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Verb
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To harass or annoy (someone) persistently
bother
harass
annoy
bait
tease
badger
hassle
hound
pester
plague
worry
intimidate
molest
bully
harry
trouble
vex
victimiseUK
victimizeUS
aggravate
bedevil
bug
chafe
devil
eat
exasperate
frost
gall
get
grate
gripe
irk
irritate
itch
nark
nettle
peeve
pick on
pique
rasp
rile
ruffle
spite
terroriseUK
terrorizeUS
heavy
aggrieve
beat
burn up
crucify
distress
dog
dragoon
exile
expel
hack off
hector
hunt
injure
outrage
pursue
put out
wrong
single out
be on your back
get the knife into
give someone a hard time
stick the knife into
be on one's case
drive up the wall
make it hot for someone
make things hot for someone
stir up
sadden
bewilder
puzzle
get on someone's nerves
get in someone's hair
craze
cause offense
get someone's back up
get someone's goat
cut to the quick
solicit
petition
nonplus
incite
be offensive
demoralizeUS
sicken
disoblige
arouse
preoccupy
get up someone's nose
psych
demoraliseUK
make unhappy
hurt someone's feelings
ruffle someone's feathers
rattle someone's cage
make someone's blood boil
get under someone's skin
make someone scratch their head
put someone's back up
discourage
baffle
dispirit
entreat
implore
beg
beseech
abash
supplicate
surprise
slight
stimulate
repel
chill
nauseate
move
disappoint
disorient
enjoin
dumbfound
ask
cavil
weary
empurple
stun
crush
take aback
demand
appeal
hang over
insist on
possess
zing
indispose
bleed
catch off balance
debilitate
disarrange
give offence to
make discontented
muddle
get someone's dander up
make someone's hackles rise
try someone's patience
examine
umbrage
take by surprise
plead
flip out
weigh on
knock sideways
make uncomfortable
raise hell
key up
turn on
cause to be at a stand
turn one off
make your hackles rise
put out of countenance
put somebody's nose out of joint
make you see red
stop someone in their tracks
knock for six
make a scene
hurt somebody's feelings
push buttons
make blood boil
barrage
tick someone off
occupy
niggle at
cut
scandalizeUS
spur
tire
disorder
bristle
drive insane
discontent
disaffect
trigger
sweat
fear
press down on
mess
make fretful
unman
boil
misplease
wing
revolt
cool
sound
cap
bedog
push someon's buttons
make one see red
question
quiz
tweak
ferment
push one's buttons
push someone's buttons
scandaliseUK
start
shame
blow up
be a burden to
be like a red rag to a bull
disrespect
diss
get on someone's wick
make sore
lose one's temper
turn
incapacitate
flip
cause concern to
cause discomfort to
make flip
ventilate
work someone up
bug up
nit-pick
strap
snub
dis
play dirty
drive nuts
work into lather
set one off
set on
take a rise out of
put someone out
obsess
slur
run up the wrong way
cause anguish to
drive you crazy
lay up
be on someone's back
be disagreeable
be an affront to
give offence
tread on someone's toes
make miserable
do a number on
arouse anxiety in
make wretched
make it tough for
make fed up
rock the boat
shatter
demean
interfere with
have had enough
become bored
grate at
lose patience
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
drive somebody up the wall
make livid
drive out of mind
drive you round the bend
unbalance
get on someone's tits
be a thorn in someone's flesh
get someone's hackles up
get someone's wick
barge in on
intrude on
repulse
make self-conscious
make awkward
make ashamed
show up
own
butt in on
horn in on
put in a spot
let down
throw into a tizzy
make a monkey of
put in a hole
catch one short
balkUS
be hurtful to
mourn
cause anguish
cause suffering
lambaste
cause sorrow
recur
baulkUK
put someone off
be disagreeable to
push the buttons of
catch
put someone off their stride
foul up
upset apple cart
set someone back on their heels
pervade
materializeUS
manifest
walk
dwell
materialiseUK
