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What is another word for
overwhelm
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To bury or drown beneath a huge mass of something, especially water
To defeat, conquer, or triumph over completely or comprehensively
To domineer with superior strength or force
To devastate or destroy something
To stun or bewilder, typically by having a strong emotional effect on
To overcome with mental or emotional stress
To hold or engage the attention of
To be totally absorbed or engrossed by something
To attack by force, typically to gain control of
To forcibly put an end to
To overwhelm or inundate with people, animals or things
To overawe someone, especially with words or facts they may not fully comprehend
(
of a feeling
)
To affect (someone) suddenly and powerfully
To load, or be loaded, heavily with
To influence, usually emotionally
To cause anguish or distress to
To overwhelm with a certain quality or feeling
To put a damper on one's mood or enthusiasm
Overload, overwhelm
To cover completely with water
Combine against
Grow quicker than
(
tell on
)
To impact or take its toll on
To forcibly relieve a monarch of the monarchy
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Verb
▲
To bury or drown beneath a huge mass of something, especially water
swamp
engulf
flood
inundate
deluge
submerge
bury
drown
overflow
overload
submerse
glut
gulf
saturate
overburden
beset
crush
overrun
snow under
immerse
whelm
consume
bombard
swallow up
oversupply
drench
bog down
soak
shower
overcome
besiege
envelop
snow
overpower
wet
steep
plunge
impregnate
overfill
cover
fill
choke
souse
flow over
douse
sweep over
sop
surround
crowd
overcrowd
encompass
absorb
wash over
devour
waterlog
pour over
come over
ret
macerate
sodden
imbue
drouk
seep
suffuse
marinate
bathe
wash
transfuse
wet through
douche
percolate
plow under
abound
teem
slosh
debouch
suck
slop
overwater
dunk
beflood
weigh down
pour down on
run over
cover with water
engross
overtake
imbibe
affect
sweep
flood out
stuff
wash out
clog
flow across
surge over
stream
sluice
flush
pour
gush
cram
gorge
supersaturate
surfeit
fill to excess
pack
cram full
overstock
burden
load
congest
water
bedraggle
water-soak
wet down
dowse
rinse
moisten
duck
seethe
hose down
splash
damp
spray
sprinkle
hose
irrigate
fertigate
infuse
imbrue
dip
permeate
spatter
dampen
pickle
sink
wet thoroughly
humidify
splatter
make fertile
bring water to
swill down
sluice down
brine
marinade
preserve
dip in
make wet
more ❯
“Such a flood would
overwhelm
the reclamation districts and cities along the Sacramento River.”
Verb
▲
To defeat, conquer, or triumph over completely or comprehensively
defeat
beat
rout
trounce
thrash
clobber
destroy
crush
drub
overcome
lick
vanquish
best
whip
own
overpower
massacre
subdue
worst
master
better
outmatch
overthrow
top
triumph
trump
outclass
outdistance
outdo
outperform
outplay
smash
finish
outgun
outshine
surpass
win
triumph over
win against
beat hollow
prevail over
wipe the floor with
make mincemeat of
defeat utterly
run rings around
get the better of
bring someone to their knees
wipe out
knock out
blow out of the water
be victorious over
put paid to
grind down
gain a victory over
gain mastery over
defeat heavily
defeat easily
run circles around
cut to pieces
knock for six
cream
hammer
skunk
paste
shellac
slaughter
demolish
conquer
annihilate
flatten
murder
stuff
crucify
pound
take to the cleaners
blow out
pulverize
US
marmalize
pulverise
UK
turn inside out
tank
subjugate
give someone a drubbing
trim
wallop
quash
walk all over
whomp
surmount
quell
blow away
win a resounding victory over
wax
smother
overmatch
bomb
dispatch
bury
upend
overbear
smoke
whup
snow under
whop
whap
kill
stop
get
take
tromp
undo
skin
give someone a hiding
dust
slam
walk over
cane
give someone a pasting
get around
trash
do down
outstrip
excel
overrun
total
swamp
reduce
break
floor
pommel
flog
ruin
extinguish
humble
devastate
put down
run rings round
bust
suppress
pip at the post
torpedo
trample
repress
exceed
zap
transcend
lambaste
work over
obliterate
steamroll
bear down
put away
put an end to
batter
win over
put in the shade
dominate
spank
bash
overturn
subordinate
pacify
subvert
drop
outmaneuver
US
down
chasten
outmanoeuvre
UK
throw
blast
sink
outrun
deck
upset
wreck
strike down
tan
cap
overmaster
overshadow
plow under
eclipse
beat up
be victorious
edge out
overtop
take it all
KO
bring to ruin
give a drubbing to
shut down
go one better than
tower over
subject
hide
belt
bludgeon
maul
thump
thresh
steamroller
crack down on
hurdle
tame
buffet
leather
whack
prevail
pummel
US
baste
roll
slog
whale
whitewash
slay
edge
do
curry
squash
get the upper hand
route
shipwreck
outhit
decimate
entrap
outjump
flax
outflank
butcher
ambush
punish
pummelled
UK
chastise
beat back
silence
prostrate
whelm
squelch
knock over
waste
outwit
bulldoze
oppress
nose out
knock off
take a stick to
mess up
outrival
rise above
finish off
mow down
win a victory over
run roughshod over
quelch
ice
strangle
take to cleaners
roll back
do better than
come out on top
gain ascendancy over
unseat
shut out
checkmate
slap down
wipe off the map
override
overtake
rough up
bung up
knock spots off
improve on
stamp out
snuff out
shame
pick apart
force down
put to shame
bear down on
put someone in their place
clamp down on
blot out
put a stop to
pwn
dismiss
force
muller
settle
humiliate
outsmart
eat alive
raze to the ground
beat the pants off
curb
weather
survive
mop up
take apart
shock
stun
render
outlive
larrup
take down
render helpless
render incapable
render powerless
strike
thwart
foil
knock the stuffing out of
dispose of
take care of
outfight
shoot down
frustrate
circumvent
come out on top of
knock your socks off
outrank
beat down
discomfit
confound
do in
make a fool of
get one up on
gain the advantage over
get the upper hand over
gain the upper hand over
pass
outpace
shake off
overpass
improve upon
shoot ahead
upstage
drive off
cow
put to flight
bring to knees
succeed over
trample underfoot
put to rout
clean up on
throw back in confusion
hose
blow out of water
slap about
undermine
weaken
be better than
dwarf
shoot ahead of
demoralize
US
cripple
enfeeble
demote
leave
incapacitate
impair
disrate
be head and shoulders above
be superior to
be a cut above
tower above
impoverish
knock down
break down
smash down
wear down
sweep
seize
annex
US
bombard
demoralise
UK
shell
attack
bring down
cannonade
tread
be successful
occupy
strafe
carry the day
get last laugh
take the cake
win through
be the victor
win out
gain a victory
take the prize
prevail against
come first
gain mastery of
take the honours
win hands down
take the crown
drive away
profligate
assault
invade
bring under the yoke
put the squeeze on
bring to heel
tread on
appropriate
annexe
UK
capture
blitzkrieg
barrage
hit
take over
ravage
take control of
gain control of
take possession of
target
blitz
lather
cook one's goose
fix one's wagon
wipe off the mat
control
bridle
check
restrain
get over
get a grip on
govern
deal with
regulate
rule
knock for a loop
cope with
contain
constrain
inhibit
hold
measure
keep
hegemonize
discipline
solve
negotiate
nullify
resist
blank
pull in
rein in
get control of
get through
put the kibosh on
make it past
make it over
endure
be unstoppable by
topple
capsize
turn over
bring under control
get under control
dismantle
keep a tight rein on
keep back
hold in check
hold back
keep in check
curtail
arrest
stifle
bowl over
immobilize
US
stretch
stagger
take out
gain control over
immobilise
UK
shellack
shut off
dumbfound
roll over
overawe
lay out
manage
direct
command
outcompete
scoop
outstep
get one over on
overstep
be more than a match for
go one better
outhussle
go beyond
moderate
calm
temper
mitigate
soften
find a solution to
find an answer to
mollify
mellow
tranquilize
US
gentle
tone down
reclaim
mute
tranquillise
UK
water down
neutralize
US
forestall
repulse
bar
put the stopper on
put a spoke in someone's wheel
contravene
halt
repel
hold up
obviate
prevent
spoil
counter
parry
hamper
block
impede
baulk
UK
neutralise
UK
counterplot
deter
balk
US
disappoint
cross
take wind out of sails
hinder
baffle
debar
foul up
cause setback
screw up
scuttle
rattle
scotch
upset the applecart
put end to
obstruct
nobble
stand in the way of
scupper
put the mockers on
nip in the bud
do for
snooker
dash
stymie
invalidate
louse up
derail
more ❯
“In seven minutes of the second half, it began to look as if the home team, the Premiership team, would
overwhelm
their visitors.”
