complaining to
setting one's teeth on edge
making unhappy
acerbating
carping at
scandalising
UK
getting a rise out of
throwing off balance
zinging
making you see red
moaning at
making things hot for someone
putting down
pushing around
punishing unfairly
ill-treating
trolling
shaking up
leaning on
eating away at
making anxious
giving offence to
raising hell
guying
wigging
getting on someone
taxing
cutting
riling up
driving insane
souring
mocking
bristling
steaming
making an enemy of somebody
getting on the wrong side of
messing with
messing
pushing someon's buttons
pushing one's buttons
arousing hostility in
despairing
burdening
rattling someone's chain
taking a rise out of
starting
setting on
setting off
working into lather
putting on edge
hitting a sour note
getting on
setting on edge
boiling
making sore
crazing
blowing up
arousing
losing one's temper
tiring
frightening
pressing
racking
hanging up
getting even
upsetting the applecart
harming
giving the business
insisting on
slapping
weighing down
making trouble
stirring the pot
making you angry
whipping up
jeering
devastating
causing anxiety to
lying heavy on
tearing
sweating out
dunning
putting
tiffing
huffing
stewing
petting
tyrannizing
US
disappointing
discontenting
disaffecting
slandering
getting in the hair of
dumping on
razzing
giving the cold shoulder
taking the mickey
getting on the nerves of
taking the piss out of
making fun of
tyrannising
UK
confronting
dispraising
singling out
giving a zinger
festering
harrowing
shaking
pushing
strapping
making miserable
desolating
causing suffering to
martyring
doing a number on
weighing on
arousing anxiety in
pushing buttons
causing anguish to
making wretched
making it tough for
indisposing
nit-picking
cutting up
snubbing
repulsing
excruciating
revolting
obsessing
making someone fed up
disheartening
wearying
making discontented
becoming bored
grating at
having had enough
losing patience
eating up
causing annoyance to
causing resentment to
playing dirty
slurring
mispleasing
giving offence
humiliating
treading on someone's toes
curdling
scratching around
searching high heaven
ragging on
yapping at
booing
keying up
lashing at
turning on
immolating
demonizing
US
using
beating
running up the wrong way
mourning
pushing the buttons of
thumbing nose at
causing suffering
causing anguish
bleeding
causing sorrow
lambasting
nagging at
hissing
upbraiding
stacking the deck
demonising
UK
having your knife into
urging
egging
busting chops
moaning on at
busting someone's balls
taking it out on
carping
punishing
playing cat and mouse
putting through wringer
rubbing salt in wound
giving a bad time
mixing up
domineering
barracking
jibing at
shouting down
shouting at
shouting catcalls at
making game of
impeding
hindering
caviling
US
cavilling
UK
intruding upon
imposing on
bewildering
flummoxing
flooring
fuddling
cowing
affecting
putting into a flap
putting someone off their stroke
wearing
stumping
making nervous
throwing into tizzy
causing someone to lose their composure
putting off
throwing into a tizz
muddling
pothering
disordering
disarranging
making uneasy
making fretful
making a scene
showing ill will towards
pushing about
appalling
making uncomfortable
abashing
dispiriting
demoralizing
US
crushing
discouraging
puzzling
spooking
weighing heavily on
preying on your mind
demoralising
UK
haunting
dejecting
daunting
nonplussing
chillin
chilling
unmanning
wringing
grinding
blighting
crucifying
casting down
breaking one's heart
possessing
flipping out
taking the wind out of your sails
causing concern to
putting on the spot
making self-conscious
putting a damper on
putting in a spot
wearing out
psyching out
causing discomfort to
deranging
preoccupying
occupying
startling
assailing
causing disquiet to
niggling at
throwing off
stretching
sapping
draining
exhausting
tangling
taking aback
disorientating
dragooning
jarring upon
grating upon
wearing upon
occupying thoughts
making someone scratch their head