rise
voodoo
reappear
hover
permeate
return
appear
inhabit
float
deject
thumb nose at
come back to
stay with
come back
be ever present
lie heavily on
amaze
astonish
drain
dash
mystify
prey on your mind
appeal to
dampen
call
dull
drag
darken
damp
enervate
plead with
pray
impetrate
conjure
clamourUK
exhort
request
lobby
campaign
bemuse
stagger
knock the stuffing out of
harsh someone's mellow
give someone the blues
get down
make someone fed up
make despondent
make desolate
make your heart bleed
pour cold water on
cast a gloom upon
beat down
run down
make gloomy
bear down
make sad
reduce to tears
bring tears to your eyes
keep under
cast down
throw cold water on
daze
stupefy
galvanizeUS
order
clamorUS
bay
charge
bid
prompt
sue
requisition
exact
live off
blackmail
consume
raid
weigh
load
extort
feed on
seize
live on
apply to
obsecrate
call on
flabbergast
pose
fox
encourage
stipulate
quest
apply
con
crave
persuade
invoke
plead to
sell
inspire
electrify
maze
befog
leave open-mouthed
wilder
strike dumb
bamboozle
befuddle
muddy
addle
fog
astound
set someone thinking
leave aghast
ask authoritatively
ask forcefully
enquireUK
inquireUS
make a claim
ask brusquely
drum
wake
awaken
exhilarate
waken
animate
knock out
bowl over
blow away
obfuscate
inspirit
instigate
get going
bestir
metagrobolize
fiddle
boggle the mind
jumble
misperceive
commingle
screw up
misidentify
knock the stuffing out of someone
be all Greek to
blend
mix
galvaniseUK
vivify
revive
innervate
enliven
foment
mount
magnify
enhance
spur on
fire the imagination of
intensify
heighten
whet
innerve
rally
fire the enthusiasm of
redouble
light a fire under
whip up
deepen
pep up
intensate
challenge
more ❯
“Last week we witnessed two fine examples of the extent to which anti-smoking zealots will go in order to hound and persecute smokers.”
Verb
▲
To cause anguish or distress to
torment
torture
victimiseUK
victimizeUS
oppress
afflict
hunt
ill-treat
injure
maltreat
martyr
abuse
agoniseUK
agonizeUS
anguish
bedevil
beset
besiege
curse
excruciate
harrow
hound
mistreat
plague
punish
pursue
rack
molest
tyranniseUK
tyrannizeUS
discriminate against
inflict pain on
inflict suffering on
pick on
more ❯
“They have been persecuted for their beliefs.”
Verb
▲
To rule over or control arbitrarily or arrogantly
domineer
bully
browbeat
hector
intimidate
menace
boss
boss around
pressuriseUK
pressurizeUS
threaten
tyranniseUK
tyrannizeUS
bluster
oppress
swagger
terroriseUK
terrorizeUS
boss about
bulldoze
order about
overbear
push about
push around
subjugate
bend
be overbearing
dictate to
dominate
henpeck
order around
predominate
preponderate
prevail
railroad
reign
rule
squeeze
strong-arm
give orders to
lord it over
ride roughshod over
trample on
kick around
lean on
run things
walk all over
call the shots
keep under thumb
push the buttons
rule the roost
run the show
throw weight around
use strong-arm tactics on
be in the saddle
in the driver's seat
lead by the nose
put the screws on
rule with an iron hand
rule with a rod of iron
influence
control
direct
command
lead
overshadow
subject
sway
eclipse
overrule
monopolizeUS
outshine
head
handle
run
monopoliseUK
prevail over
have one's way
play first fiddle
have upper hand
lay down the law
hold sway over
sit on top of
govern
master
hegemonize
constrain
press
oblige
subordinate
subdue
vanquish
conquer
hustle
prod
brainwash
pacify
persuade
buffalo
preside over
bring pressure to bear on
enforce
take over
head up
exercise control over
be in control of
be in command of
have ascendancy over
be in charge of
be the boss of
keep under your thumb
call the tune
have the upper hand over
be at the helm
have the whip hand over
rule the roost in
wear the trousers
have the upper hand in
have mastery over
act on
prevail on
put the squeeze on
put pressure on
walk heavy
press-gang
work on
ride roughshod
