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What is another word for
persecute
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To oppress or domineer (someone) with one's authority
To cause anguish or distress to, typically with ill-treatment
To harass or annoy (someone) persistently
To mistreat or do an injustice to
To criticize, especially with insulting language
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Verb
▲
To oppress or domineer (someone) with one's authority
tyrannise
UK
tyrannize
US
oppress
domineer
browbeat
bully
dominate
intimidate
subjugate
coerce
torment
terrorise
UK
terrorize
US
suppress
victimise
UK
victimize
US
repress
dictate
crush
enslave
trample
push around
ride roughshod over
order about
order around
keep down
dictate to
hold down
lord it over
domineer over
treat harshly
grind down
trample underfoot
rule with an iron hand
rule despotically
rule with a rod of iron
treat brutally
bring someone to their knees
have someone under your thumb
keep under thumb
harass
maltreat
abuse
pick on
ill-treat
menace
harry
hound
torture
threaten
hector
mistreat
plague
bulldoze
lean on
pressurize
US
have it in for
strong-arm
dragoon
cow
discriminate against
pressurise
UK
badger
pressure
subdue
be cruel to
use strong-arm tactics on
push about
walk all over
railroad
aggrieve
distress
bullyrag
get at
bluster
be down on
mau-mau
have a down on
be brutal to
master
needle
subject
trample on
overpower
overwhelm
force
blackjack
wrong
rule
hassle
steamroller
bogart
overbear
tyrannize over
put down
boss around
boss about
make things hot for someone
scourge
kick around
hegemonize
exploit
compel
goad
ride
press
bludgeon
nag
chasten
brutalize
US
hold sway over
brutalise
UK
frighten
rule over
beat down
put the screws on
give a hard time
weigh heavy upon
punish unfairly
mess over
ill-use
punish
excruciate
overcome
hustle
crucify
afflict
molest
conquer
weaken
destroy
scare
bedevil
manhandle
tease
misuse
yoke
bait
put the frighteners on
mishandle
immolate
use
demonize
US
beat
make it hot for someone
subordinate
demonise
UK
impel
push
gain mastery over
play the heavy with
attack
gain control of
gain ascendancy over
twist one's arm
put heat on
put through the wringer
hold a gun to one's head
put the chill on
force one's hand
disfranchise
grumble at
single out
stack the deck
get on someone's back
have your knife into
bring to heel
make fun of
hobble
disenfranchise
deprive
render incapable
render powerless
render helpless
get hooks into
boss
prevail
predominate
punish repeatedly and unfairly
carp at
be on at someone
find fault with
preponderate
reign
take away someone's human rights
squeeze
swagger
bend
henpeck
lord
give orders to
rule the roost
call the shots
be in the driver's seat
run the show
be overbearing
push the buttons
run things
throw your weight around
lead by the nose
be in the saddle
bend to your will
lord over
be hostile to
show ill will towards
be set against
constrain
oblige
awe
buffalo
enforce
overawe
affright
twist someone's arm
scare off
scare the bejesus out of
beset
overthrow
annoy
encumber
despotize
saddle
worry
outrage
strain
handicap
vex
tax
control
put upon
put screws to
drive
make
prevail on
obligate
impress
put pressure on
sandbag
muscle
terrify
use pressure on
put the squeeze on
daunt
unnerve
influence
fast-talk
prod
press-gang
pester
brainwash
bring pressure to bear on
dismay
disconcert
urge
command
turn on the heat
alarm
persuade
put the heat on
spook
deter
require
faze
bounce
discourage
psych out
order
act on
put under an obligation
work on
tighten the screws on
have someone do something
shake
abash
petrify
ruffle
discomfit
rattle
chivvy
necessitate
appall
US
perturb
dishearten
agitate
bother
disquiet
cajole
concuss
sway
trouble
bind
ramrod
work
appal
UK
cause
insist
demand
train
charge
impose
breathe down someone's neck
blackmail
come at
give orders
turn the screws on
put to work
tell someone what to do
throw one's weight about
lay down the law
smother
suffocate
constrict
squash
compress
heckle
spur
lean
taunt
antagonize
US
chivy
antagonise
UK
importune
wheedle
assail
crowd
sell
politick
shotgun
argue
restrict
hinder
be a tough guy
besiege
talk
act the tin god
