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What is another word for
persecute
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To harass or annoy (someone) persistently
To cause anguish or distress to
To rule over or control arbitrarily or arrogantly
To mistreat or do an injustice to
Punish severely
To criticize, especially with insulting language
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▲
Verb
▲
To harass or annoy (someone) persistently
bother
harass
annoy
bait
tease
badger
hassle
hound
pester
plague
worry
intimidate
molest
bully
harry
trouble
vex
victimise
UK
victimize
US
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
terrorise
UK
terrorize
US
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 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
provoke
torment
needle
disturb
ride
upset
anger
nag
miff
get to
displease
goad
wind up
infuriate
rub up the wrong way
rankle
incense
gravel
tick off
get on your nerves
get across
agitate
hump
madden
give someone the hump
fret
exacerbate
oppress
rark
offend
perturb
chivvy
get at
tyrannize
US
hack you off
enrage
beleaguer
roil
tyrannise
UK
bum out
afflict
rub the wrong way
antagonize
US
browbeat
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
torture
drive crazy
drive round the twist
drive mad
have it in for
frustrate
get your goat
keep on at
rattle
burn
make angry
discriminate against
disquiet
beset
drive to distraction
tee off
stress
lean on
gnaw
keep after
give someone grief
go on at
menace
taunt
scare
make cross
pressurize
US
be at
get on your wick
chivy
push around
get your back up
discommode
give someone the pip
niggle
nudge
fluster
threaten
disgruntle
be down on
affront
pressurise
UK
try
abuse
mistreat
abrade
breathe down someone's neck
work on
have a down on
grate on
domineer
coerce
rankle with
pain
make somebody's hackles rise
put someone's nose out of joint
ill-treat
make waves
put your back up
bulldoze
unsettle
henpeck
frighten
disconcert
discomfit
unnerve
bullyrag
disgust
discountenance
prod
perplex
importune
sting
tantalize
US
tantalise
UK
strong-arm
dun
flurry
depress
fuss
bend someone's ear
carp at
T-off
distemper
be on the back of
set one's teeth on edge
rub you up the wrong way
try your patience
ruffle one's feathers
raise your hackles
maltreat
terrify
push about
pressure
hurt
rag
confuse
embarrass
scold
berate
dissatisfy
awe
insult
punish unfairly
attack
strain
inconvenience
affright
wound
haze
upbraid
faze
cow
besiege
affect
prick
throw
distract
spook
peck at
excite
discombobulate
ire
enflame
mad
intrude upon
incommode
mau-mau
alarm
grumble at
pick at
concern
despair
use strong-arm tactics on
harp on at
exercise
dismay
give a bad time
rattle one's cage
ail
bum
scare the bejesus out of
find fault with
cheese off
frazzle
scare off
turn off
hack
unhinge
put off
make your blood boil
hagride
derail
egg on
drive bananas
get on someone's back
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
be hostile to
show antagonism to
be against
be set against
disapprove of
be prejudiced against
daunt
jar
feel ill will towards
bear a grudge towards
show ill will towards
target
roust
accost
pother
hustle
curdle
press
mortify
embitter
harm
brown off
insist
remind
rouse
guy
chide
put the frighteners on
break
steam
rib
mock
wig
acerbate
breath down someone's neck
hang up
get even
get on someone
yap at
scratch around
rag on
sour
upset the applecart
ridicule
get someone
search high heaven
jangle
get your hackles up
put the screws on
eat at
rile up
try the patience of
send into a rage
put pressure on
noodge
get a rise out of
dishearten
cause disquiet to
agonize
US
bring pressure to bear on
gibe
chaff
push button
fire up
heat up
disparage
be in someone's hair
snit
pet
tiff
huff
stew
rattle someone's cage
ask for it
hit where one lives
be on at someone
rasp one's nerves
jar upon
grate upon
punish repeatedly and unfairly
wear upon
throw off
agonise
UK
psych out
make uneasy
get on the wrong side of
make an enemy of somebody
mess with
reproach
revile
razz
make fun of
grind
immolate
use
demonize
US
stress out
override
push
grip
jerk around
demonise
UK
take the mickey
get across someone
dominate
enslave
tax
get on the nerves of
take the piss out of
flummox
grind on
grind at
floor
burden
discomfort
fuddle
get in the hair of
stir
criticize
US
grieve
stump
disrupt
wear
weigh down
test
tyrannize over
be autocratic
undo
tear
alarum
egg
urge
stack the deck
have your knife into
throw off balance
criticise
UK
chagrin
shake up
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
make nervous
put someone off their stroke
bite
put into a flap
throw into a tizz
cause someone to lose their composure
throw into tizzy
interrupt
bore
impede
cross
hinder
find fault
moan at
impose on
be a pain in the neck
mix up
get on someone's case
moan on at
keep complaining to
be a thorn in someone's side
take it out on
force
bust someone's balls
bust chops
compel
blackjack
railroad
constrain
oblige
bogart
bludgeon
steamroller
bluster
subdue
buffalo
enforce
overawe
twist someone's arm
bewilder
nonplus
shake
stir up
abash
take aback
baffle
puzzle
addle
muddle
shock
be offensive
startle
panic
cause offense
craze
psych
mystify
disorient
put someone off their stride
set someone back on their heels
disarrange
jolt
unbalance