making it hot for someone
fearing
sweating
turning
incapacitating
flipping
rocking the boat
laying up
torquing off
cramping
debilitating
setting someone's teeth on edge
pressurizing
US
bringing down
rousting
putting someone off their stride
setting someone back on their heels
worsting
putting pressure on
bringing pressure to bear on
pressurising
UK
reminding
insisting
terrifying
accosting
attacking
panicking
bullyragging
noodging
stressing out
jerking around
dampening spirits
shattering
making livid
driving you crazy
driving you to distraction
making somebody's blood boil
driving you out of your mind
driving you round the bend
driving you round the twist
dragging down
making blue
putting into a funk
chastening
breaking the heart of
causing to panic
causing anxiety
dashing
tiring out
making severe demands on
making demands on
putting a strain on
lying heavily on
kicking up a fuss
hanging over
kicking up a stink
dumbfounding
disenchanting
stunning
awing
aweing
interfering
meddling
making a monkey of
throwing into a tizzy
catching one short
abominating
making awkward
putting in a hole
showing up
filling with loathing
offending morals of
putting out of countenance
letting down
making it tough
giving trouble
putting to trouble
causing vexation
causing bitterness
causing annoyance
causing resentment
overawing
prostrating
repressing
drooping
beating down
making downhearted
making despondent
dampening the spirits of
causing to lose heart
smiting
gripping
striking
visiting
taking
causing trouble to
buffeting
buffetting
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“If that happened, they would
needle
him until hell froze over trying to get him to tell them what was going on.”
Verb
▲
To be triggering a passionate feeling or reaction
exciting
provoking
inciting
riling
stirring up
fomenting
impassioning
inflaming
rallying
roiling
rousing
stirring
triggering
aggravating
agitating
animating
electrifying
firing up
goading
inspiring
instigating
arousing
enthusing
galvanizing
US
incensing
irking
priming
ruffling
stimulating
whipping up
baiting
charging
egging on
eliciting
encouraging
enlivening
grilling
kindling
piquing
pumping up
revving up
setting off
vexing
vivifying
winding up
working up
activating
angering
awakening
bringing about
bringing out
causing
charging up
commoving
energising
UK
energizing
US
enkindling
galvanising
UK
jolting
motivating
pepping up
sparking off
touching off
triggering off
working into lather
chafing
discomposing
flustering
inducing
infuriating
intensifying
maddening
offending
shaking
shaking up
starting
taunting
upsetting
waking up
feeding the fire
moving
prodding
spurring
urging
pressing
stinging
spurring on
pushing
impelling
pricking
swaying
prompting
influencing
persuading
constraining
beseeching
sparking
making
inspiriting
exhilarating
disturbing
enticing
tempting
wakening
procuring
bestirring
prevailing upon
putting up to
driving on
rooting on
startling
waking
awaking
innervating
innerving
lighting a fire under
whetting one's appetite
firing the enthusiasm of
getting going
firing the imagination of
badgering
driving
hounding
pressuring
harassing
nudging
forcing
challenging
coercing
pressurizing
US
dragooning
whipping
bullying
keying up
lashing
rousting
titillating
pressurising
UK
siccing
generating
engendering
promoting
occasioning
producing
initiating
creating
precipitating
giving rise to
evoking
actuating
fostering
leading to
bringing
bringing on
effecting
firing
effectuating
begetting
resulting in
catalyzing
US
breeding
quickening
catalysing
UK
propelling
invoking
compelling
spawning
invigorating
raising
setting in motion
putting in motion
calling forth
affecting
envigorating
whetting
yielding
translating into
abetting
emboldening
fermenting
establishing
beginning
incentivizing
fanning
heartening
working
contributing to
leading
bringing to pass
steeling
exhorting
brewing
developing
buoying
originating
uplifting
vitalizing
instituting