walk heavy
ride roughshod
induce
work over
bigfoot
embarrass
blind someone with something
tread on
have under one's thumb
pull rank on
take your breath away
pound
steamroll
high pressure
make an offer they can't refuse
put the arm on
kick about
issue threats to
will
put the screws to
bring force to bear on
hold a gun to someone's head
insist on
railroad into
tighten the screw on
put up to
high-pressure
have
impose on
turn the screw on
prevail upon
effect
whip around
scare hell out of
utter threats to
dragoon into
pull the strings
steamroller into
bulldoze into
frighten off
confuse
bewilder
exert influence on
perplex
nonplus
occasion
foist
browbeat into
bear down on
go to town on
confound
use duress on
burden
conscript
use force on
put the wind up
urge by force
choke
apply
obtrude
contract
enjoin
move
direct
discompose
unsettle
exert force on
oversee
run
superintend
make uneasy
fluster
make anxious
bear down
pin down
put the bite on
startle
panic
horrify
shock
bear hard on
put squeeze on
bring pressure to bear upon
govern
quarterback
supervise
lead
captain
throw
jolt
baffle
destabilize
US
unbalance
fright
mystify
flummox
spearhead
administrate
head
manage
alarum
put off
take aback
shake up
blind
destabilise
UK
throw off balance
chill
call the tune
try to control
take charge
discomfort
put off one's stroke
pull the rug out from under
pull the rug from under
preside over
be in charge
impose one's will on
unhinge
work someone's butt off
work someone's tail off
repel
demoralize
US
disburb
stiff
astound
demoralise
UK
scarify
scare to death
strike terror into
make one's blood run cold
chill to the bone
make teeth chatter
make one's hair stand on end
scare the daylights out of
scare away
curdle the blood
more ❯
“Giving one man all the power was bound to corrupt him and inflate his desires, leading him to follow his every whim and to
persecute
his subjects.”
Verb
▲
To cause anguish or distress to, typically with ill-treatment
torment
torture
plague
maltreat
afflict
abuse
beset
rack
mistreat
harrow
bedevil
agonise
UK
agonize
US
excruciate
anguish
curse
injure
wrong
hound
besiege
crucify
molest
aggrieve
punish
martyr
pursue
ill-treat
pick on
discriminate against
inflict pain on
inflict suffering on
get the knife into
stick the knife into
trouble
worry
distress
harass
oppress
pain
bother
hurt
brutalize
US
vex
cause suffering to
brutalise
UK
harry
disturb
manhandle
bully
mishandle
harm
beat
annoy
maul
strike
wound
pester
hassle
try
beleaguer
haunt
kick around
treat badly
mess over
misuse
hit
cause agony to
strain
ill-use
mortify
rough up
knock about
smite
treat roughly
beat up
knock around
blight
do over
badger
nag
dog
assail
inflict anguish on
give someone grief
irk
cut up
grieve
irritate
handle roughly
mess up
burden
stress
exasperate
martyrize
affect
bug
wring
scourge
rend
damage
victimize
US
cause pain to
victimise
UK
put on the rack
shake up
aggravate
break
perturb
tease
rattle
fluster
unsettle
frustrate
unhinge
sear
fret
tear
importune
gut
misemploy
suffer
fuss
prostitute
gnaw at
pierce
stab
outrage
convulse
labor
US
labour
UK
muse
lie heavy on
assault
mar
shake
prey on
nag at
rock
devastate
weigh heavily on
be prey to
bend someone's ear
squirm
roughhouse
batter
be the victim of
ruin
total
be afflicted with
be plagued with
suffer from
be troubled by
give the shaft
dump on
do wrong
push around
be burdened with
be blighted with
be bedevilled by
interfere with
bang up
be violent toward
bung up
hang
nail to a cross
mangle
lacerate
maim
whip
put to death
burn at the stake
work over
attack
embarrass
perplex
give someone the works
overwhelm
entangle
hamper
aggress
ride
weigh down
drive up the wall
upset
put the squeeze on
give a hard time
jump on one's case
give a bad time
give the business
fall on
fall upon
start in on
give the needle
ail
tax
discommode
grip
neglect
press
take
visit
buffet
cause trouble to
sadden
depress
crush
deject
sting
dispirit
dismay
dishearten
agitate
gall
make miserable
make wretched
cause anguish to
bum out
move
disquiet
discompose
discourage
burn up
dash
desolate
faze
cast down
cut to the quick
make one's heart bleed
get down
face
bring down
confront
concern
disconcert