surprise
incite
arouse
bamboozle
befuddle
sicken
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
bustle
flip
stun
stupefy
sadden
demoralize
US
dumbfound
bemuse
destabilise
UK
demoralise
UK
make uncomfortable
put on edge
disoblige
move
empurple
stimulate
indispose
make fretful
turn on
grill
disorientate
make a scene
push buttons
fox
maze
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
heat
haunt
appal
UK
unquiet
tangle
drive nuts
flutter
appall
US
bristle
quicken
cause anxiety
overwhelm
deter
disappoint
cause to panic
preoccupy
boil
send into a spin
make restless
deject
astonish
dizzy
disorganize
turn
incapacitate
cramp
debilitate
worst
be rude to
discourage
slight
start
push one's buttons
uncalm
get someone's wick
disarray
flip out
wear out
blow up
hit a sour note
dement
lay up
key up
tire
make sore
lose one's temper
make self-conscious
mess
set on edge
get on
bowl over
rock the boat
push someon's buttons
run up the wrong way
rack
set on
work into lather
set off
take a rise out of
disrespect
diss
anguish
curse
knock off balance
dis
snub
put the wind up
blind
catch unawares
zing
horrify
slur
humiliate
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
strap
nit-pick
desolate
harrow
martyr
balk
US
cause suffering to
cause anguish to
baulk
UK
wilder
put off one's stroke
give offence to
put down
daze
fog
flabbergast
make someone fed up
make wretched
cut up
take by surprise
give offence
be disagreeable
tread on someone's toes
be an affront to
snow
obfuscate
arouse anxiety in
make miserable
do a number on
make it tough for
weigh on
have had enough
become bored
make discontented
grate at
exhaust someone's patience
lose patience
stop someone in their tracks
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
foul up
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
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
victimise
UK
victimize
US
oppress
afflict
hunt
ill-treat
injure
maltreat
martyr
abuse
agonise
UK
agonize
US
anguish
bedevil
beset
besiege
curse
excruciate
harrow
hound
mistreat
plague
punish
pursue
rack
molest
tyrannise
UK
tyrannize
US
discriminate against
inflict pain on
inflict suffering on
pick on
harass
trouble
distress
worry
crucify
harry
pain
bother
subjugate
vex
brutalize
US
hurt
bully
brutalise
UK
dominate
wrong
cause suffering to
suppress
annoy
disturb
manhandle
mishandle
beat
harm
kick around
mess over
maul
strike
ill-use
repress
crush
wound
treat harshly
pester
hassle
strain
scourge
treat badly
try
beleaguer
misuse
haunt
hit
cause agony to
knock about
knock around
rough up
be cruel to
intimidate
master
beat up
treat roughly
do over
overwhelm
subject
mortify
subdue
smite
blight
enslave
badger
nag
dog
assail
aggrieve
inflict anguish on
give someone grief
tyrannize over
irk
be brutal to
cut up
walk all over
grieve
irritate
trample on
push around
handle roughly
mess up
burden
overpower
stress
exasperate
martyrize
affect
tax
bug
hegemonize
exploit
wring
grind down
press
rend
browbeat
damage
rule
ride
menace
domineer
terrorize
US
keep down
chasten
outrage
hold sway over
terrorise
UK
cause pain to
hold down
rule over
put down
put on the rack
ride roughshod over
beat down
rule with an iron hand
trample underfoot
rule with a rod of iron
weigh heavy upon
shake up
aggravate
weaken
destroy
break
overcome
perturb
tease
rattle
fluster
unsettle
frustrate
unhinge
sear
fret
tear
overbear
cow
importune
gut
neglect
suffer
fuss
domineer over
gnaw at
pierce
stab
convulse
labor
US
labour
UK
muse
lie heavy on
shake
prey on
nag at
assault
mar
rock
devastate
weigh heavily on
be prey to
bend someone's ear
squirm
push about
yoke
be the victim of
give the shaft
dump on
do wrong
mangle
lacerate
maim
whip
roughhouse
batter
be afflicted with
be plagued with
suffer from
be troubled by
ruin
total
be burdened with
be blighted with
be bedevilled by
conquer
work over
hang
nail to a cross
interfere with
bang up
be violent toward
bung up
give someone the works
disfranchise
put to death
burn at the stake
threaten
hobble
disenfranchise
deprive
subordinate
steamroller
attack
embarrass
get hooks into
keep under thumb
perplex
gain mastery over
entangle
hamper
bring someone to their knees
aggress
gain control of
gain ascendancy over
weigh down
take away someone's human rights
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
bring to heel
start in on
give the needle
render incapable
render powerless
render helpless
ail
misemploy
prostitute
coerce
overthrow
discommode
force
encumber
trample
despotize
saddle
handicap
grip
control
take
visit
buffet
cause trouble to
put upon
put screws to
sadden
depress
deject
sting
dismay
agitate
dispirit
dishearten
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
consume
daunt
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
dampen someone's spirit
tear away at
inconvenience
hit hard
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
tear to shreds
tear to pieces
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
ruffle
hack off
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
descend on
descend upon
force upon
bring down on
swamp
chill
drain
weary
engross
dampen
darken
damp
drag
abase
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
keep under
swallow up
more ❯
“They have been
persecuted
for their beliefs.”