Verb
▲
To domineer with superior strength or force
overpower
dominate
subjugate
subdue
tyrannise
UK
tyrannize
US
crush
master
maltreat
oppress
persecute
abuse
conquer
suppress
hound
torment
repress
enslave
harass
intimidate
torture
browbeat
mistreat
domineer
menace
terrorise
UK
terrorize
US
threaten
victimise
UK
victimize
US
brutalise
UK
brutalize
US
plague
rule
bully
steamroller
subordinate
ill-treat
put down
treat harshly
hold sway over
gain mastery over
bring someone to their knees
gain ascendancy over
gain control of
be brutal to
be cruel to
rule over
ride roughshod over
walk all over
push around
beat down
bring to heel
trample on
trample underfoot
tyrannize over
weigh heavy upon
render helpless
render incapable
render powerless
humble
tame
harry
kick around
keep under thumb
defeat
punish
vanquish
excruciate
crucify
scare
distress
aggrieve
break someone's spirit
bring under the yoke
overbear
cow
manhandle
hector
misuse
frighten
mishandle
play the heavy with
ill-use
push about
pick on
mess over
subject
hegemonize
coerce
overthrow
reduce
pacify
break
force
triumph
colonize
US
underyoke
enthrall
US
enthral
UK
colonise
UK
bear down
bring to knees
hold sway
reel back in
boss about
order about
hurt
boss around
boss
harm
order around
injure
maul
bulldoze
command
lean on
treat badly
pressurize
US
knock about
molest
beat
lord it over
dictate
pressurise
UK
knock around
call the shots
hit
control
strike
wrong
rough up
give orders
beat up
give orders to
tell someone what to do
treat roughly
do over
handle roughly
take apart
dragoon
direct
hassle
neglect
run the show
strong-arm
make things hot for someone
dictate to
use strong-arm tactics on
mess up
lay down the law
throw your weight around
damage
influence
discriminate against
manage
misemploy
needle
prostitute
bluster
get at
be down on
punish unfairly
railroad
batter
govern
have it in for
preponderate
lead
sway
run
have a down on
head
give a hard time
put the screws on
rule the roost
preside over
dump on
call the tune
shake up
be overbearing
rule with an iron hand
rule with a rod of iron
have under one's thumb
cut up
lead by the nose
throw one's weight about
be in the saddle
disapprove of
be hostile to
show antagonism to
be prejudiced against
be against
be set against
enforce
feel ill will towards
show ill will towards
bear a grudge towards
pressure
assault
mar
tread on
hustle
act the tin god
press
bullyrag
order
kick about
roughhouse
pull rank on
give the shaft
do wrong
ruin
total
mau-mau
push
put the frighteners on
oversee
superintend
spoil
taint
make it hot for someone
quarterback
supervise
captain
interfere with
dissipate
overwork
overburden
overtax
exhaust
waste
squander
spearhead
administrate
bang up
be violent toward
bung up
trample
try to control
take charge
be in charge
impose one's will on
keep down
immolate
use
demonize
US
hold down
demonise
UK
domineer over
grind down
treat brutally
have someone under your thumb
rule despotically
stack the deck
get on someone's back
have your knife into
outrage
prevail
predominate
reign
overshadow
eclipse
squeeze
swagger
overrule
monopolize
US
outshine
bend
henpeck
lord
handle
monopolise
UK
have one's way
have ascendancy over
have the whip hand over
prevail over
wear the trousers
exercise control over
be in command of
take over
play first fiddle
be the boss of
have the upper hand over
be at the helm
have upper hand
rule the roost in
have the upper hand in
head up
have mastery over
sit on top of
be in charge of
be in control of
be in the driver's seat
push the buttons
run things
bend to your will
lord over
more ❯
“Conan wanted nothing more than to
overwhelm
and crush his enemies and see them driven before him.”
Verb
▲
To devastate or destroy something
destroy
devastate
wreck
smash
shatter
demolish
ruin
decimate
raze
total
waste
desolate
pulverise
UK
pulverize
US
vaporise
UK
vaporize
US
nuke
extinguish
cream
crush
wrack
obliterate
eradicate
abolish
annihilate
cancel
erase
exterminate
expunge
extirpate
trash
eliminate
ravage
desecrate
efface
liquidate
spoil
damage
gut
quash
prostrate
trample
wipe out
lay waste
leave in ruins
break up
leave desolate
blight
torpedo
scupper
dash
scotch
sabotage
blast
nix
sink
defeat
wreak havoc on
pull down
rub out
tear down
level
mar
break
blow
ruinate
impair
banjax
dish
despoil
ravish
botch
undo
scourge
bust
cruel
euchre
do for
blow a hole in
bring to naught
do in
bring to ruin
bring down
put the kibosh on
bring about the downfall of
consume
dismantle
finish
havoc
disrupt
overrun
put an end to
be the ruination of
wreak havoc
put the skids under
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
throw a spanner in the works
seal the doom of
put paid to
be the ruin of
kill
zap
slaughter
massacre
beat
benothing
wipe from the face of the earth
sweep away
stamp out
take out
blot out
snuff out
clean up
wipe off the map
wipe off the face of the earth
root out
finish off
black out
injure
flatten
mangle
dilapidate
muller
disfigure
defile
reduce
deface
bodge
poison
overturn
overthrow
mutilate
maim
deplete
clean out
knock down
mess up
lay in ruins
make a mess of
reduce to rubble
foul up
reduce to nothing
bring to nothing
screw up
wreak havoc upon
louse up
remove
do away with
excise
bulldoze
pillage
sack
raze to the ground
delete
get rid of
depredate
devour
squash
unbuild
spoliate
plunder
end
incinerate
raid
take down
uproot
topple
blow up
reduce to ruins
off
take apart
blow to bits
wash out
weed out
dispatch
ransack
destruct
terminate
fell
burn
upset
rape
dynamite
crash
KO
ax
US
put down
scratch
scrub
lay waste to
axe
UK
bomb
blow to pieces
knock to pieces
remove all traces of
throw down
X-out
strike out
shoot down
cut out
lower
wipe
avenge
torment
trim
kayo
wipe off
take
purge
strike
scrub out
suppress
check
nullify
negate
disannul
tear to pieces
stop
prang
burn away
dissolve
smite
vitiate
chastise
chasten
blow away
loot
maraud
exsect
execute
butcher
take away
break off
banish
put to death
put a stop to
rob
make desolate
dispense with
give the chop
lay low
vandalize
US
rifle
harry
snuff
damage beyond repair
write off
commit genocide
kill off
cut down
disassemble
cut a swath through
capsize
spill
batter
scatter
subvert
unmake
reave
blow down
cast down
break down
tear up
mow down
scratch out
vandalise
UK
depopulate
rip down
cover
cut
obscure
scorch
torch
ink out
score out
knock out
knock off
cross out
blank out
block out
wipe off face of earth
blue pencil
blow sky-high
destroy root and branch
mark out
rub off
combust
scald
carbonize
US
cremate
carbonise
UK
burn to the ground
burn down
destroy by fire
reduce to ashes
burn up
burn to a crisp
more ❯
“Something occurred at a very deep psychological level to completely
overwhelm
and destroy their perception of the environment.”