use pressure on
fast-talk
put under an obligation
turn on the heat
superabound
outnumber
manage
reign supreme
hold sway
detract from
more ❯
Verb
▲
To inflict emotional or physical harm or distress upon
mishandle
maltreat
abuse
bully
ill-treat
ill-use
manhandle
mistreat
misuse
maul
beat
brutaliseUK
brutalizeUS
hit
injure
molest
strike
harm
hurt
treat badly
kick around
knock about
knock around
mess over
rough up
beat up
do over
treat roughly
handle roughly
wrong
use inexpertly
bloody
anguish
agoniseUK
agonizeUS
traumatizeUS
traumatiseUK
incommode
inconvenience
discommode
disserve
inflict suffering on
inflict pain on
do violence to
cause injury to
cause pain to
put down
pick on
lash out at
lay a finger on
cross up
trample on
more ❯
Verb
▲
To strip one of freedom
enslave
subjugate
bind
dominate
suppress
yoke
enthralUK
tyranniseUK
tyrannizeUS
disenfranchise
enchain
exploit
hegemonize
oppress
trap
beslave
bethrall
capture
chain
check
circumscribe
coerce
compel
confine
deprive
disfranchise
enclose
enthrallUS
fetter
hobble
hold
immure
imprison
incarcerate
indenture
gaolUK
jailUS
reduce
restrain
restrict
secure
shackle
subdue
subject
tether
tie
condemn to slavery
sell into slavery
condemn to servitude
shut in
get hooks into
keep under thumb
put in irons
reduce to slavery
subject to forced labour
squash
squelch
keep under
devastate
injure
punish
destroy
keep in submission
keep in subjection
molest
curse
bedevil
discriminate against
martyr
mistreat
rack
excruciate
ruin
prostrate
extinguish
whelm
floor
silence
swamp
crack down on
overmaster
kill
stamp out
slap down
snuff out
snow under
clamp down on
put a stop to
put an end to
have it in for
weaken
grind someone down
hold someone down
hurt
irritate
pain
upset
wound
trouble
grind
keep someone under
ravage
excoriate
burden
cause suffering to
wreck
obliterate
quelch
ice
strangle
hunt
stop
force down
blot out
blow away
bear down on
trounce
end
rout
anguish
besiege
harrow
pursue
agonizeUS
contain
execute
triumph over
get the better of
nip in the bud
gain control over
agoniseUK
hang
martyrize
nail to a cross
hang on a cross
crucify
put to death
nail to cross
inflict suffering on
inflict pain on
more ❯
Verb
▲
To cause anguish or distress to
agoniseUK
agonizeUS
worry
brood
fret
fuss
suffer
afflict
anguish
bedevil
beset
besiege
contemplate
curse
excruciate
harrow
labourUK
muse
plague
rack
ruminate
speculate
strain
strive
struggle
torment
torture
writhe
be anxious
be worried
dwell on
feel uneasy
stew
upset oneself
chew over
crucify
distress
disturb
exercise oneself
laborUS
lament
martyr
mull over
pain
puzzle over
squirm
try
vacillate
wince
wrestle
wrestle with oneself
be distressed
be indecisive
pore on
weigh up
be in agony
be in anguish
carry on
stew over
torment yourself
torture yourself
eat heart out
go through the mill
sing the blues
take it badly
obsess
stress
fear
sweat
bother
concern oneself
get overwrought
lose sleep
get worked up
get steamed up
get in a state
get in a tizz
get in a flap
get in a panic
get in a fluster
get in a sweat
get in a tizzy
get in a lather
panic
be concerned
be troubled
have qualms
be bothered
get stressed
bite one's nails
be on tenterhooks
be in a blue funk
torment oneself
torture oneself
be nervous
be agitated
get in a tiz-woz
mope
sigh
sorrow
complain
pine
be upset
feel unhappy
whine
grumble
grieve
fume
bleed
carp
affront
hassle
chagrin
feel peeved
distress yourself
make a fuss
upset yourself
take on
distress oneself
lose sleep over
sweat it out
eat one's heart out
carry a heavy load
get into a dither
more ❯
Verb
▲
To press again
repress
crush
quell
subdue
quash
suppress
squash
abuse
extinguish
put down
squelch
stop
conquer
defeat
end
oppress
overpower
overwhelm
rout
silence
subjugate
trounce
vanquish
wrong
contain
maltreat
stamp out
slap down
snuff out
triumph over
clamp down on