Verb
▲
To rule over or control arbitrarily or arrogantly
domineer
dominate
tyrannise
UK
tyrannize
US
bully
browbeat
intimidate
oppress
hector
pressurise
UK
pressurize
US
bulldoze
rule
subjugate
terrorise
UK
terrorize
US
threaten
menace
boss
overbear
railroad
prevail
predominate
preponderate
reign
bluster
squeeze
swagger
bend
henpeck
lord
boss around
boss about
strong-arm
ride roughshod over
push around
order about
order around
lean on
push about
dictate to
give orders to
lord it over
trample on
walk all over
rule the roost
call the shots
kick around
run the show
be overbearing
use strong-arm tactics on
keep under thumb
lord over
run things
put the screws on
be in the saddle
rule with an iron hand
lead by the nose
push the buttons
throw your weight around
rule with a rod of iron
be in the driver's seat
bend to your will
coerce
cow
harass
dragoon
torment
badger
victimize
US
bogart
hound
pressure
blackjack
bullyrag
mau-mau
harry
victimise
UK
frighten
pick on
treat harshly
steamroller
bludgeon
mistreat
maltreat
distress
scare
aggrieve
abuse
manhandle
misuse
overwhelm
overpower
suppress
repress
torture
brutalize
US
brutalise
UK
mishandle
dictate
crush
enslave
trample
play the heavy with
ill-treat
mess over
ill-use
put down
be cruel to
be brutal to
keep down
compel
hold down
nag
force
goad
domineer over
push
impel
grind down
trample underfoot
rule despotically
bring someone to their knees
have someone under your thumb
treat brutally
twist one's arm
put heat on
put through the wringer
put the chill on
hold a gun to one's head
force one's hand
direct
command
lead
influence
head
control
subject
hold sway over
govern
manage
hegemonize
overshadow
sway
eclipse
overrule
monopolize
US
outshine
handle
run
monopolise
UK
preside over
head up
be in control of
be in charge of
call the tune
prevail over
have one's way
play first fiddle
be at the helm
have upper hand
lay down the law
wear the trousers
sit on top of
superabound
outnumber
reign supreme
hold sway
detract from
supervise
oversee
superintend
administer
regulate
guide
overlook
administrate
steward
captain
tend
quarterback
discipline
affect
micromanage
regiment
bewield
besteer
puppeteer
pull the strings
be the boss
reign over
have someone in the palm of one's hand
have a hold over
hold the purse strings
have something in the palm of one's hand
hold the reins
have authority over
be in saddle
be in the driving seat
hold purse strings
have someone eating out of one's hand
push buttons
deal with
call the signals
have someone in one's hip pocket
master
subordinate
subdue
vanquish
conquer
pacify
take over
exercise control over
be in command of
have ascendancy over
be the boss of
have under one's thumb
have the upper hand over
have the whip hand over
rule the roost in
have the upper hand in
have mastery over
more ❯
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
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Punish severely
tar and feather
criticize severely
draw and quarter
excoriate
punish severely
torture
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
rubbish
have a go at
pan
tear into
denounce
roast
lay into
hammer
run down
asperse
chastise
pummel
US
monster
reprimand
pillory
rail against
chew out
pummelled
UK
flay
deprecate
pull apart
bawl out
carpet
bag
find fault with
chide
vilipend
rate
reprehend
discredit
dis
blame
admonish
objurgate
do a hatchet job on
crucify
fulminate against
skewer
depreciate
take to task
take to pieces
dress down
pull to pieces
hit out at
haul over the coals
speak ill of
tongue-lash
pour scorn on
talk down
lecture
reprobate
drag through the mud
slash
ream out
blister
diminish
dismiss
pick holes in
rap
cry down
give a rocket
tear off a strip
tell off
throw brickbats at
cut up
rant at
lash
ridicule
rail at
scorn
deride
give someone a roasting
poor-mouth
read the riot act
jaw
rail
detract from
harangue
speak badly of
remonstrate with
lace into
baste
give someone hell
mock
contemn
rag
rap over the knuckles
call down
throw mud at
give someone a rollicking
let someone have it
keelhaul
play down
score
write off
kiss off
scorch
bollock
shoot down
pitch into
