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To be irritating or upsetting, typically with repeated or unpleasant acts

Present participle for to oppress or domineer (someone) with one's authority

Present participle for to cause anguish or distress to, typically with ill-treatment

Present participle for to bully or threaten, especially by causing others to feel frightened

Present participle for to mistreat or do an injustice to

Present participle for to treat badly, cruelly, or violently

Present participle for to criticize, especially with insulting language

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Verb

To be irritating or upsetting, typically with repeated or unpleasant acts

antagonizing^US

rubbing up the wrong way

driving to distraction

antagonising^UK

getting someone's goat

getting under your skin

getting up your nose

giving someone grief

giving someone the hump

making your blood boil

driving round the bend

driving round the twist

driving up the wall

getting in your hair

getting on your wick

getting someone's dander up

getting your back up

hacking you off

making someone see red

getting on your nerves

giving someone the pip

putting your back up

hitting where one lives

giving a hard time

rubbing the wrong way

getting on one's nerves

getting your goat

causing suffering to

breathing down someone's neck

bending someone's ear

causing agony to

putting someone's nose out of joint

making somebody's hackles rise

discountenancing

giving a bad time

raising your hackles

setting one's teeth on edge

rubbing you up the wrong way

inflicting anguish on

having it in for

ruffling one's feathers

trying your patience

inconveniencing

discombobulating

causing pain to

having a down on

rattling one's cage

sticking in one's craw

finding fault with

driving bananas

driving you up the wall

getting your dander up

discriminating against

getting up someone's nose

getting on someone

getting someone

getting a rise out of

rattling someone's cage

trying the patience of

sending into a rage

getting your hackles up

causing disquiet to

punishing repeatedly and unfairly

making an enemy of somebody

getting on the wrong side of

pressurizing^US

putting pressure on

bringing pressure to bear on

pressurising^UK

weighing heavily on

upsetting the applecart

scratching around

searching high heaven

getting across someone

causing anxiety to

getting in the hair of

taking the mickey

getting on the nerves of

taking the piss out of

tyrannizing over

making it hot for someone

making things hot for someone

putting into a flap

putting someone off their stroke

throwing off balance

throwing into tizzy

causing someone to lose their composure

throwing into a tizz

dishonouring^UK

keeping complaining to

busting someone's balls

taking it out on

giving the business

jumping on one's case

putting the squeeze on

giving the needle

going for jugular

laying a bad trip on

taking advantage of

doing an injustice to

giving no quarter

stepping on the toes of

cutting to the quick

traumatizing^US

hurting somebody's feelings

knocking for six

demoralizing^US

traumatising^UK

demoralising^UK

setting someone back on their heels

causing offense

making uncomfortable

knocking sideways

making miserable

putting someone off their stride

making someone scratch their head

putting out of countenance

giving offence to

putting on the spot

putting to trouble

preying on your mind

scandalizing^US

catching off balance

causing to be at a stand

scandalising^UK

putting in a spot

stopping someone in their tracks

taking control of

causing anguish to

making wretched

destabilizing^US

getting someone's wick

making a monkey of

making it tough

taking the wind out of your sails

causing anguish

going to your head

throwing a curve

deeply upsetting

inflicting trauma

causing discomfort to

knocking the stuffing out of

taking by surprise

putting on edge

blowing your mind

destabilising^UK

causing concern to

making self-conscious

pushing buttons

causing anxiety

making someone's hackles rise

getting someone's hackles up

getting in someone's hair

trying someone's patience

getting on someone's nerves

ruffling someone's feathers

getting under someone's skin

getting on someone's tits

getting someone's back up

pressing down on

pushing someon's buttons

setting someone's teeth on edge

making restless

occupying thoughts

causing to panic

treading on someone's toes

setting on edge

hitting a sour note

throwing a curveball

sending over the edge

catching unawares

lying heavily on

kicking up a stink

kicking up a fuss

rocking the boat

monopolizing^US

pushing the buttons of

thumbing nose at

causing suffering

making it tough for

doing a number on

arousing anxiety in

knocking props out

putting the wind up

making your gorge rise

hurting the feelings of

tearing to pieces

causing someone distress

offending morals of

filling with loathing

pulling the rug out from under

pulling the rug from under

making your head spin

bringing up short