Verb
▲
To stun or bewilder, typically by having a strong emotional effect on
stun
dumbfound
stagger
bewilder
surprise
daze
shock
confound
impress
shake
confuse
stir
dazzle
strike
move
touch
floor
puzzle
spellbind
affect
discompose
chagrin
nonplus
bowl over
take aback
blow away
knock for six
knock sideways
leave speechless
render speechless
take your breath away
make emotional
sweep someone off their feet
do in
hit for six
amaze
astonish
astound
stupefy
flabbergast
startle
overcome
awe
strike dumb
rock
dumfound
thunderstrike
overawe
disconcert
shake up
throw
surprize
perplex
overpower
knock out
leave open-mouthed
take by surprise
blow your mind
fascinate
bedazzle
stop someone in their tracks
hypnotize
US
excite
hypnotise
UK
leave aghast
flummox
knock the stuffing out of
bemuse
unnerve
boggle
baffle
catch off balance
befuddle
befog
faze
addle
stump
razzle-dazzle
jolt
buffalo
unsettle
electrify
numb
knock over
hit like a ton of bricks
knock for a loop
throw a curve
mystify
bamboozle
discombobulate
vex
muddle
fuddle
fox
beat
disorient
upset
benumb
knock your socks off
get
fog
abash
gravel
paralyse
UK
maze
petrify
paralyze
US
distract
jar
dismay
pose
take the wind out of your sails
knock over with feather
boggle the mind
spring on
carry away
enchant
captivate
psych
break
sweep away
kill
delight
muddy
enthrall
US
psych out
blind
gobsmack
whelm
enthral
UK
besot
dizzy
get to
throw into a tizzy
put one away
disorientate
make speechless
put away
sweep off feet
hit
throw off balance
destroy
give a shock
fill with wonder
fill with amazement
discomfit
consternate
rattle
alarm
throw for a loop
knock senseless
strike with awe
cause wonder
bring around
put out of action
glitz
appal
UK
horrify
outrage
bedevil
offend
revolt
disgust
sicken
scandalize
US
nauseate
disquiet
traumatize
US
agitate
repel
confusticate
grab
disturb
distress
perturb
displease
provoke
enthuse
galvanize
US
thrill
throw off
set thinking
confuscate
appall
US
rouse
antagonize
US
anger
cause to be at a stand
make someone scratch their head
wilder
mess with one's head
be all Greek to
traumatise
UK
antagonise
UK
insult
scandalise
UK
devastate
arouse
stimulate
raise someone's eyebrows
give offence to
set someone back on their heels
completely surprise
give a turn
gross out
shake out of your complacency
make someone's blood run cold
hit like ton of bricks
galvanise
UK
slay
make splash
be a hit
cut a figure
be conspicuous
score with
register with
fluster
worry
frighten
scare
mix up
trouble
flurry
terrify
alarum
discountenance
ruffle
bother
obfuscate
terrorize
US
panic
affright
frustrate
spook
terrorise
UK
put off
demoralize
US
undo
daunt
embarrass
discomfort
scarify
fright
exercise
bring up short
demoralise
UK
balk
US
baulk
UK
set someone thinking
scare to death
put someone off their stroke
foul up
scare the bejesus out of
put the wind up
screw up
harass
shatter
throw a curveball
metagrobolize
snow
spring
deter
intoxicate
inebriate
make punchy
stymie
cause someone to lose their composure
throw into a tizz
put into a flap
catch unawares
make nervous
make your head spin
go to your head
ball up
give someone a jolt
make jump
give someone a fright
involve
beset
thicken
tangle
complicate
encumber
jumble
entangle
knock down with a feather
stumble
muck
thwart
muddy the waters
mix you up
ravel
snarl up
make someone jump out of their skin
dishearten
discourage
concern
dispirit
depress
ail
intimidate
fuss
unhinge
distemper
sadden
frazzle
conquer
hagride
derail
chill
mortify
make one's blood run cold
make one's hair stand on end
scare stiff
strike terror into
throw into a fright
scare away
freeze your blood
throw into a panic
curdle the blood
get the wind up
scare the living daylights out of
scare the pants off of
make teeth chatter
make someone jump out of his skin
unman
dash
bug
disappoint
unbalance
hinder
disarrange
disillusion
disenchant
disgruntle
pother
freak out
weird out
let down
mess up
fill with consternation
put out of countenance
put someone off their stride
upset the applecart
more ❯
“He would give a performance that would
overwhelm
the audience, awe the critics, and anger his colleagues.”
Verb
▲
To overcome with mental or emotional stress
overcome
crush
devastate
prostrate
overpower
whelm
floor
swamp
overmaster
oppress
disturb
upset
shatter
demoralise
UK
demoralize
US
get to
snow under
grind down
stun
daze
knock sideways
knock for six
shock
move
traumatize
US
distress
affect
traumatise
UK
bowl over
greatly upset
knock the stuffing out of
dumbfound
overload
smother
break someone's heart
grip
stir
choke
seize
impress
touch
strike
shake
render speechless
dazzle
spellbind
carry away
blow away
take aback
move to tears
sweep off feet
render unable to continue
reduce to tears
leave speechless
make emotional
sweep over
sweep someone off their feet
hit for six
more ❯
“My source knew the news would
overwhelm
me on so many levels that he was careful to make sure his message was clear and direct.”