preoccupy
daunt
consume
obsess
demoralize
US
break the heart of
displease
dampen spirits
get to
prick
demoralise
UK
weigh on
knock the stuffing out of
make gloomy
make unhappy
dash hopes
give someone the blues
make sad
hang over
break someone's spirit
knock for six
eat up
make someone fed up
knock sideways
break someone's heart
bring tears to your eyes
make despondent
traumatize
US
affront
shatter
hurt deeply
touch
tear at
hit hard
dampen someone's spirit
tear away at
inconvenience
tear to shreds
tear to pieces
incommode
cut
be in someone's way
overcharge
discomfit
traumatise
UK
scar
possess
appall
US
nettle
dish it out
stick it to
give it to
dish out
appal
UK
absorb
inflict
break one's heart
put into a funk
make blue
nark
put a damper on
rile
drag down
weigh heavily on one's mind
come back to haunt
be a weight on one's mind
cause anguish
cause someone distress
cause pain
wreck
wreak
befall
impose
dominate
ruffle
hack off
chasten
unnerve
offend
alarum
frazzle
distemper
distract
discomfort
discombobulate
flurry
miff
discountenance
alarm
peeve
derail
confound
hagride
throw
anger
needle
eat at
arouse anxiety in
make it tough for
nit-pick
strap
get at
undo
do a number on
tantalise
UK
throw off balance
indispose
push
tick off
exercise
weird out
freak out
be on one's case
tantalize
US
push buttons
avenge
take over
engulf
overcome
descend on
descend upon
force upon
bring down on
swamp
chill
drain
weary
engross
dampen
darken
damp
drag
abase
cow
debilitate
enervate
dull
devour
run down
reduce to tears
make desolate
bear down
harsh someone's mellow
pour cold water on
turn off
make someone's heart bleed
throw cold water on
cast a gloom upon
beat down
keep under
swallow up
more ❯
“My job was not to
persecute
people for blasphemous advances of the sciences, or for heretical religious teachings.”
Verb
▲
To harass or annoy (someone) persistently
annoy
bother
irritate
vex
irk
bug
aggravate
exasperate
gall
nettle
rile
harass
peeve
pique
ruffle
get
nark
chafe
hassle
grate
pester
trouble
spite
rasp
eat
plague
badger
frost
harry
worry
gripe
itch
bedevil
tease
hound
distress
bully
bait
hector
dog
devil
heavy
dragoon
hack off
put out
burn up
drive up the wall
give a hard time
pick on
be on your back
single out
make things hot for someone
be on one's case
make it hot for someone
provoke
disturb
ride
upset
anger
needle
miff
torment
nag
displease
get to
infuriate
wind up
rub up the wrong way
goad
rankle
incense
gravel
tick off
get on your nerves
get across
agitate
hump
madden
give someone the hump
fret
exacerbate
rark
offend
perturb
chivvy
hack you off
enrage
roil
beleaguer
afflict
bum out
molest
rub the wrong way
antagonize
US
inflame
drive round the bend
get in your hair
make someone see red
heckle
get under your skin
get on one's nerves
discompose
antagonise
UK
mither
drive crazy
drive round the twist
drive mad
frustrate
get your goat
burn
keep on at
rattle
pursue
disquiet
make angry
beset
stress
tee off
drive to distraction
gnaw
keep after
give someone grief
go on at
taunt
get at
be at
make cross
get on your wick
chivy
discommode
get your back up
give someone the pip
niggle
nudge
fluster
outrage
disgruntle
affront
try
abrade
torture
oppress
breathe down someone's neck
work on
grate on
pain
make somebody's hackles rise
put someone's nose out of joint
rankle with
make waves
put your back up
unsettle
henpeck
disconcert
discomfit
scare
disgust
prod
browbeat
perplex
discountenance
importune
sting
tantalize
US
tantalise
UK
dun
flurry
depress
fuss
bend someone's ear
distemper
be on the back of
T-off
set one's teeth on edge
rub you up the wrong way
try your patience
ruffle one's feathers
raise your hackles
hurt
rag
confuse
embarrass
scold
inconvenience
berate
dissatisfy
insult
strain
intimidate
unnerve
wound
haze
upbraid
faze
frighten
besiege
affect
prick
throw
distract
peck at
excite
incommode
discombobulate
tyrannize
US
ire
enflame
mad
carp at
intrude upon
bum
alarm
pick at
tyrannise
UK
concern
hack
despair
harp on at
exercise
dismay
give a bad time
rattle one's cage
ail
frazzle
aggrieve
turn off
unhinge
put off
make your blood boil
hagride
derail
egg on
drive bananas
cheese off
get your dander up
wear on