crack down on
put an end to
put a stop to
trample underfoot
tyrannize over
gain control over
gain mastery over
nip in the bud
get the better of
rule with an iron hand
cancel
remove
revoke
countermand
axeUK
repudiate
undo
rescind
repeal
annul
axUS
invalidate
withdraw
reverse
veto
exterminate
overrule
do away with
set aside
disclaim
void
nullify
abrogate
negate
banish
expunge
throw out
nix
renounce
declare null and void
erase
scrap
retract
disestablish
ditch
prohibit
vitiate
vacate
avoid
forbid
block
disannul
dump
refuse
liquidate
recall
disallow
take back
give something the chop
knock something on the head
reevaluate
give the thumbs down to
reform
dissolve
raise
delete
override
ban
lift
efface
junk
chop
abate
null
scrub
subvert
bar
embargo
proscribe
deracinate
disaffirm
dispense with
root out
sweep away
rub out
blackball
supersede
strike down
zap
roll back
outlaw
break off
recant
turn down
torpedo
abjure
backtrack on
cut
rule against
preclude
knock out
pass on
finish off
do in
relax
vote down
discharge
retreat
rid
strip
clear
total
neutralizeUS
gag
knock on the head
do a U-turn on
back-pedal on
go against
wash out
sink
cut out
smash
off
throttle
expel
dismantle
get shot of
cast out
neutraliseUK
phase out
drive out
kill off
suspend
do for
put a lid on
renege on
obviate
bring to a stop
clear away
unload
go back on
call back
waive
renege
negative
interdict
rule out
put the stopper on
bring to a halt
down
boycott
pass by
deny
pass
give thumbs down
thumbs down
dissent
not go for
place an embargo on
give the red light to
decline
shoot down
disapprove
discountenance
censure
throw away
burn
refuse permission to
debar
disown
rebuff
disavow
throw
say no to
exclude
taboo
keep back
zing
shut out
censor
disacknowledge
drop
shed
discard
jettison
excise
clean up
black out
close down
call off
more ❯
Verb
▲
Punish severely
tar and feather
criticize severely
draw and quarter
excoriate
punish severely
torture
Verb
▲
To verbally criticize harshly, especially with insulting language
abuse
insult
castigate
denigrate
disparage
excoriate
vituperate
berate
lambast
lambaste
trash
assail
belittle
blast
curse
malign
rebuke
reproach
savage
scathe
slight
taunt
vilify
attack
bash
belabourUK
belaborUS
nag
offend
potshot
revile
scold
slam
decry
defame
discount
diss
impugn
libel
minimiseUK
minimizeUS
slander
slate
slur
smear
upbraid
derogate
oppress
reprove
backbite
calumniate
flame
hose
injure
knock
miscall
ride
slang
traduce
zing
bad-mouth
inveigh against
jump on
put down
be rude to
blow off
call names
cuss out
cut down
cut to the quick
do a number on
shout at
slag off
swear at
vituperate against
dump on
call someone names
cast aspersions on
trash-talk
give a black eye
reduce
besmear
disregard
spot
reflect badly on
bring shame upon
spread scandal about
sink
sniff at
muckrake
de-emphasize
blotch
bring discredit to
breathe on
gloss over
bring shame on
run smear campaign
gibe
rip up and down
tar and feather
reject
make fun of
shrug off
treat with contempt
brush aside
underemphasize
twit
scout
set little store by
sneeze at
caricature
make little of
burlesque
travesty
disesteem
disfavourUK
disfavorUS
embarrass
brush off
look down upon
poke fun at
hold in contempt
complain about
set no store by
abhor
high-hat
demoralizeUS
rally
snoot
tell lies about
belie
demoraliseUK
hold up to ridicule
underplay
jest
soft-pedal
rate too low
cast down
not do justice to
pick at
think little of
back-bite
moan about
grouse about
whine about
quibble about
carp about
attenuate
depress
frown on
clobber
gripe about
nitpick over
whinge about
slug
zap
discommend
defy
heap scorn on
mark
laugh
downcry
repudiate
cut rate
regard with contempt
bastardizeUS
deteriorate
warp
canker
subvert
debauch
deprave
fail
bring down
cold-shoulder
fleer
swipe
dump
grin
leer
knock down
be contemptuous about
cock a snook at