drawing forth
inclining
buoying up
picking
instilling
boosting
kick-starting
introducing
strengthening
inviting
igniting
hatching
fuelling
fueling
US
making happen
bucking up
cheering
bringing into being
turning on
filliping
ending in
thrilling
convincing
cheering up
geeing up
calling into being
coaxing
entreating
gladdening
launching
reviving
soliciting
making for
necessitating
elating
drawing
increasing
commencing
imploring
making possible
bringing forth
livening up
setting on
drawing on
setting going
advancing
reassuring
inveigling
revitalizing
US
refreshing
doing
assuring
setting
egging
summoning
cheering on
building up
revivifying
touching
entailing
cultivating
helping
obliging
predisposing
getting
chirking up
bearing up
psyching up
exalting
sowing the seeds of
prevailing on
juicing up
gingering up
revitalising
UK
amping up
jazzing up
fanning the flames of
enjoining
actualizing
advising
cajoling
comforting
involving
culminating in
brightening
fortifying
empowering
inaugurating
disposing
asking
adjuring
consoling
impressing
bracing
hassling
spiking
boosting up
leaning on
securing
realizing
US
meaning
insisting
spelling
intoxicating
setting in
starting up
giving
mobilizing
US
finishing in
bearing
starting the ball rolling
realising
UK
trying to persuade
countenancing
informing
setting afoot
drumming up
firing with enthusiasm
getting to
jump-starting
insisting on
stoking up
appealing to
setting up
mobilising
UK
talking into
zipping up
perking up
getting someone going
forming
furthering
materializing
US
surfacing
unfolding
bothering
crystallizing
US
manifesting
counseling
US
counselling
UK
attracting
begging
building
rendering
incentifying
requesting
bidding
opening
resulting
calling
jumpstarting
enheartening
enforcing
accomplishing
enacting
achieving
pushing forward
admonishing
directing
restoring
demanding
conditioning
risking
adding to
luring
expediting
conjuring
amounting to
nagging
irritating
exacerbating
courting
exercising
kicking in
wooing
twisting someone's arm
converting
wheedling
organizing
US
founding
bringing round
having a hand in
spooking
elevating
nurturing
heightening
contributing
coming into being
coming into existence
crazing
rationalizing
US
propagating
mustering
spiriting up
raising your spirits
giving a shot in the arm to
giving shot in arm
determining
striking
getting things rolling
cooking up
organising
UK
having a part in
commanding
redounding to
terminating in
livening
conducing to
being responsible for
burning up
pushing for
putting pressure on
calling up
putting in place
conjuring up
using pressure on
starting off
acting as a stimulus to
calling on
giving incentive to
materialising
UK
drawing out
crystallising
UK
rowelling
adding up to
predetermining
giving incentive
conducing
bringing around
winning over
rationalising
UK
roweling
putting a bomb under
summoning up
setting astir
bringing on oneself
beckoning
breathing life into
sounding
calling upon
applauding
bolstering
disinhibiting
seeking
feeding
implanting
lodging
planting
hooking
giving a boost to
reenforcing
resuscitating
pleading
putting life into
motiving
intriguing
activizing
suscitating
costing
bringing up
having as a consequence
presenting
constituting
having as a result
orienting
imposing on
grabbing
reactivating
reanimating
boosting moral
raising spirits
sustaining
supporting
reigniting
rekindling
making wild
heating up
rooting
cranking up
running
imbuing
infusing
recalling
progenerating
acting as an incentive to
innovating
incenting
implying
equaling
US
equalling
UK
festering
nourishing
powering
multiplying
reinvigorating
reminding
appealing
posing
impacting
praising
enhancing
setting alight
sharpening
chivvying
brainstorming
adding fuel to the flames
adding fuel
manoeuvring
UK
maneuvering
US
sanctioning
educing
getting smoking
vivificating
dispatching
springing
growing
suggesting to
hinting to
giving one an idea
carrying
giving impetus
enduing
infecting
beghasting
importuning