make anxious
stick in one's craw
steam up
jar on
eat away at
work up
weird out
drive you up the wall
freak out
get up someone's nose
confound
jar
mistreat
roust
accost
pother
terrify
injure
curdle
mortify
steam
pressurize
US
embitter
pressurise
UK
rouse
harm
insist
remind
break
chide
guy
wig
acerbate
breath down someone's neck
hang up
get even
get on someone
yap at
scratch around
rag on
sour
upset the applecart
rib
mock
get someone
search high heaven
jangle
try the patience of
send into a rage
get your hackles up
ridicule
eat at
rile up
lean on
get a rise out of
push button
fire up
heat up
put pressure on
brown off
bring pressure to bear on
attack
be in someone's hair
noodge
bullyrag
rattle someone's cage
ask for it
hit where one lives
dishearten
cause disquiet to
agonize
US
snit
pet
tiff
huff
stew
gibe
chaff
rasp one's nerves
jar upon
grate upon
wear upon
get on the wrong side of
make an enemy of somebody
mess with
throw off
agonise
UK
psych out
make uneasy
spook
grind
razz
stress out
jerk around
get across someone
take the mickey
flummox
grind on
grind at
tax
disparage
get on the nerves of
take the piss out of
floor
fuddle
cow
burden
discomfort
stir
criticize
US
reproach
revile
domineer
stump
get in the hair of
disrupt
wear
weigh down
test
grieve
override
push
grip
egg
urge
throw off balance
undo
tear
alarum
criticise
UK
shake up
make nervous
chagrin
mess with someone's head
sweat out
weigh heavily on one's mind
do someone's head in
gnaw at
lie heavy on
cause anxiety to
be a great weight on
put someone off their stroke
put into a flap
throw into a tizz
dominate
enslave
cause someone to lose their composure
bite
throw into tizzy
interrupt
bore
find fault
impede
cross
hinder
find fault with
moan at
grumble at
tyrannize over
be autocratic
moan on at
keep complaining to
impose on
take it out on
get on someone's back
be a pain in the neck
mix up
be a thorn in someone's side
bust someone's balls
bust chops
get on someone's case
bewilder
nonplus
shake
stir up
abash
take aback
baffle
puzzle
addle
muddle
shock
be offensive
startle
panic
cause offense
craze
mystify
psych
disorient
put someone off their stride
set someone back on their heels
disarrange
jolt
unbalance
surprise
incite
arouse
bamboozle
befuddle
sicken
buffalo
put out of countenance
catch off balance
hurt somebody's feelings
make someone scratch their head
disorder
cause to be at a stand
destabilize
US
derange
hurry
daunt
bustle
stun
flip
stupefy
sadden
demoralize
US
dumbfound
bemuse
destabilise
UK
demoralise
UK
make uncomfortable
disoblige
move
empurple
stimulate
indispose
make fretful
turn on
grill
disorientate
put on edge
make a scene
push buttons
fox
maze
beat
befog
raise hell
pull the rug from under
pull the rug out from under
be a thorn in someone's flesh
pose
muddy
blow your mind
go to your head
haunt
appal
UK
flutter
hustle
obsess
unquiet
quicken
appall
US
cause anxiety
tangle
drive nuts
bristle
cause to panic
disappoint
overwhelm
deter
awe
overawe
deject
make restless
preoccupy
boil
eat up
turn
incapacitate
cramp
debilitate
astonish
dizzy
uncalm
disorganize
worst
be rude to
discourage
subdue
hit a sour note
dement
slight
start
push one's buttons
flip out
get someone's wick
disarray
wear out
blow up
terrorize
US
lay up
key up
bowl over
set on edge
get on
tire
make sore
lose one's temper
make self-conscious
mess
rock the boat
push someon's buttons
rack
run up the wrong way
set on
work into lather
set off
take a rise out of
put the wind up
disrespect
diss
anguish
curse
knock off balance
dis
snub
blind
terrorise
UK
send into a spin
catch unawares
balk
US
zing
horrify
slur
humiliate
baulk
UK
strap
nit-pick
desolate
harrow
martyr
weary
nauseate
take the wind out of your sails
make someone laugh out of the other side of their mouth
make someone laugh on the other side of their face
cause suffering to
cause anguish to
take by surprise
wilder
put off one's stroke
stop someone in their tracks
give offence to
put down
make wretched
cut up
daze
fog
flabbergast
make someone fed up
arouse anxiety in
make miserable
do a number on
make it tough for
weigh on
foul up
give offence
be disagreeable
tread on someone's toes
be an affront to
snow
obfuscate