messing with one's head

setting someone thinking

making discontented

sending into a spin

monopolising^UK

causing trouble to

knocking off balance

causing inconvenience to

creating difficulties for

getting worked up

getting in a stew

throwing into a tizzy

catching one short

putting in a hole

hitting like ton of bricks

raising someone's eyebrows

completely surprising

shaking out of your complacency

thunderstriking

giving someone bother

causing someone difficulty

making someone go out of his way

hitting for six

leaving speechless

sweeping someone off their feet

making resentful

shouting catcalls at

casting a gloom upon

pouring cold water on

throwing cold water on

bringing tears to your eyes

dampening spirits

breaking someone's heart

making someone fed up

harshing someone's mellow

giving someone the blues

reducing to tears

making desolate

making despondent

tugging at your heartstrings

arousing sympathy

tugging at the heart

poking mullock at

pulling one's leg

poking borak at

making sport of

pulling someone's leg

slinging off at

making jokes about

interfering with

lighting a fire under

whetting one's appetite

firing the enthusiasm of

firing the imagination of

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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

Present participle for to oppress or domineer (someone) with one's authority

riding roughshod over

ordering around

lording it over

domineering over

treating harshly

trampling underfoot

ruling with an iron hand

ruling despotically

ruling with a rod of iron

treating brutally

bringing someone to their knees

having someone under your thumb

keeping under thumb

walking all over

discriminating against

tyrannizing over

having it in for

making things hot for someone

pressurizing^US

holding sway over

pressurising^UK

having a down on

using strong-arm tactics on

putting the screws on

giving a hard time

weighing heavy upon

punishing unfairly

putting the frighteners on

making it hot for someone

playing the heavy with

disenfranchising

stacking the deck

having your knife into

gaining mastery over

gaining ascendancy over

gaining control of

getting hooks into

bringing to heel

rendering helpless

rendering incapable

rendering powerless

showing ill will towards

giving orders to

leading by the nose

calling the shots

throwing your weight around

being in the saddle

running the show

bending to your will

pushing the buttons

ruling the roost

putting screws to

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“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

Present participle for to cause anguish or distress to, typically with ill-treatment

discriminating against

inflicting pain on

inflicting suffering on

getting the knife into

sticking the knife into

putting on the rack

nailing to a cross

putting to death

burning at the stake

giving someone the works

causing suffering to

causing trouble to

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“My job was not to persecute people for blasphemous advances of the sciences, or for heretical religious teachings.”

Verb

Present participle for to bully or threaten, especially by causing others to feel frightened

pressurising^UK

pressurizing^US

using strong-arm tactics on

twisting someone's arm

scaring the bejesus out of

riding roughshod over

lording it over

twisting one's arm

putting heat on

putting through the wringer

putting the chill on

holding a gun to one's head

putting the screws on

putting pressure on

using pressure on

turning on the heat

putting the squeeze on

bringing pressure to bear on

putting under an obligation

breathing down someone's neck

tightening the screws on

turning the screws on

antagonizing^US

antagonising^UK

riding roughshod

having someone do something

tightening the screw on

prevailing upon

putting the heat on

turning the screw on

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Verb

Present participle for to mistreat or do an injustice to

Verb

Present participle for to treat badly, cruelly, or violently

knocking around

treating roughly

handling roughly

interfering with

slapping around

beating the living daylights out of

treating harshly

making someone suffer

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Verb

Present participle for to criticize, especially with insulting language

inveighing against

doing a number on

vituperating against

cutting to the quick

giving a black eye

casting aspersions on

dishonouring^UK

trivializing^US

giving offence to

hitting where one lives

underestimating

causing offence to

treating disrespectfully

hurting somebody's feelings

stepping on one's toes

marginalizing^US

trivialising^UK

marginalising^UK

making light of

detracting from

picking holes in

pouring scorn on

treating lightly

taking to pieces

taking a swipe at

shooting full of holes

cutting down to size

taking down a peg

doing a hatchet job on

dragging through the mud

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