take dim view of
snigger
put in a bad light
hate
bastardiseUK
send up
take the piss out of
show up
sling mud
blackguard
be wrong about
chill
show contempt for
turn up one's nose
give Bronx cheer
turn your nose up at
think too little of
give the cold shoulder to
give someone the brush-off
drag someone's name through the mud
quip at
rank out
look down your nose at
pass judgment
hoot
nitpick
get angry with
tone down
make nothing of
gossip about
animadvert upon
grumble about
put-down
comment negatively
throw shade
condescend
question
harsh
frown
disvalue
revalue
decrease
devalorize
mistrust
deign
prejudice
cock a snook
write down
talk trash
misjudge
play something down
not go for
find lacking
snipe
knock off
nose dive
lie about
strumpet
plaster
drag through mud
snicker
smile
miscalculate
review unfavorably
criticize strongly
bring under fire
blacken name
cast slur on
put zingers on
abominate
look down nose at
be allergic to
attaint
own
hold in disdain
not do justice
miscarry
jive
thumb one's nose
miniaturiseUK
miniaturizeUS
abbreviate
abate
minimalize
dwarf
sizzle
write false reports about
give a bad name to
make someone eat crow
cause to lose face
lose face
put someone in their place
take down a peg or two
shock
to denigrate
make cutting remarks about
say contemptuously
gibe at
be contemptuous of
turn up your nose
curl one's lip at
misbid
misrespect
pronounce
punish
proscribe
name
adjudge
frame
make light
spread tales about
disobey
horrify
appalUK
take a dig at
drag name through mud
mark wrong
look down at
underprice
underprize
drag down
neglect
label
point finger at
hang something on
blow whistle on
thumbs down on
pin it on
brutalizeUS
dehumanizeUS
desensitizeUS
cut
dislike
send up the river
lay at one's door
decline
be untrue to oneself
beat down
lose value
drop
sell out
render worthless
fall
sicken
nauseate
repel
revolt
stiff-arm
repulse
chaff
worsen
bump
rule out
bemean
brutaliseUK
dehumaniseUK
disbar
desensitiseUK
depose
declass
lower the status of
bring shame to
bench
fail to appreciate
set too little store by
stiff
demote
appallUS
jibe
torment
jibe at
have no use for
have contempt for
refuse to acknowledge
disconsider
expose
puncture
shoot
bring into disfavour
disown
discard
disclaim
banter
quiz
razz
jolly
kid
lout
blackball
cause a few raised eyebrows amongst
raise eyebrows amongst
cause raised eyebrows
dismay
curl one's lip
knock back
omit
skip
freeze out
cool
upstage
show in a bad light
look down one's nose at
turn one's nose up at
give offence
reflect on
frown upon
detest
loathe
find unacceptable
characterizeUS
designate
classify
class
stamp
tag
crawl
blink at
not give time of day
take no notice of
turn deaf ear to
show disrespect
give someone the go-by
give the brush
show disrespect for
bring to naught
make sport of
flout at
poke mullock at
think wrong
be against
not support
tell someone to get lost
poke full of holes
knock bottom out of
subjugate
look askance at
take exception to
not believe in
characteriseUK
mark out
be above
be scornful about
look right through
sweep aside
cast aside
take rug out from under
mimic
remonstrate against
express a poor opinion of
oppose
negate
be displeased with
be dissatisfied with
be hostile towards
spit on
refuse
piss over
renounce
confute
avoid
piss on
take the mickey out of
bring low
blow raspberries at
laugh out of court
have a poor opinion of
raise an
imitate
consider beneath you
turn down
not hold with
have a down on
take a dim view of
pass on
have a problem with
spoof
do
cast a slur upon
consider beneath one
give the Bronx cheer to
spit in the face of
turn back on
curl your lip at
spit in the eye of
ape
copy
turn up your nose at
turn nose up at
take off
put on
impersonate
parody
twist
sheikUS
mime
distort
do a takeoff of
joke
take the mickey
sheikhUK
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