Verb
▲
To hold or engage the attention of
fascinate
captivate
charm
enchant
enthral
UK
enthrall
US
beguile
bewitch
absorb
allure
engross
grip
mesmerise
UK
mesmerize
US
attract
spellbind
entrance
engage
enrapture
interest
rivet
intrigue
hypnotise
UK
hypnotize
US
occupy
delight
entice
please
involve
draw
lure
tempt
magnetise
UK
magnetize
US
excite
entertain
arrest
divert
amuse
seduce
immerse
bedazzle
tantalise
UK
tantalize
US
ravish
thrill
titillate
transfix
wile
busy
bemuse
enwrap
win
arouse
enamor
invite
gladden
stir
transport
witch
ensnare
stimulate
kill
enamour
intoxicate
pique
provoke
overpower
infatuate
enslave
attach
subdue
appeal
compel
kindle
animate
fire
catch up
hold spellbound
put under a spell
interest greatly
amaze
astound
bewilder
dumbfound
hold
stagger
sweep off feet
impress
preoccupy
rapture
fix
fill
fixate
monopolize
US
rap
obsess
engulf
distract
overjoy
overcome
monopolise
UK
trance
stun
carry away
blow away
send into raptures
fill with delight
hold your attention
dazzle
grab
catch
capture
wow
hook
employ
turn on
tickle pink
gratify
appeal to
win over
consume
slay
tickle
pull
throw
knock dead
hold the attention of
take up
concern
take
bowl over
knock out
seize
gain
bury
solace
tickle your fancy
woo
vamp
make a hit with
affect
keep busy
tie up
hold in awe
envelop
lose
cheer
regale
commit
delectate
disport
soak
assimilate
awe
inspire
recreate
relax
make happy
send
wrap
inveigle
throw yourself into
move
enmesh
persuade
influence
give pleasure to
rope in
catch hold of
connect
mire
satisfy
court
attend
bind
scintillate
be a hit with
tickle to death
draw attention
arouse curiosity
bring in
pull in
be of interest to
catch your eye
light someone's fire
float someone's boat
catch the eye of
whet the appetite of
maintain
keep
ensorcell
subjugate
keep amused
hog
apply
corner
concentrate
plunge
be unable to take one's eyes off
keep alive
keep up
engross oneself
become lost
sew up
up on
be hung
own
electrify
enlist
root to the spot
swamp
sink
drown
induce
prompt
wrap up
hold on to
lose oneself in
get lost in
elicit
tickle the fancy of
fracture
absorb yourself in
beckon
get under your skin
grab the attention of
forspeak
voodoo
bedevil
trick
control
secure
get
obtain
endear
cajole
ecstasize
humour
UK
humor
US
elate
enliven
comfort
inspirit
indulge
call forth
bring forth
argue into
bring around
take your breath away
send into transports
be concerned with
be active with
be attractive to
perk up
snare
capture your imagination
sit up
be interesting to
matter to
touch
engage one's attention
whet one's appetite
devote
arouse the curiosity of
engage someone's attention
be a source of fascination to
incline
crack up
make merry
suck in
pick up
steer
break one up
knock 'em dead
put 'em away
get one's jollies
bother
put under magic spell
put horns on
cast a spell on
put the whammy on
exert a pull on
make your mouth water
exert influence on
turn someone's head
implicate
associate
embroil
participate
entangle
impute
inculpate
link
more ❯
Verb
▲
To be totally absorbed or engrossed by something
devour
engulf
overcome
consume
trouble
swamp
obsess
preoccupy
engross
afflict
bedevil
harrow
plague
rack
torture
eat up
swallow up
occupy
haunt
absorb
worry
possess
affect
dominate
grip
concern
disturb
monopolize
US
overpower
overburden
enthral
UK
distract
monopolise
UK
enthrall
US
overload
eat away at
take control of
immerse
engage
hold
involve
busy
fixate
intrigue
enwrap
take up
hold your attention
interest
captivate
fascinate
catch
bewitch
charm
rivet
envelop
entrance
spellbind
mesmerize
US
bemuse
beguile
attract
mesmerise
UK
soak
catch up
hound
bury
beset
employ
stay with
grasp
be ever present
get
divert
entertain
amuse
arrest
become an obsession with
take in
be concerned with
attend
tie up
keep busy
hold the attention of
be active with
take up all of someone's time
eat sleep and breathe
take up someone's whole attention
hypnotize
US
corner
up on
become lost
fill
be hung
sew up
hog
enrapture
apply
assimilate
hypnotise
UK
more ❯
Verb
▲
To attack by force, typically to gain control of
invade
assault
attack
storm
assail
raid
beset
overrun
foray
descend on
swoop on
descend upon
march into
foray into
conquer
seize
strike
ambush
capture
win
take somebody or something by storm
infiltrate
blitz
secure
penetrate
breach
rush
pillage
bombard
advance
infringe
pounce
plunder
maraud
charge
combat
strafe
ravage
encroach
occupy
shell
fire at
fire on
begin hostilities
take down
surge over
begin an assault
take the offensive
hurt
mug
batter
aggress
harm
sic
besiege
jump
sick
trash
bushwhack
blister
cook
jump on
fall upon
go in on
turn to violence
turn on
let fly at
pounce on
pounce upon
lay siege to
lash out at
tear into
set upon
set on
strike at
lay into
fly at
light into
fall on
launch an attack on
pitch into
make an assault on
make a raid on
launch oneself at
round on
bust
attempt to capture
lace into
beat up
take by storm
work over
beat up on
set at
go at
hit
run at
get stuck into
set about
hit out at
go for
come at
advance on
wade into
make an onslaught on
have at
rough up
have a go at
launch an attack
let someone have it
overcome
charge at
blast
surprise
waylay
blindside
descend
smite
smash
belabour
UK
shoot down
terrorize
US
accost
afflict
devastate
terrorise
UK
maltreat
impugn
harry
subjugate
lie in wait for
hold up
belabor
US
encounter
launch at
give someone a beating
spring at
go after
rush upon
duff up
beat the living daylights out of
rush at
spring on
sally
open fire on
torpedo
bomb
swarm
take
make an assault
make an attack
weigh into
deal a blow to
deal a blow
sail into
march on
swarm over
sally forth
make inroads on
swoop down upon
make a foray on
conduct an offensive on
make a sortie on
set in on
surge into
go in
take on
search
make a swoop on
make a search of
conduct a search of
more ❯
Verb
▲
To forcibly put an end to
suppress
repress
check
subdue
quash
quell
stop
squash
crush
squelch
extinguish
end
silence
overcome
halt
kill
terminate
destroy
arrest
inhibit
abolish
defeat
annihilate
conquer
stem
quench
overpower
vanquish
overturn
interrupt
bury
discontinue
overthrow
cow
bottle
clamp
dominate
shush
spike
trample
crack down on
put down
snuff out
put an end to
stamp out
clamp down on
put the lid on
slap down
cut off
block out
put out
beat down
trample on
triumph over
drive underground
hold in
hold down
keep in
keep inside
sit on
bring to naught
put kibosh on
put lid on
put a stop to
nip in the bud
beat
curb
stifle
frustrate
thwart
finish
demolish
extirpate
rout
clobber
wipe out
get rid of
put the kibosh on
trash
scrunch
squish
snow under
control
withhold
queer
subjugate
rein in
shut down
restrain
smother
moderate
deaden
contain
lessen
dull
reduce
muffle
blunt
diminish
mitigate
damp
tone down
hold back
allay
bridle
keep in check
constrain
temper
soften
decrease
mute
alleviate
dampen
lower
mellow
master
scotch
eliminate
keep the lid on
govern
assuage
calm
mollify
still
ease
strangle
swallow
lick
eradicate
tranquilize
US
gag
cool
hinder
limit
curtail
lighten
fight back
damp down
quieten
keep back
choke back
tranquillise
UK
hold in check
bottle up
keep under control
get under control
cork up
button up
crack down
take the edge off
banish
weed out
benumb
numb
chill
cauterize
US
soothe
torpedo
fight
appease
cauterise
UK
relieve
palliate
exterminate
expunge
settle
lull
remove
scupper
throttle
clamp down
cushion
sate
obstruct
abate
bring to screeching halt
stymie
foil
blot out
slake
block
dash
attenuate
pour cold water on
gain mastery over
throw cold water on
gain control over
nix
scuttle
spoil
dispel
knock out
buttress