have had enough
become bored
make discontented
grate at
exhaust someone's patience
lose patience
intoxicate
bring up short
stagger
be all Greek to
make your head spin
set someone thinking
inebriate
mess with one's head
make punchy
ball up
stymie
cut to the quick
drive
ferment
inspire
whip up
invigorate
US
spur
pump up
energize
US
electrify
galvanize
US
make flip
bug up
fidget
juice up
galvanise
UK
envigorate
UK
enliven
trigger
inspirit
foment
animate
enthuse
liven up
activize
work
energise
UK
jazz up
titillate
be on pins and needles
be spooked
be nervous
be agitated
be anxious
have ants in one's pants
be like a cat on hot bricks
be antsy
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“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 mistreat or do an injustice to
wrong
maltreat
hurt
abuse
mistreat
injure
oppress
harm
wound
malign
damage
dishonour
UK
misrepresent
offend
outrage
dishonor
US
cheat
discredit
vilify
aggrieve
trespass
ill-treat
ill-use
do an injustice to
offend against
dump on
do a disservice to
do injury to
do wrong to
take advantage of
bad mouth
impose upon
sin against
do the dirty on
kick in the teeth
distress
do wrong by
trespass against
cause harm to
victimize
US
spite
manipulate
humiliate
violate
exploit
torment
provoke
belittle
mock
torture
antagonize
US
taunt
insult
deride
misuse
abase
aggravate
harrow
harry
harass
molest
antagonise
UK
victimise
UK
impose on
put down
martyrize
martyr
step on the toes of
lay a bad trip on
give no quarter
go for jugular
hit where one lives
use
milk
play upon
play on
bleed
work
target
pimp
prey on
rip off
suck dry
walk over
play for a sucker
take for a ride
jerk around
walk all over
prey upon
use for one's own ends
be detrimental to
do an injury to
treat badly
leverage
cash in on
capitalize on
benefit from
profit from
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Verb
▲
To criticize, especially with insulting language
taunt
criticise
UK
criticize
US
castigate
denigrate
disparage
excoriate
vituperate
berate
lambast
lambaste
trash
assail
blast
rebuke
reproach
savage
scathe
slight
vilify
attack
bash
belabour
UK
belabor
US
nag
potshot
revile
scold
slam
decry
defame
discount
diss
impugn
libel
minimise
UK
minimize
US
slander
slate
slur
smear
upbraid
derogate
oppress
reprove
backbite
calumniate
flame
hose
knock
insult
belittle
malign
curse
offend
miscall
injure
zing
traduce
abuse
ride
slang
inveigh against
bad-mouth
put down
jump on
slag off
be rude to
swear at
call names
do a number on
vituperate against
blow off
shout at
cuss out
cut down
cut to the quick
dump on
trash-talk
cast aspersions on
give a black eye
censure
condemn
pan
rubbish
have a go at
tear into
roast
denounce
hammer
lay into
asperse
run down
chastise
pummel
US
monster
flay
deprecate
reprimand
chew out
pummelled
UK
pillory
bawl out
carpet
rail against
pull apart
bag
find fault with
chide
reprehend
vilipend
rate
dis
discredit
objurgate
admonish
blame
crucify
depreciate
skewer
take to task
do a hatchet job on
dress down
pull to pieces
take to pieces
fulminate against
haul over the coals
tongue-lash
diminish
talk down
reprobate
slash
dismiss
hit out at
lecture
blister
ream out
pick holes in
pour scorn on
cry down
rap
speak ill of
give a rocket
tear off a strip
drag through the mud
lash
tell off
cut up
ridicule
scorn
deride
rail at
rant at
read the riot act
poor-mouth
throw brickbats at
give someone a roasting
rail
jaw
detract from
harangue
mock
remonstrate with
lace into
baste
give someone hell
play down
rag
score
rap over the knuckles
call down
keelhaul
write off
give someone a rollicking
let someone have it
contemn
kiss off
scorch
shoot down
bollock
pitch into
undervalue
tear a strip off
give someone a dressing-down
underrate
throw mud at
tear down
speak badly of
downgrade
sail into
dispraise
tick off
fulminate
give a talking-to
give someone a bollocking
scoff at
carp at
sledge
sneer at
underestimate
besmirch
maul
detract
ream
degrade
cavil
wig
marginalize
US
trim
row
light into
take apart
rip into
marginalise
UK
give someone a bad press
pick to pieces
cane
disapprove of
pooh-pooh
pull up
jump down one's throat
speak evil of
cavil at
rake over the coals