bielding
propping up
raising the morale of
stimulating spiritually
giving confidence to
boosting morale
giving hope to
lifting the spirits of
stiffening the resolve of
proposing
sowing
playing a part in
invocating
building a fire under
digging
getting up
mustering up
giving a shot in the arm
giving someone a kick
putting the heat on
putting the screws on
commending
railroading into
bulldozing into
setting on foot
causing to appear
resurrecting
gaining
satisfying
biasing
US
biassing
UK
compassing
favouring
UK
favoring
US
managing
impressing on
making willing
acting as a incentive to
giving the incentive to
coming out with
dreaming up
thinking up
playing a role in
succeeding
prevailing
sweet-talking
smooth-talking
being a factor in
attaining
opening the door for
engineering
whomping up
bringing off
causing to happen
contriving
being partly responsible for
having the effect of
carrying off
carrying through
oiling the wheels of
forwarding
pulling off
causing to occur
manipulating
alluring
cautioning
requiring
exacting
leaving the door open to
begging for
issuing
calling for
asking for
flirting with
making alive
giving life to
giving new life to
breathing new life into
giving a buzz
lighting up
transpiring
extorting
commandeering
appearing
emerging
arising
hustling
occurring
eventuating
imposing
dictating
advocating
dawning
emanating
finagling
brainwashing
steering
bribing
jockeying
beguiling
exploiting
playing
controlling
wresting
making compulsory
cracking down
exerting
forcing upon
strong-arming
expecting
pestering
soothing
happening
inspanning
intimidating
solacing
erupting
recommending
working upon
harrying
conceiving
kicking off
laying the foundations of
laying the first stone of
getting in operation
getting off the ground
getting the ball rolling
getting something functioning
getting under way
getting something working
setting the ball rolling
perturbing
pulling strings with
talking round
browbeating
prejudicing
warming
worrying
distressing
unsettling
upraising
disquieting
troubling
turning
colouring
UK
suborning
putting on cloud nine
putting on top of the world
giving a lift to
letting the sun shine in
snapping out of it
picking up
giving a lift
bracing up
speeding up
alarming
giving birth to
disconcerting
rattling
rising
dismaying
pouring it on
selling one on
unnerving
bugging
bringing pressure to bear on
carrying weight with
cutting any ice with
making yourself felt with
bringing pressure to bear upon
sprouting
arriving
concerning
flurrying
discomforting
fazing
coloring
US
distracting
fussing
unhinging
ailing
becoming established
coming out
coming to pass
becoming apparent
alaruming
lifting
distempering
confusing
frazzling
springing up
undoing
hagriding
juicing
derailing
discombobulating
fanning the fire
agitating for
agitating against
causing anxiety to
weirding out
bugging up
freaking out
making flip
giving someone grief
pushing buttons
making anxious
more ❯
“I had trouble suppressing my amusement even knowing that Sebastian wanted to
needle
me into an unguarded response.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to pierce with a needle
pricking
penetrating
poking
nipping
prickling
stinging
piquing
wounding
biting
injuring
riddling
piercing
perforating
holing
boring
drilling
punching
tapping
rupturing
slitting
puncturing
boring through
boring a hole in
making a hole in
making a wound in
drilling through
cutting through
boring into
“The eyes were once more beginning to show the old nystagmus, so I decided to
needle
the cataracts.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to mock or make fun of
kidding
teasing
ribbing
mocking
joshing
jiving
deriding
bantering
ridiculing
roasting
jeering
pillorying
lampooning
dissing
laughing at
making fun of
poking fun at
jeering at
jibing at
winding up
ragging on
goofing on
making jokes about
poking mullock at
sneering at
making sport of
taking the mickey
slinging off at
treating with contempt