rise above
conceal
choke off
sink
absorb
depress
submerge
staunch
deflate
harsh
put paid to
regulate
hide
pocket
mess up
hold
measure
bring to an end
slow down
rule
keep
soak up
put a damper on
make less active
discipline
pacify
bite back
gentle
humble
reclaim
bust
bite one's lip
tame
pull in
get the better of
water down
get a grip on
oppress
keep a lid on
quieten down
tyrannize
US
persecute
intimidate
subject
abuse
maltreat
wrong
domineer over
keep down
rule with a rod of iron
tyrannize over
rule with an iron hand
tyrannise
UK
more ❯
Verb
▲
To overwhelm or inundate with people, animals or things
overrun
permeate
overflow
swarm
overspread
inundate
infest
swamp
overgrow
choke
deluge
swarm over
flow over
go beyond
run riot over
spill into
spread over
surge through
grow over
run over
surge over
well over
spread like wildfire over
spread like wildfire
invade
penetrate
infiltrate
pervade
beset
plague
flood
ravage
throng
spread through
pester
flock
crowd
harry
harass
pollute
riddle
take over
crawl over
press
defile
worry
fill
pack
teem
assail
infect
crawl through
abound in
crawl all over
cram
jam
congest
fill to overflowing
overfill
overcrowd
pile up
crowd into
press into
squeeze into
cram into
suffuse
imbue
saturate
interpenetrate
squeeze
charge
congregate in
stuff into
squash into
bunch inside
wedge into
pack into
pack like sardines
occupy all of
transfuse
inform
mob
spoil
corrupt
run through
set about
cram full
descend into
filter through
percolate into
be diffused through
more ❯
Verb
▲
To overawe someone, especially with words or facts they may not fully comprehend
blind
intimidate
bewilder
confuse
abash
awe
cow
daunt
deter
nonplus
overawe
perplex
confound
discomfit
disconcert
disquiet
perturb
alarm
discompose
discourage
dismay
frighten
subdue
unnerve
unsettle
agitate
bother
browbeat
bully
fluster
make anxious
make uneasy
ruffle
scare
terrify
terrorise
UK
terrorize
US
trouble
baffle
destabilise
UK
destabilize
US
faze
jolt
shake
throw
unbalance
flummox
mystify
rattle
put off
shake up
take aback
psych out
throw off balance
pull the rug from under
pull the rug out from under
put off one's stroke
dishearten
dispirit
deject
demoralize
US
distress
discombobulate
consternate
frustrate
upset
sap
thwart
panic
chill
psych
put someone off their stroke
unman
demoralise
UK
throw cold water on
pour cold water on
cause someone to lose their composure
throw into a tizz
put into a flap
worry
disturb
concern
vex
fuss
flurry
ail
unhinge
discomfort
distemper
frazzle
irk
weird out
freak out
exercise
hagride
derail
distract
alarum
undo
annoy
fret
bug
make uncomfortable
plague
afflict
pester
gnaw at
stir up
torment
mortify
discountenance
embarrass
chagrin
harass
agonize
US
oppress
burden
pain
spook
chafe
puzzle
get to
agonise
UK
torture
startle
appal
UK
hassle
irritate
try
bedevil
niggle
beleaguer
provoke
aggravate
nag
strain
beset
make self-conscious
weigh down
pother
appall
US
throw off
set someone back on their heels
give a bad time
lie heavy on
give a hard time
burn up
cause discomfort to
cause concern to
make waves
make fretful
drive up the wall
prey on your mind
haunt
nettle
rouse
sicken
dement
discommode
needle
muddle
disorder
disarrange
make a scene
preoccupy
possess
weigh heavily on
niggle at
weigh on
cause anxiety to
be a burden to
grind at
nag at
weigh heavily on someone's mind
be a great weight on
occupy
grieve
gall
shame
occupy thoughts
do someone's head in
make someone scratch their head
humiliate
depress
despair
sadden
hurt
stew
sweat
fear
harry
stress
exasperate
cause disquiet to
demean
aggrieve
persecute
lie heavy on someone's mind
grind
weigh heavy on someone's mind
hack you off
flip out
give someone grief
interrupt
crush
horrify
make awkward
own
make ashamed
show up
put out of countenance
let down
hang up
stun
make a monkey of
dumbfound
throw into a tizzy
catch one short
put in a spot
put in a hole
put on the spot
incommode
be on pins and needles
unquiet
make restless
be anxious
have ants in one's pants
be like a cat on hot bricks
be spooked
be nervous
be antsy
be agitated
fidget
disorientate
take the wind out of your sails
worst
make someone laugh out of the other side of their mouth
put someone off their stride
make someone laugh on the other side of their face
more ❯
Verb
▲
(
of a feeling
)
To affect (someone) suddenly and powerfully
overtake
hit
befall
engulf
strike
catch
come upon
overcome
overhaul
overpower
surprise
betide
consume
envelop
swamp
whelm
assail
happen
outdo
reach
sweep over
happen to
fall on
catch off guard
get to
catch unawares
catch unprepared
swallow up
be visited on someone
take by surprise
catch off-guard
fall upon
become of
be the fate of
be the lot of
visit
come of
flood
inundate
deluge
submerge
bury
drown
overflow
immerse
submerse
overrun
gulf
plunge
encompass
absorb
crush
engross
surround
imbibe
snow under
wash out
flood out
drench
soak
cover
pour over
wet
suck
impregnate
devour
slosh
debouch
bog down
choke
fill
shower
slop
saturate
glut
dunk
snow
beflood
run over
cover with water
flow over
souse
pour down on
sop
sluice
douse
flush
stream
pour
gush
more ❯
Verb
▲
To load, or be loaded, heavily with
burden
load
encumber
saddle
strain
trammel
laden
lumber
weight
freight
lade
pile
charge
crush
cumber
hamper
handicap
yoke
hinder
impede
overburden
overload
snow
weigh down
dump on
make heavy
snow under
bear down on
saddle with
tax
oppress
overtax
obstruct
worry
weigh
stress
embarrass
retard
overfill
overcharge
overstrain
exhaust
overstretch
impose
task
land
entrust
trouble
inflict
overreach
test
push
overstress
weary
overwork
overtask
overextend
impose on
dump something on someone
overdo it
push to the limit
add weight to
pressure
dump with
thrust
surfeit
land with
top
invest
surcharge
ballast
pile it on
thrust something on
inflict something on
unload on
put too much in
endow
overdo
make heavier
leave
dump
fob something off on to
apply
impose upon
exact
give responsibility for
press
place
assess
fine
levy
prey on
put
vest
lay
hold down
weigh upon
bear down
press down
pull down
load down
exert
extend
tire
stretch
overexert
drive
rack
knacker
fatigue
wrench
try
tense
distend
weaken
tighten
wear out
exert excessively
drive too far
make too many demands on
work too hard
run yourself into the ground
work oneself into the ground
exert to the limit
knock oneself out
more ❯
Verb
▲
To influence, usually emotionally
affect
influence
touch
upset
alter
change
impact
modify
strike
sway
transform
disturb
perturb
stir
trouble
act on
agitate
attack
concern
condition
damage
devastate
distress
grieve
hurt
infect
involve
pain
sadden
shape
control
determine
form
govern
hit
hit hard
impress
manipulate
move
reach
shake
bias
decide
exert influence on
faze
guide
impact on
strike at
throw
work on
bowl over
emotionally move
have an effect on
impinge
induce
inspire
interest
knock back
mark
overcome
prevail
regard
relate
shake up
take hold of
tell on
bear upon
get to
have an impact on
impinge upon
impress on
knock for six
prevail over
make an impression on
tug at your heartstrings
go to your head
turn someone's head
afflict
contaminate
vitiate
corrupt
spoil
mar
ruin
pollute
impair
taint
poison
blight
defile
occur
debase
spread to
shock
traumatize
US
traumatise
UK
get
make an impact
leave a mark on
injure
destroy
cripple
annihilate
ravage
demolish
dirty
compromise
harm
foul
break
sabotage
crush
weaken
wear away
radioactivate
strike down
do damage to
play havoc with
wreak havoc on
deprave
run through
spread among
make impure
pervert
debauch
disease
cross
spring to mind
come to the mind of
come to mind
dawn on