give a bad press to
blacken the name of
do down
come down on
give someone a mouthful
give someone a telling-off
give someone a wigging
give someone what for
criticize severely
give someone some stick
give someone an earful
give someone a row
give someone a rating
rollick
trivialize
US
downplay
carp
slap
stigmatize
US
disgrace
minify
lower
misprize
accuse
deflate
stigmatise
UK
scandalize
US
go for the jugular
yell at
trivialise
UK
laugh at
scandalise
UK
tear to pieces
make light of
give a bad name
animadvert on
hold cheap
spread lies about
treat lightly
sully the reputation of
slap down
give someone a caning
send someone away with a flea in their ear
put on the mat
sling mud at
outrage
provoke
tease
lampoon
wound
annoy
hurt
arraign
demean
scourge
affront
lash out
blacken
mortify
exprobate
devalue
disrespect
upset
debase
fault
rant
opprobriate
humiliate
discipline
chasten
execrate
recriminate
inveigh
dishonor
US
dishonour
UK
mudsling
animadvert
disdain
tie into
complain
bite someone's head off
let fly
beat up on
expostulate
lash into
whip
objurate
find fault
cheapen
bring into disrepute
nitpick about
hurl insults at
jeer at
give flak to
lay down the law
jump down someone's throat
give comeuppance
bag on
give some stick to
blacken the reputation of
slap someone's wrist
lose one's temper with
laugh off
slap on the wrist
take down a peg
take a swipe at
give something a battering
blacken the character of
conduct a smear campaign against
rip up
cut down to size
lay out
lash out at
express disapproval of
refute
take
fustigate
argue with
assault verbally
satirize
US
disagree with
pile in
satirise
UK
start on
start in
rave at
slag
take on
denunciate
skin
scream at
jump on one's case
snap someone's head off
threap
caution
sneer
round on
devaluate
lessen
compromise
shellac
beat
check
explode
call over the coals
rake
give a tongue-lashing
drub
put hooks in
call on the carpet
twit
lesson
jawbone
preach
scarify
destroy
declaim
poormouth
put away
knock off high horse
rebuff
incriminate
remonstrate
ostracize
US
ostracise
UK
lam into
set upon
understate
give something a bad press
weigh into
give someone bondi
tear apart
squash
rib
bait
rip
criticize unfairly
bad mouth
give black eye
nit-pick
squelch
lay on
badmouth
aggravate
call to task
give the devil
point the finger
wade into
let fly at
rap knuckles
go on at
have someone on the carpet
give the business
blow up
bring to book
take to the woodshed
keep after
speak of with disfavour
be unkind about
have a pop at
be critical of
be malicious about
keep nothing back
erupt with anger
humble
crawl all over
burn someone's ears
discountenance
spurn
backstab
gossip
spite
look askance
get after
pick apart
poor mouth
pooh pooh
take down
shoot full of holes
sour grapes
storm
rage
deplore
pin your ears back
put someone on the griddle
anathematize
put someone on the hot seat
pass strictures upon
nag at
yelp
yap
bawl
hit
look down on
sell short
have at
sound off
work over
crack down on
go after
irritate
disoblige
abase
gird
jeer
scoff
blow up at
rap someone the knuckles
drag over the coals
lean on
give offence to
mark down
tear to shreds
snipe at
take swipe at
cause offence to
demonize
US
dig
jinx
demonise
UK
cut dead
treat disrespectfully
hurt somebody's feelings
step on one's toes
throw shade
pique
vex
rile
growl
displease
thunder
irk
anger
disgruntle
needle
bother
rankle
disgust
distress
gall
vociferate
kick
protest
put out
put
fume
rag on
give a zinger
confront
put your back up
hit where one lives
make somebody's hackles rise
ruffle one's feathers
raise your hackles
give the cold shoulder
challenge
bark at
object
hurl insults
give offense
attack somebody's dignity
complain about
expostulate about
protest strongly at
make a fuss about
make a stand against
kick up a fuss about
take issue with
thunder against
object to
raise objections to
make a protest against
declaim against
complain vociferously about
disagree violently with
oppose strongly
put up a fight against
kick up a stink about
rage against
kick against
complain bitterly about
take a stand against
speak out against
kick up
remonstrate about
take great exception to
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