holding up to ridicule
pulling one's leg
making a fool of
making a monkey of
shooting down
treating contemptuously
showing contempt for
taking the piss out of
showing contempt
thumbing nose at
making a monkey out of
chaffing
ragging
razzing
riding
joking
rallying
twitting
taunting
baiting
japing
gibing
hazing
satirizing
US
jesting
satirising
UK
scoffing at
heckling
quizzing
sledging
goading
chiacking
hassling
scorning
picking on
provoking
guying
having on
sneering
insulting
funning
flouting
pestering
bothering
scouting
badgering
annoying
harassing
shucking
jollying
dogging
skewering
sending up
putting down
pulling someone's leg
flouting at
tormenting
harrying
irritating
aggravating
slamming
wisecracking
smoking
rotting
panning
scoffing
gagging
fooling
spoofing
jabbing
jibing
messing with
nudging
disturbing
yukking
yucking
swipeing at
putting on
leading on
poking borak at
fooling around
giving a hard time
kidding around
joking with
squibbing
censuring
frazzling
hooting
raspberrying
quipping
calling names
mimicking
disdaining
affronting
offending
reviling
outraging
reproaching
humiliating
slapping
fleering
upbraiding
cartooning
deflating
unmasking
exposing
digging
louting
twittering
hoaxing
pooh-poohing
setting up
dumping on
gibing at
getting at
making a laughing-stock
exposing to ridicule
showing up
making someone a laughing stock
poking borack
heaping scorn on
laughing out of court
railing at
holding up to shame
making a game of
running down
fooling about
playing a practical joke
taking a rise out of
playing a prank
getting a rise out of
playing a practical joke on
playing a joke on
clowning
reveling
US
revelling
UK
punning
cracking jokes
playing the clown
making merry
telling jokes
poking fun
horsing around
plaguing
worrying
bedeviling
US
bedevilling
UK
hectoring
vexing
importuning
gnawing
deviling
devilling
beleaguering
sounding
snapping
messing around
flirting with
more ❯
“Julia could criticize his lifestyle, his taste, and his lowbrow behavior, but she could no longer
needle
him about his lack of success.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to pierce and make a hole or holes in
punching
piercing
puncturing
perforating
stabbing
sticking
boring
riddling
drilling
pricking
spiking
holing
cutting
skewering
pinking
spitting
transpiercing
pressing
pinning
stamping
making a hole in
punching holes in
putting holes in
penetrating
rupturing
nicking
jabbing
spearing
slitting
incising
impaling
knifing
lancing
jagging
entering
putting a hole in
Verb
▲
Present participle for to make an inquiry
asking
enquiring
UK
querying
questioning
quizzing
interrogating
grilling
inquiring
interviewing
probing
examining
investigating
pressing
scrutinising
UK
scrutinizing
US
canvassing
catechizing
checking
cross-examining
inquisitioning
pumping
cross-questioning
enquiring of
feeling out
finding out
going over
hitting
hitting up
making inquiries
putting a question to
requesting information
requesting information of
roasting
seeking an answer
seeking information
seeking information of
sounding out
sweating
wanting to know
buzzing
inquiring of
picking one's brains
putting out feelers
testing
testing the waters
popping the question
prying into
putting the screws to
putting through the wringer
working over
giving the third degree
checking with
Noun
▲
Mockery or taunts, or the act of mocking or taunting
scorn
mockery
derision
ridicule
sneering
scoffing
disparagement
teasing
jeering
sarcasm
disdain
taunting
jibing
ragging
raillery
dig
jeer
taunt
sneer
chaffing
banter
kidding
contumely
ribbing
gibe
jab
slam
sneers
taunts
chaff
goofing
lampoon
razzing
persiflage
sardonicism
slight
swipe
mimicry
roast
jibes
leer
twitting
derisiveness
put down
winding up
parting shot
taking the mickey
pulling someone's chain
contempt
caricature
parody
satire
joking
burlesque
joshing
badinage
travesty
rib
laughter
irony
sport
farce
comeback
razz
kidology
chiacking
rally
buffoonery
foolery
mordancy
put-on
cynicism