give someone a dressing-down
tear a strip off
tear down
undervalue
underrate
downgrade
besmirch
sail into
tick off
carp at
detract
blacken the name of
dispraise
give a talking-to
fulminate
give someone a bollocking
scoff at
sneer at
speak evil of
sledge
maul
underestimate
ream
degrade
wig
row
cavil
trim
marginalize
US
disapprove of
cavil at
light into
take apart
pull up
marginalise
UK
stigmatize
US
give someone a bad press
pick to pieces
rip into
cane
pooh-pooh
come down on
jump down one's throat
give someone a telling-off
give someone an earful
give a bad press to
do down
give someone a mouthful
give someone a wigging
give someone what for
give someone some stick
give someone a row
give someone a rating
rake over the coals
criticize severely
rollick
spread lies about
stigmatise
UK
scandalize
US
sully the reputation of
downplay
give a bad name
carp
trivialize
US
slap
sling mud at
accuse
scandalise
UK
deflate
lower
minify
yell at
misprize
go for the jugular
disgrace
make light of
treat lightly
tear to pieces
trivialise
UK
slap down
animadvert on
laugh at
give someone a caning
put on the mat
send someone away with a flea in their ear
hold cheap
bring into disrepute
outrage
blacken the reputation of
provoke
blacken the character of
lampoon
conduct a smear campaign against
wound
annoy
hurt
tease
arraign
demean
affront
lash out
blacken
mortify
exprobate
disrespect
scourge
upset
debase
devalue
rant
execrate
humiliate
discipline
chasten
recriminate
inveigh
dishonor
US
dishonour
UK
mudsling
opprobriate
animadvert
tie into
disdain
fault
let fly
bite someone's head off
lash out at
beat up on
nitpick about
expostulate
whip
objurate
complain
find fault
cheapen
give flak to
lash into
bag on
give some stick to
lay down the law
jump down someone's throat
give comeuppance
slap someone's wrist
hurl insults at
lose one's temper with
laugh off
slap on the wrist
take down a peg
take a swipe at
give something a battering
jeer at
rip up
cut down to size
lay out
express disapproval of
be critical of
be spiteful towards
be unkind about
be malicious about
speak of with disfavour
refute
take
fustigate
backstab
gossip
lie
spite
badmouth
argue with
assault verbally
satirize
US
have a pop at
disagree with
check
pile in
satirise
UK
hurl insults
give offense
start on
start in
rave at
take on
deplore
scream at
jump on one's case
snap someone's head off
anathematize
threap
caution
round on
shellac
beat
sneer
devaluate
lessen
compromise
scarify
drub
call over the coals
rake
snipe at
hit
call on the carpet
put hooks in
sell short
explode
preach
slag
twit
lesson
jawbone
destroy
declaim
poormouth
put away
knock off high horse
give a tongue-lashing
hold forth against
tear to shreds
humble
look down on
discountenance
clamor against
spurn
rib
bait
denunciate
lam into
set upon
skin
rebuff
incriminate
remonstrate
ostracize
US
give something a bad press
weigh into
give someone bondi
tear apart
ostracise
UK
mark down
take away
burst out
criticize unfairly
bad mouth
give black eye
lay on
take swipe at
throw stones at
call to task
give the devil
point the finger
wade into
let fly at
rap knuckles
aggravate
go on at
have someone on the carpet
give the business
blow up
bring to book
take to the woodshed
keep after
keep nothing back
erupt with anger
put someone on the hot seat
pin your ears back
crawl all over
put someone on the griddle
burn someone's ears
storm
rage
look askance
get after
pick apart
nit-pick
yelp
yap
bawl
give vent to one's emotions
give free rein to one's emotions
attack somebody's dignity
pass strictures upon
nag at
have at
sound off
work over
crack down on
go after
irritate
disoblige
abase
understate
gird
jeer
scoff
squash
rip
give offence to
squelch
blow up at
rap someone the knuckles
drag over the coals
lean on
demonize
US
dig
jinx
demonise
UK
cause offence to
pique
vex
cut dead
treat disrespectfully
rile
growl
hurt somebody's feelings
step on one's toes
throw shade
poor mouth
pooh pooh
take down
shoot full of holes
sour grapes
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
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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