enter one's head
occur to
make an impact on
register with
come to
go through one's head
present itself
leap to mind
emerge to
cross your mind
come into one's consciousness
enter one's mind
dismay
affect badly
torment
deeply upset
inflict trauma
offend
dump on
stress
bother
sting
do in
outrage
put down
hurt somebody's feelings
cut to the quick
mortify
disadvantage
make someone suffer
knock sideways
impinge on
leave a mark
mould
UK
mold
US
stimulate
dictate
direct
persuade
make an impression
win over
arouse
impassion
convert
grab
excite
carry
motivate
regulate
predispose
prevail on
fashion
steer
prompt
convince
bend
reshape
get through to
rule
work
prejudice
model
lead
exert influence
talk into
argue into
dispose
have an effect
have an influence
slant
draw
melt
sell
frame
colour
UK
design
incline
quicken
crack
color
US
weigh into
bear on
choreograph
conduct
suck in
put across
touch a chord
strike a chord
fill with emotion
have a bearing on
talk round
bring round
leave an impression on
constrain
animate
soften
disquiet
nag into
cajole
prevail upon
coax into
abate
shift
amend
adjust
jockey
interact with
codetermine
impel
capture
touch on
promote
get around
bring around
spur
forecast
urge
underlie
directionalize
shepherd
carry weight with
style
bring in
get through
impose
turn
distort
meddle
interrupt
warp
twist
be a factor in
channel
jaundice
garble
angle
instigate
rouse
bring to bear
train
get at
be recognized
have a part in
carry weight
pull strings
act upon
seduce
nobble
hook
brainwash
stretch
doctor
order
skew
flavour
UK
flavor
US
exploit
make ill
lay low
categorise
UK
pattern
interfere with
engineer
negotiate
twist one's arm
turn one's head
define
lead by the nose
soften up
imitate
decorate
copy
emulate
follow
maneuver
US
manoeuvre
UK
machinate
finesse
use
cut a figure
categorize
US
exert an influence on
develop
stick in someone's mind
mastermind
orchestrate
make your presence felt
get noticed
attract attention
cause others to take notice
make a statement
cause a sensation
turn heads
cause a stir
catch the eye
produce
create
tinge
adapt
make
devise
construct
remodel
build
use to advantage
twist round one's little finger
turn to one's advantage
play upon
grow
chart
become
map out
lay out
more ❯
Verb
▲
To cause anguish or distress to
beset
torment
plague
trouble
afflict
harass
bother
worry
bedevil
torture
vex
rack
oppress
annoy
persecute
harrow
pester
agonise
UK
agonize
US
harry
curse
hound
besiege
hassle
anguish
excruciate
nag
badger
haunt
bug
beleaguer
assail
dog
affect
attack
embarrass
perplex
entangle
hamper
aggress
ride
weigh down
pick on
drive up the wall
put the squeeze on
give a hard time
give a bad time
give the business
jump on one's case
fall on
fall upon
start in on
give the needle
distress
disturb
burden
irk
upset
strain
irritate
pain
perturb
cause suffering to
stress
exasperate
tax
blight
try
aggravate
disquiet
agitate
discompose
grieve
crucify
unsettle
smite
hurt
discommode
gnaw at
lie heavy on
ail
depress
wound
give someone grief
nettle
press
provoke
needle
weigh heavily on
importune
pursue
fluster
tease
rattle
fuss
fret
concern
chafe
unhinge
cause trouble to
aggrieve
martyr
wring
punish
mistreat
mither
ruffle
hector
scourge
molest
alarm
cause agony to
faze
prey on
inconvenience
tear
dismay
scare
dun
flurry
distemper
frazzle
hagride
discomfit
nag at
derail
be a burden to
take over
confront
burn up
weigh on
face
freak out
weird out
make anxious
victimize
US
gall
rile
peeve
pique
bait
rend
nark
mortify
maltreat
chivvy
get
grate
convulse
buffet
devil
rasp
tyrannize
US
eat
abuse
displease
heckle
grip
frost
harm
gripe
discomfort
ill-treat
injure
itch
frustrate
niggle
distract
inflict anguish on
obsess
wrong
victimise
UK
goad
spite
alarum
exercise
undo
bend someone's ear
hang over
tantalize
US
frighten
tantalise
UK
disconcert
tyrannise
UK
despair
be a burden on
hack off
put out
get down
cause anxiety to
weigh heavily on one's mind
take control of
get to
make uneasy
be a great weight on
hunt
suffer
bedog
labor
US
labour
UK
muse
petition
solicit
pressurize
US
be in someone's way
squirm
sear
cast down
press down on
excoriate
terrorize
US
tear away at
belabour
UK
gut
pierce
stab
grizzle
miff
terrorise
UK
shake
weigh
throw
discriminate against
cut up
unnerve
rock
devastate
sadden
offend
be prey to
test
discombobulate
deject
cause pain to
be the victim of
dishearten
cause disquiet to
inflict suffering on
inflict pain on
roust
goose
appall
US
confuse
terrify
accost
pother
rag
be afflicted with
be plagued with
suffer from
be troubled by
rib
put off
throw off
psych out
spook
appal
UK
urge
pressurise
UK
incommode
dash
chaff
belabor
US
bombard
be burdened with
be blighted with
be bedevilled by
hang up
upset the applecart
put someone's nose out of joint
get even
go on at
possess
mess with someone's head
do someone's head in
sweat out
overcharge
prey on your mind
harp on at
make uncomfortable
stir up
niggle at
cause discomfort to
cause concern to
grind at
weigh heavily on someone's mind
egg on
bum out
be a nuisance to
drive bananas
play cat and mouse
be a pest to
rub salt in wound
put through wringer
come back to haunt
be a weight on one's mind
preoccupy
dish it out
stick it to
give it to
dish out
strike
take
visit
sicken
disgust
rark
insult
taunt
heavy
chivy
browbeat
nudge
interrupt
bore
hinder
impede
cross
rub up the wrong way
subjugate
get on your nerves
dominate
grate on
intrude upon
impose on
get on your wick
crush
breathe down someone's neck
carp at
make somebody's hackles rise
get on someone's case
subject
enslave
hegemonize
coerce
exploit
overthrow
rule
force
master
encumber
trample
despotize
saddle
chasten
outrage
handicap
control
keep down
treat harshly
hold sway over
grind down
rule with a rod of iron
trample on
rule over
be cruel to
walk all over
tyrannize over
rule with an iron hand
put screws to
trample underfoot
weigh heavy upon
hold down
put upon
ride roughshod over
beat down
be brutal to
anger
infuriate
rankle
wind up
tick off
incense
gravel
madden
enrage
give someone the hump
get across
affront
roil
exacerbate
antagonize
US
inflame
hump
get in your hair
hack you off
antagonise
UK
get under your skin
get at
drive crazy
drive mad
disgruntle
be on your back
gnaw
make someone see red
get on one's nerves
bully
drive round the bend
rub the wrong way
sting
tee off
get your goat
disoblige
put your back up
get your back up
rankle with
drive to distraction
make angry
dissatisfy
make waves
ridicule
intimidate
burn
keep after
drive round the twist
keep on at
eat at
shock
try your patience
cut to the quick
mock
make your blood boil
haze
be at
turn off
disrupt
traumatize
US
abrade
ruffle one's feathers
discourage
raise your hackles
ire
enflame
mad
make cross
discountenance
T-off
traumatise
UK
eat away at
wear on
razz
hurt somebody's feelings
steam up
give someone the pip
get your dander up
put down
dispirit
gibe
horrify
get up someone's nose
send into a rage
chagrin
nauseate
work on
daunt
weary
embitter
drive you up the wall
fire up
josh
confound
jar on
slight
get your hackles up
banter
dump on
roast
be on the back of
guy
scandalize
US
rally
prick
put to trouble
jar
stew
repel
excite
sour
get across someone
slap
henpeck
dis
demoralize
US
rattle one's cage
throw off balance
debilitate
scandalise
UK
make miserable
shake up
make unhappy
make fun of
rub you up the wrong way
poke fun at
cheese off
mess with
get a rise out of
take the piss out of
make sport of
set one's teeth on edge
demoralise
UK
hit where one lives
try the patience of
deride
stir
jeer
prod
twit
joke
fear
jive
floor
disappoint
psych