insult
bitterness
sharpness
acerbity
causticity
trenchancy
disrespect
causticness
criticism
acrimony
lampooning
denigration
corrosiveness
cut
spoof
rancor
US
scoff
superciliousness
acidity
acridity
dump
rancour
UK
takeoff
censure
invective
barb
fun
repartee
affront
brickbat
jesting
wit
slap
catcall
send-up
mordacity
imitation
crack
pasquinade
obloquy
skit
wisecrack
scornfulness
joke
Bronx cheer
play
sendup
backhanded compliment
vilification
outrage
slur
jeers
provocation
pleasantry
backchat
pooh-poohing
lampoonery
aspersion
vitriol
ridiculing
mocking
condescension
flouting
goading
impression
bantering
pastiche
heckling
impersonation
sledge
sham
reproach
cutting remark
distortion
cartoon
slap in the face
squib
misrepresentation
dirty dig
snappy comeback
give-and-take
take-off
gibes
venom
facetiousness
epithet
diss
dis
asperity
acridness
tartness
acid
virulence
gibing
indignity
cattiness
black humour
UK
wryness
backhandedness
sarkiness
acidness
tease
absurdity
twit
bile
virulency
josh
jibe
black humor
US
copy
mocking remark
belittling
minimization
roasting
asteism
snidery
hiss
leg-pulling
boo
opprobrium
decry
simulation
comedy
hoot
fleer
raspberry
bird
insults
falsification
backhander
pilgarlic
deprecation
snort
distorted representation
false impression
exaggerated drawing
exaggerated representation
distorted drawing
verbal abuse
shout
odium
abuse
skylarking
clowning about
antics
jokes
fooling around
mischief
clowning around
charade
pretence
UK
shouting
interruption
wordplay
pretense
US
incisiveness
barracking
quips
witticisms
catcalling
booing
crosstalk
mock
ripostes
sallies
perversion
drollery
pantomime
corruption
witticism
wisecracks
exaggeration
forcefulness
swordplay
jocularity
poor substitute
apology for
excuse for
poor imitation
quipping
bants
gossip
exchange
chitchat
dissing
contemptuousness
despisement
despite
witty conversation
witty remarks
bons mots
misprision
playful jab
small talk
hatred
despitefulness
pasquil
sketch
disgust
dislike
distaste
snobbishness
disregard
hate
indifference
dismissiveness
aversion
misappreciation
antipathy
insolence
despisal
more ❯
Noun
▲
Action or speech that makes someone angry, especially deliberately
provocation
aggravation
agitation
persecution
affront
pestering
taunting
badgering
harassment
nettling
offence
UK
plaguing
bedevilment
bugging
grievance
harrying
hassle
injury
insult
irking
perturbation
provoking
teasing
torment
importunity
indignity
insults
intimidation
molestation
niggling
vexing
bothering
brickbat
grief
offense
US
pressure
pressurisation
UK
pressurization
US
being rubbed up the wrong way
annoyance
botheration
disturbance
vexation
irritation
trouble
nuisance
coercion
exasperation
hounding
galling
discrimination
bullying
more ❯
Noun
▲
Something that incites, supports, promotes, protects or advances
encouragement
urging
coaxing
persuasion
prompting
goading
instigation
pressure
pressurisation
UK
pressurization
US
pushing
stirring
bait
exhortation
goad
incentive
inducement
lure
prodding
provocation
spur
stimulus
carrot
impetus
incitation
incitement
motive
stimulant
stimulation
beseeching
momentum
egging on
arm-twisting
kick up the backside
motivation
boost
impulse
inspiration
yeast
catalyst
shot in the arm
fillip
push
influence
prompt
prod
urge
drive
cause
excitement
lift
support
reason
impulsion
driving force
clarion call
help
pick-me-up
enticement
aid
assistance
pressing
temptation
attraction
sweetener
tonic
agitation
kick
awakening
turn-on
example
arousal
geeing-up
invigoration
US
invitation
stirring up
beacon
come-on
reminding
envigoration
UK
kindling
guiding light
animation
reminder
beacon of hope
shining light
uplift
activation
actuation
draw
hand
fuelling
UK
pull
cue
rousing
reassurance
consideration
trigger
douceur
bribe
abetment
propellant
excitant
enlivenment
flash
charge
piquing
sting
backing
tittivation
titillation
speech
fueling
US
succor
US
succour
UK
assist
allurement
model
rationale
whipping up
challenge
leg up
insistence
movement
ground
purpose
ideal
helping hand
motivating force
team talk
pep talk
shining example
talking-to
symbol of hope
nudge
kick-start
spurring
jog
ammunition
will
force
prick
fodder
needle
spark plug
thrust
compulsion
propulsion
response
suggestion
shove
grounds
goal
impellent
motive power
initiation
piquancy
refreshment
dare
taunt
hint
baiting
magnet
allure
reviver
red rag
behest
appeal
call
casus belli
spice
secours
comfort
relief
inception
reaction
fuel
oxygen
excuse
premium
determinant
kick in the pants
buzz
carrot and stick
exhilaration
jogging
cues
hints
reminders
bung
candy
spring
overture
muse
luminary
paraenesis
admonishment
fomentation
sugared pill
warning
advice
suggestions
arousing
enkindling
revelation
obtestation
inspo
bolster
gee-up
spurring on
stoking up
creativeness
eureka
reason why
hate-mongering
triggering off
bang
precipitant
fireworks
empowerment
eye-opener
enlivening
heartening
consolation
confidence-building
convincing
elevation
inducing
persuading
conversion
easement
suasion
lifting
upliftment
hook
con
reward
perk
leader
desire
brainwash
twist
cheering up
lifting of one's spirits
hard sell
sweet talk
snow job
soft soap
decoy
snare
trap
siren song
charm
seducement
interest
magnetism
seduction
glamor
US
glamour
UK
fascination
inveiglement
attractiveness
enchantment
stimulator
end
ambush
crowd puller
source
fake
trick
camouflage
shill
mousetrap
aim
mainspring
causation
cajolery
blandishment
offer
drawing card
focus
seductiveness
desirability
loadstone
lodestone
honeypot
tantalization
siren
teaser
motivator
bewitchment
food
intellectual nourishment
animus
gimmick
intrigue
courting
temptingness
animating force
gravitation towards
origin
basis
inclination towards
fount
beginning
root
fountain
generator
pass
approach
proposition
ensnarement
centre of attention
UK
intention
intent
chief reason
chief motive
impelling cause
prime mover
motive force
drawing power
crowd-pleaser
move
attention-grabber
attention-getter
attention draw
entrapment
pitfall
objective
ambition
design
plant
trickery
deception
blind
facade
catch
distraction
chicane
pretence
UK
chicanery
pretense
US
imitation
front
focal point
concern
object
hope
façade
nark
proposal
determination
resolve
wish
aspiration
preoccupation
target
pretension
dream
center of attention
US
resolution
mission
vision
care
red herring
smoke screen
plan
thinking
agenda
stool pigeon
play
enticingness
charisma
likableness
captivation
duende
end game
holy grail
agreeability
pizzazz
US
agreeableness
pizazz
engagingness
prepossessingness
magic
pleasingness
advance
feeler
hidden motive
hidden agenda
vested interest
score to settle
Holy Grail
object of desire
special interest
pleasantness
animal magnetism
attractivity
oomph
force field
pzazz
UK
witchery
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Contemptuously ridiculing or mocking someone or something
scoffing
sardonic
mocking
scornful
derisive
caustic
contemptuous
satirical
sneering
cynical
biting
disparaging
ironical
cutting
sharp
jeering
mordant
satiric
taunting
acerbic
trenchant
contumelious
arrogant
disrespectful
mean
offensive
bitter
acid
scorching
corrosive
salty
carping
backhanded
acerb
irascible
acrimonious
brusque
chaffing
saucy
scurrilous
austere
captious
twitting
ornery
cussed
evil
severe
weisenheiming
disillusioned
hostile
snarling
smart-alecky
sarcastic
snarky
scathing
barbed
scalding
acidulous
acrid
tart
smart-mouthed
pungent
acidic
smart-aleck
stinging
vitriolic
ironic
sarky
snide
ridiculing
mordacious
nasty
critical
venomous
harsh
incisive
hurtful
virulent
spiteful
malicious
astringent
keen
cruel
catty
piercing
vicious
unkind
searing
dry
wounding
pointed
penetrating
devastating
disdainful
rude
withering
insulting
belittling
waspish
razor-edged
derogatory
derisory
abusive
poisonous
wry
savage
abrasive
denigratory
acute
irreverent
slighting
hateful
fierce
uncomplimentary
pejorative
polemic
unfriendly
tongue-in-cheek