sweat
stress out
quiz
diss
revolt
repulse
dampen
disrespect
bite
disaffect
lead on
fool around
sap
scold
cavil
jangle
wear
rouse
revile
break
chide
domineer
bum
fun
flip out
kid
reproach
hack
tire
cow
berate
sledge
stretch
craze
slam
upbraid
beat
impose
peck at
fester
give offence to
criticize
US
dampen spirits
be on one's case
move
pick at
rag on
cause anguish to
make wretched
shuck
drain
scoff at
chill
acerbate
jeer at
get someone
spoof
be a pain in the neck
be a thorn in someone's side
umbrage
make things hot for someone
make it hot for someone
get on the wrong side of
shatter
take the mickey
criticise
UK
jibe at
give trouble
work up
stick in one's craw
be a thorn in someone's flesh
dull
rattle someone's cage
wear out
make it tough
make someone fed up
do in
make discontented
swipe at
pull one's leg
put in a spot
have on
knock for six
put on the spot
derange
steam
chevy
damage
carp
kid around
tangle
drive nuts
insist
remind
curdle
breath down someone's neck
give someone hell
puzzle
dragoon
expel
exile
cut
indispose
wig
empurple
grind
push one's buttons
rile up
interfere
meddle
unman
turn
incapacitate
flip
bewilder
cramp
drive insane
insist on
brown off
discontent
get on someone
scar
push button
heat up
scorn
snit
pet
tiff
huff
noodge
bullyrag
hit a sour note
mess
get someone's wick
incite
exhaust
make an enemy of somebody
lie heavily on
scratch around
yap at
ask for it
grill
lean on
single out
key up
turn on
lay up
search high heaven
zing
be hurtful to
bleed
mourn
cause anguish
cause suffering
cause offense
lambaste
cause sorrow
get on the nerves of
barrack
boo
put pressure on
start
put on edge
get on
set on edge
misplease
bring pressure to bear on
beleague
bring down
cause resentment to
cause annoyance to
rock the boat
make a scene
be in someone's hair
run up the wrong way
sneer
stroke someone's hair the wrong way
get the knife into
stick the knife into
get in the hair of
shout down
consternate
be disagreeable to
push the buttons of
break one's heart
resent
interfere with
eat up
push someon's buttons
disenchant
suppress
lower
find fault
make blue
drag down
put a damper on
break the heart of
put into a funk
inflict trauma
deeply upset
jerk around
impose upon
cause inconvenience to
get on someone's back
hiss
lie heavy on someone's mind
weigh heavy on someone's mind
barge in on
intrude on
flout
unstring
abominate
put
jar upon
grate upon
disdain
play dirty
irritate greatly
hurt deeply
work into lather
set off
set on
take a rise out of
thumb nose at
kick up a fuss
kick up a stink
wear upon
offend morals of
horn in on
rasp one's nerves
devitalize
scout
dispraise
slander
put to some trouble
throw a curve
knock props out
make demands on
make severe demands on
put a strain on
tire out
take aback
create difficulties for
flummox
fill with loathing
butt in on
drive you crazy
envenom
shout at
fuddle
disparage
drive you out of your mind
drive you off your head
drive you to distraction
make somebody's blood boil
drive you round the twist
make you see red
make livid
drive out of mind
drive you round the bend
humble
defeat
overcome
lose patience
reluct
give a zinger
give the cold shoulder
jest
stump
jab
dig
lout
have had enough
become bored
exhaust someone's patience
grate at
twitter
butt in
shout catcalls at
make game of
poison
alienate
inflict
bear down on
damp down
sneer at
quip
override
push
tear to pieces
make nervous
make your gorge rise
be repugnant to
make someone's stomach rise
put someone off their stroke
wreck
wreak
befall
wisecrack
hurt the feelings of
put into a flap
throw into a tizz
jape
cause someone to lose their composure
cause anxiety
be bothered
gnaw away at
gnaw away
be a weight on someone's mind
throw into tizzy
cast a pall over
gibe at
gag
overstretch
overtax
pressure
tense
jolly
disillusion
yuck
yuk
disadvantage
be a burden
be a nuisance
pretend
discommodate
play
jaundice
empoison
make resentful
make bitter
desolate
be autocratic
mix up
fool about
yank someone's chain
be facetious
avenge
crunch
overextend
worsen
cause someone difficulty
descend upon
descend on
force upon
bring down on
overdo
acidulate
estrange
make rancorous
bitter
venom
be a problem to
abase
drag
darken
damp
enervate
satirize
US
cause to feel emotional strain
cause to feel mental strain
make tense
tense up
put in traction
push to the limit
put on trial
give someone bother
knock the stuffing out of
harsh someone's mellow
make one's heart bleed
give someone the blues
make despondent
make desolate
pour cold water on
cast a gloom upon
run down
make gloomy
bear down
make someone's heart bleed
make sad
reduce to tears
knock sideways
bring tears to your eyes
keep under
dash hopes
break someone's spirit
throw cold water on
break someone's heart
make someone go out of his way
chiack
make ill
smoke
rot
disagree
sound
snap
satirise
UK
laugh at
make unwell
send up
make jokes about
goof on
be sarcastic about
poke mullock at
sling off at
go against the grain
be injurious to
be sickening
be disturbing
be distasteful
have an adverse effect on
be injurious
strike down
be unsuitable
cause illness to
cause problems
put on
pull someone's leg
poke borak at
flirt with
flout at
make a monkey of
mess around
more ❯
Verb
▲
To overwhelm with a certain quality or feeling
grip
pervade
fill
suffuse
drown
swamp
be diffused through
diffuse through
invade
permeate
saturate
imbue
steep
infuse
impregnate
penetrate
charge
percolate
infiltrate
inform
riddle
transfuse
diffuse
overspread
interpenetrate
perfuse
affect
percolate into
flow through
run through
filter through
spread through
extend through
extend throughout
percolate through
pass through
be disseminated through
bathe
instil
UK
instill
US
flood
ingrain
soak
seep
enter
spread throughout
endue
color
US
spread
engrain
filter
seep through
indue
colour
UK
infect
inundate
drench
characterize
US
inoculate
invest
inject
cover
leaven
inculcate
pass
overrun
characterise
UK
plague
infest
tinge
spread over
take over
seep into
go through
animate
diffuse throughout
inspire
flavour
UK
flavor
US
wash
load
breathe
mantle
illuminate
lade
beset
pester
afflict
choke
swarm
mark
endow
pierce
soak through
crowd
pack
soak into
spread out
swarm over
flow into
infix
osmose
metastasize
introduce
get in
envelop
engulf
immerse
souse
underlie
typify
sop
go
insert
sodden
supply
be disseminated
macerate
seep in
work into
pour
overflow
spoil
corrupt
imbrue
bring in
filter in
seethe
clog
wash over
leak
interfuse
access
overswarm
pile into
parasitize
US
cram into
heap into
pierce through
colonize
US
entrench
colonise
UK
parasitise
UK
ravage
leach through
cut through
throng
burst through
light up
press
defile
assail
flock
harry
harass
crawl over
worry
pollute
teem
filter through to
run riot over
get into
pass into
crawl through
surge over
crawl all over
abound in
go in
fall on
intersperse
plant
fortify
breathe into
more ❯
Verb
▲
To put a damper on one's mood or enthusiasm
dull
dampen
depress
crush
dispirit
sap
ail
break
deject
demoralise
UK
demoralize
US
dishearten
dismay
lower
subjugate
suppress
trouble
daunt
devitalize
discourage
oppress
sadden
shake
upset
bother
chagrin
debilitate
defeat
distress
humble
overcome
perturb
weary
bear down on
beat down
bum out
cast down
damp down
weigh down
cast a pall over
desolate
grieve
chill
try
afflict
torment
haunt
harrow
dash
drain
burden
disturb
aggrieve
mortify
bug
dampen spirits
hang over
faze
cow
throw cold water on
beat
cast a gloom upon
drag
pour cold water on
turn off
knock the stuffing out of
darken
make someone's heart bleed
run down
make someone fed up
abase
make gloomy
make desolate