vituperative
rapier-like
opprobrious
rancorous
degrading
poignant
curt
blistering
disapproving
double-edged
reproachful
censorious
ill-natured
deprecatory
vindictive
demeaning
telling
witty
violent
brutal
detracting
snappy
insolent
dismissive
malign
sour
truculent
stern
sly
churlish
sharp-tongued
hypercritical
callous
droll
vilifying
stringent
defamatory
laconic
ferocious
skeptical
US
malignant
cynic
hard
sceptical
UK
blunt
short
grim
forceful
pithy
jibing
reviling
unpleasant
splenetic
obloquious
vituperatory
depreciatory
gruff
slashing
calumniating
surly
lampooning
obnoxious
depreciative
unsparing
deprecating
squint-eyed
derogative
malevolent
denigrative
testy
razor-sharp
decrying
detractive
extremely critical
crusty
peppery
ill-tempered
bad-tempered
scolding
maligning
calumniatory
subtle
unblunted
cantankerous
maleficent
pernicious
heartless
twisted
malefic
fault-finding
polemical
wise
abrupt
misanthropical
burlesque
edged
ungracious
foul
rough
humorous
uncivil
supercilious
emphatic
berating
unmannerly
impertinent
provocative
salt
exciting
racy
judgemental
quibbling
niggling
crisp
pitiless
judgmental
angry
evil-intentioned
teasing
passive-aggressive
backbiting
bilious
caviling
US
cavilling
UK
slanderous
rejective
pillorying
defiant
snappish
contemptible
nitpicking
inconsiderate
crabbed
snidey
snippy
invective
faultfinding
overcritical
exacting
superior
pernickety
negative
burning
humiliating
nagging
ruthless
crushing
hairsplitting
castigating
scurrile
scurril
cavillous
traducing
demanding
upbraiding
choleric
condemning
exceptive
libellous
UK
libelous
US
censuring
full of contempt
despiteful
ill-humored
US
pass-remarkable
hair-splitting
ill-humoured
UK
nit-picking
antagonistic
wicked
unsympathetic
disingenuous
merciless
aggressive
misanthropic
pessimistic
condescending
lambent
cold
pawky
vitriolous
shrewish
venomed
rigorous
piquant
unrelenting
envenomed
strict
acetose
insinuating
terse
insensitive
sharp-worded
thoughtless
sadistic
rubbing the wrong way
wanton
strong
vigorous
affronting
vulgar
impolite
discourteous
cold-blooded
dripping with malice
parodying
paradoxical
spoof
bantering
spoofing
farcical
contentious
quizzical
spicy
clever
argumentative
disputatious
driving
forthright
clear
quick-witted
coruscating
sniffy
snooty
reproving
castigatory
snotty
powerful
effective
explicit
distinct
abhorrent
Hudibrastic
Rabelaisian
deadpan
bad-mannered
ill-mannered
edgy
potent
unequivocal
pettifogging
mortifying
pedantic
hard-hitting
sulphurous
UK
sulfurous
US
snubbing
cursing
ranting
denunciatory
criticizing
US
cheeky
overbearing
haughty
egotistic
flip
fresh
offhand
waggish
sneaky
sassy
nervy
apathetic
vituperous
finicky
scandalous
cocky
gally
smart
nitpicky
out-of-line
contrary
quarrelsome
petty
petulant
for the birds
aspersive
injurious
criticising
UK
straight-faced
disagreeable
two-edged
with tongue in cheek
very critical
baleful
poker-faced
invidious
calumnious
matter-of-fact
low-key
quietly humorous
vengeful
uncharitable
vile
despicable
debasing
false
untrue
unfounded
bad
execrable
wretched
annoying
ignominious
sordid
ignoble
currish
dirty
dishonorable
US
base
detestable
low
paltry
bluff
unfair
unsportsmanlike
snippety
unceremonious
mean-spirited
evil-minded
dishonourable
UK
low-minded
low-down
downright
unfavourable
UK
brusk
discrediting
unflattering
minimising
UK
unfavorable
US
cranky
grumpy
cross
diminishing
personal
deflating
dishonouring
UK
vinegary
discreditable
fiery
irritable
touchy
grouchy
ratty
peevish
dishonoring
US
aspersing
minimizing
US
prickly
querulous
crabby
moody
huffy
impatient
short-spoken
narky
chippy
dyspeptic
peckish
crotchety
eggy
tetchy
soreheaded
curmudgeonly
particular
liverish
miffy
snaky
scratchy
overnice
sorehead
passionate
complaining
spunky
judgy
short-tempered
hot-tempered
like a bear with a sore head
quick-tempered
sharp-tempered
humbling
lowering
critic
hard to please
over-censorious
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