knock sideways
break someone's spirit
give someone the blues
break someone's heart
bring tears to your eyes
make unhappy
damp
bear down
cause suffering to
knock for six
harsh someone's mellow
make despondent
enervate
reduce to tears
weigh heavily on
make sad
make one's heart bleed
get down
keep under
dash hopes
worry
deter
bring down
unnerve
frustrate
unman
beset
disappoint
plague
nag
prey on
lie heavy on
put a damper on
pain
hurt
throw
harass
vex
subdue
undermine
abash
devastate
press
shatter
disincline
make downhearted
make dejected
tax
cloud
obsess
gnaw at
be a burden on
be a burden to
take over
take control of
knock the wind out of
harsh one's mellow
bring low
floor
press down on
deplore
down
discomfort
weigh
cast a shadow
dampen someone's spirit
make blue
drag down
castrate
make miserable
cast a gloom on
break one's heart
dash the hopes of
geld
disenchant
disoblige
prey on your mind
petrify
deflate
flatten
put into a funk
squash
lobotomize
take the heart out of
desiccate
dehydrate
weaken
take the wind out
stress
strain
inconvenience
deaden
humiliate
indispose
make dispirited
make crestfallen
disparage
shame
dump
incommode
bedevil
preoccupy
wound
overcharge
put down
sting
psych out
blanket
weigh on
agonize
US
cause trouble to
gall
stamp out
injure
dish it out
give it to
dish out
stick it to
agonise
UK
hit hard
break the heart of
more ❯
Verb
▲
Overload, overwhelm
oversaturate
overfill
oversoak
inundate
over-infuse
overload
Verb
▲
To cover completely with water
submerse
deluge
drown
engulf
flood
gulf
inundate
overflow
submerge
swamp
bore
capsize
couch
decline
demit
depress
descend
dig
disappear
drill
drive
droop
drop
ebb
excavate
fall
flounder
founder
lay
lower
overturn
plummet
plunge
ram
regress
run
sag
scuttle
set
settle
shipwreck
slope
slump
stab
stick
stoop
subside
thrust
wreck
bring down
cast down
cave in
force down
go down
let down
put down
tip over
touch bottom
go to the bottom
immerse
whelm
drench
overrun
sink
soak
bury
saturate
snow under
go under
consume
envelop
encompass
absorb
cover
crush
glut
swallow up
wet
pour over
wash out
suck
steep
overload
impregnate
slosh
debouch
overwater
overburden
beset
shower
slop
sediment
gravitate
dunk
snow
beflood
wash
waterlog
wash over
pour down on
choke
fill
precipitate out
run over
cover with water
sweep over
flow over
be lost
be lost at sea
be swamped
go to bottom
go to Davy Jones's locker
souse
sop
sluice
douse
flush
stream
pour
gush
overcome
overtake
engross
imbibe
surround
flood out
be submerged
collapse
tumble
dive
crash
nosedive
come down
pitch
crater
crumple
fall down
crumble
flop
drop down
stumble
buckle
topple
cascade
dip
skid
fall back
give
slouch
go
break
flump
yield
loll
recede
give way
fall in
topple over
break down
give in
plop oneself
plonk oneself
tumble down
trip
settle down
slide
fold
spiral
slip
duck
run down
fall prostrate
move down
ground
slide down
plop
fall flat
shatter
implode
disintegrate
wilt
succumb
come apart
fall to pieces
fall apart at the seams
break apart
fall apart
give out
go out
bellyflop
go under the surface
fall headlong
go downwards
come downwards
dip beneath the horizon
go lower
abate
retrocede
fall away
flow back
get lower
sink back
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Combine against
gang up on
combine against
mob
pick on
surround
target
unite against
put pressure on
join forces against
Verb
▲
Grow quicker than
outgrow
exceed
outnumber
outstrip
grow bigger than
grow faster than
grow larger than
grow quicker than
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tell on
)
To impact or take its toll on
tell
register
weigh
affect
count
impact
militate
have effect
have force
impact on
take effect
carry weight
make one's presence felt
make presence known
leave its mark on
make its presence felt
take its toll on
have an adverse effect on
take its toll
do a number on
Verb
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To forcibly relieve a monarch of the monarchy
dethrone
oust
depose
unseat
displace
overthrow
topple
dismiss
remove
uncrown
eject
defenestrate
supplant
unthrone
discharge
deprive
overturn
unmake
dislodge
defrock
usurp
degrade
defeat
discrown
triumph
bring down
remove from office
drum out
fire
sack
expel
give someone the boot
boot out
show the door
cashier
demote
kick out
give someone their marching orders
throw out
axe
UK
send packing
give someone the push
turf out
ax
US
replace
subvert
let go
bounce
lay off
make redundant
impeach
downgrade
remove from power
get rid of
deprive of office
give the heave-ho
evict
give the sack to
give someone their cards
can
succeed
out
unhorse
relegate
force out
retire
overcome
disthrone
disenthrone
come after
bump
step into the shoes of
strip of rank
give the old heave-ho
give someone the big E
give someone the bullet
give someone their notice
give someone the sack
turn out
upset
disestablish
unsettle
vanquish
unfrock
dispel
humble
lower
drive out
disrate
declass
crowd out
break
release
disbar
bring about the downfall of
pink slip
give heave-ho
throw out on your ear
cast out
lower in rank
do away with
give the bum's rush
declare redundant
kick downstairs
pink-slip
give notice to
kick down the ladder
reduce in rank
push out
destroy
conquer
seize power
crush
vote someone out
disthronize
excommunicate
disqualify
chuck out
chuck
disfrock
vote out
remove by force
freeze out
bring low
dissolve
run out of town
ride out on rail
terminate
undo
tumble
boot
overpower
overrun
purge
bust
shelve
disemploy
subjugate
reduce
hand walking papers
give walking papers
eliminate
move
dethronize
discard
transfer
subdue
take down a peg
lower in status
reduce in importance
reposition
abolish
shift
evacuate
pull
relocate
expunge
detach
ship
budge
abstract
dislocate
override
outplace
muster out
uproot
put an end to
take down
see the back of
supersede
debar
follow
ditch
dump
cut out
devalue
take out
bench
wrench out
supervene
postdate
move down
accede
reduce to the ranks
give someone their P45
throw someone out on their ear
give the chop
show the gate to
follow after
take over from
take over
fill someone's boots
be subsequent to
take the place of
come next
assume the office of
go next
step into someone's boots
transpose
turn off
disturb
give notice
transplant
give the elbow
rearrange
drop
shuffle
position
change
push
extricate
disentangle
misplace
free
dig out
get out
suspend
pension
deselect
recall
furlough
depone
knock out of place
knock out of position
change the position of
turf
give someone his
pay off
let out
wash out
shut out
turn away
give warning
give the ax
give the gate
give a pink slip
give someone the pink slip
give marching orders
unloose
throw
cut
squeeze out
excuse
move on
nix
get going
set going
carry over
reshuffle
reorganize
US
redistribute
alter
eighty-six
dehire
unhire
shed
put out of place
give the boot to
give the bullet to
adjust
redeploy
reorder
separate
rummage
perturb
disunite
divide
unhinge
disarticulate
interrupt
put away
give someone his or her walking papers
move out of place
court martial
give the push to
give one's cards
give pink slip
give bum's rush
redispose
rejig
readjust
relieve of duty
lock out
substitute
displant
clear
reorganise
UK
lift
pension off
sever connections
force to retire
put out to grass
force to give up work
put out to pasture
overrule
surpass
put somewhere else
empty
depopulate
unpeople
clean
substitute for
fill the void
set aside
loosen
erase
remove from
clear from
take away
move out
knock over
send away
get off
knock loose
kiss off
give someone the air
bin off
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